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Arts & Culture

Aretha Franklin to Be Remembered with Concert, Panel Discussion Nov. 30

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and the University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will salute Aretha Franklin, whose indelible voice made her the “Queen of Soul,” with a panel discussion and concert on Friday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at…

STEM

ECS Professor Vir V. Phoha Named a 2018 AAAS Fellow

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Vir V. Phoha of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was awarded this prestigious honor for developing practicable foundations of behavioral…

Arts & Culture

University Set to Open Massive 238-Painting Exhibition, ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth,’ with Accompanying Public Discussion Hosted by Tanner Lecture Series, University Lectures

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

All 238 paintings in Robert Shetterly’s masterwork portrait series “Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship” will be on public display for the first time en masse Nov. 29-Dec. 14 at Syracuse University. And the artist himself will…

Campus & Community

Tomorrow Is Giving CUSEday, Syracuse’s Giving Tuesday

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Kara St. John Tompkins

Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a day for communities to come together to champion the causes most important to them—from local organizations to national research, and, most important to us, education. Recognizing the love that our community has…

Campus & Community

4 Questions with Adam Peruta

Wednesday, November 21, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

This fall, Syracuse University launched the ’Cuse Challenge mobile app. To learn more about the app, and how it came to Syracuse, we asked Adam Peruta, the app developer four questions. In addition to developing the app, Peruta is an…

Veterans

University Leaders Present at Inaugural George W. Bush Institute Leadership Initiative

Wednesday, November 21, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

During the fall semester, Syracuse University faculty and staff members traveled to the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Initiative in Dallas to present at the first-of-its-kind program designed for individuals serving the nation’s veterans who are motivated to…

Veterans

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families Transforms How NYC Delivers Social Services to Veterans

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

In support of New York City’s 200,000 veterans and military-connected families, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Veterans Day that the city will formally adopt and fund an innovative new approach to health and human service delivery, pioneered by Syracuse…

Campus & Community

Message from Chancellor Syverud

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, By Chancellor Kent Syverud

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released proposed new rules governing how colleges and universities must address allegations of sexual violence and harassment on their campuses. These rules are significantly different from prior guidance…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Study Election-Related Misinformation on WhatsApp

Monday, November 19, 2018, By J.D. Ross

A pair of researchers from the Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have received a research award from the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service to study the issues of misinformation transmitted over the…

Campus & Community

Nominations Welcome for University’s 2019 Commencement Speaker

Monday, November 19, 2018, By News Staff

Members of the University community are invited to suggest a speaker for the 2019 Commencement. The speaker is chosen through an annual selection process that starts when students, staff, faculty, alumni and others in the community offer nominees via the…