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Papa John’s Needs to Focus on Diversity Training, Inclusivity and Rebranding
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has officially been removed from his office, according to reports. The company announced Friday that it would remove his image from marketing materials after he admitted to using the N-word during a company conference call….
Inaugural Syracuse University Alumni Awards Celebration set for Orange Central
Orange Central, Syracuse University’s annual homecoming and reunion weekend, is a special time when alumni and their families come home to ’Cuse to celebrate school spirit, catch up with old friends and professors, and honor our outstanding alumni. This fall,…
Syracuse University Establishes International Center on Information Fusion with China’s Xidian University
Syracuse University and Xidian University have jointly established an International Center for Information Fusion and laid the foundation for potentially broader collaboration between the two institutions in areas of mutual academic interest. The agreement follows a recent trip to China…
Band on the Run: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State
When James T. Spencer, director of the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…
Second New Equal Opportunity and Title IX Investigator Hired by University
The Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services has appointed Sheriah Dixon as an Equal Opportunity and Title IX investigator. Dixon’s appointment is the second of two new investigator positions that have now been filled to expand the office’s…
EU Legislators Debate Controversial Copyright Proposal – How Has US Handled?
For the moment, the EU has rejected a copyright law proposal that would have put more responsibility on websites to check for copyright infringements and made online platforms pay for linking to news stories. Law professor Shubha Ghosh is director…
Newhouse Advertising Students Win Prestigious International Creative Advertising Award
Two Newhouse creative advertising students, Emily Alek ’18 and Jingpo Li ’18, won the Cannes Future Lion award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (June 18-22) in Cannes, France, for a recycling app named TrashScan. They created the…
Tropic of Squalor: New Book by Peck Professor Mary Karr Highlights Irreverent Brand of Poetic Faith
“Before I believed in God, I believed in poetry,” confesses Mary Karr, speaking by phone from the Upper East Side, where she is dress shopping for the funeral of her friend and fellow writer Philip Roth. “Even when I was…
Keith A. Alford Appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program…
Director Named to Head University’s New Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Syracuse University’s Office of Academic Affairs has hired a director for the University’s new Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Martha A. Kalnin Diede, who comes to Syracuse from Western Carolina University, has been appointed to the new post effective…