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Campus & Community

Diversity and Inclusion Strengthened at Syracuse University During Past Year, Important Work Continues

Friday, September 1, 2017, By News Staff

Last week, new and returning students arrived on campus to kick off the 2017-18 academic year. As they settle in, they, along with the entire campus community, will notice expanded and new initiatives aimed at enhancing diversity and inclusion campuswide.

Campus & Community

University Offers Hurricane Relief Outreach

Friday, September 1, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm, hit the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana in the past week. The storm and its historic flooding have caused numerous deaths, affected millions of residents and caused tens of billions of dollars in…

Media, Law & Policy

University Host to International Students Selected through Open Society Foundations’ Scholarship Program

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Fifty-eight international students converged on the Syracuse University campus this summer as part of the Open Society Foundations’ pre-academic summer program. The students received Open Society Foundations (OSF) scholarships to attend graduate school at one of many American universities, and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Alumnus Providing Coverage, Aid Post Hurricane

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, By Keith Kobland

As the post-Hurricane Harvey rescue and recover efforts continue, Nick Natario ’08 and his photographer at KTRK-TV in Houston put their video gear aside and begin saving hurricane victims.

Campus & Community

CV Updates to Include Faculty Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion Goals

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, By Carol Boll

 The Office of the Provost has announced revisions to the form that faculty use to update their curriculum vitae annually. The changes were made in order to better reflect faculty contributions to equity, diversity, inclusion, international knowledge and global perspective….

Campus & Community

University Union Announces Juice Jam Lineup

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, By News Staff

University Union has announced that this year’s Juice Jam Music Festival will take place on Sept. 10 at Skytop Field. The lineup will feature Diplo, Ugly God, MØ, Smallpools and Jeremy Zucker across the festival’s two stages. Doors for this…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series This Fall Hosts Six Novelists, Poets

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The fall semester of the 2017-18 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Wednesday, Sept. 20, with poet Solmaz Sharif. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an…

Campus & Community

After Many Years and Many Ceremonies, Nancy Weatherly Sharp Retires as University Mace Bearer

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Thursday’s New Student Convocation marked the start of an exciting adventure for thousands of Syracuse newcomers and the end of one University community member’s valuable service in a time-honored role. The event was the last for Nancy Weatherly Sharp, professor…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Helps to ‘Pump It Forward’

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Joseph M. Heslin

Members of the Syracuse University community recently donated their time to a worthwhile cause as they helped the United Way raise funds for the many organizations it supports.

STEM

Crowston, Erickson Receive Inaugural NSF Convergence Award

Thursday, August 24, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Ingrid Erickson are the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Award, which they will use to establish a research coordination network (RCN) to focus on sociotechnological interactions between work and technology design…