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Campus & Community

First-Year and Transfer Programs, Learning Communities and Health Promotion Relocating

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Shannon Andre

As announced this semester and as part of the Invest Syracuse initiative to advance the student experience, the Counseling Center has extended hours and will increase staffing to enhance mental health services on campus—part of broader efforts to strengthen and…

Media, Law & Policy

Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…

Campus & Community

One University Awards Ceremony to Be Held April 20 in Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, March 1, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University will hold its annual One University Awards ceremony on Friday, April 20, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. A reception will follow in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the Life Sciences Complex. Two major University…

NPR

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Motive to Limit Weapon Sales

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Following public outcry after the Parkland shooting, Dick’s Sporting Goods has announced that they will begin to limit sales of automatic weapons, and not sell them to anyone under 21. While many celebrate that decision, is it one made by…

Arts & Culture

VPA M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Opens March 8 in New York City

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Erica Blust

“Hiding In Plain Sight,” the master of fine arts (M.F.A.) thesis exhibition of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will be on view March 8-10 at Art Helix, 289 Meserole St., Brooklyn. New York. The exhibition features the…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. “They wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins—that’s where the idea came from,” says McKnight ’18….

Columbia Journalism Review

Turning to Fiction to Combat Drug Abuse

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Cheryl Reed, a newspaper and online journalism assistant professor at Newhouse, recently wrote an article for the Columbia Journalism Review about how fiction, rather than fact, can help her write about drug crisis from the past and to the present….

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Receives Prestigious Award for Weekly Dean’s Convocations

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hendricks Chapel has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding Spiritual Initiatives Award from NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, an association of student affairs professionals in higher education. The Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award is given annually to recognize a program that…

Arts & Culture

March 4 Malmgren Concert to Commemorate the Holocaust

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By News Staff

Students and faculty from the Setnor School of Music will present music to commemorate the Holocaust at Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, March 4, at 4 p.m. The concert, titled “Voices of Shoah,” is the final concert of the 2017-18 Malmgren…

Health & Society

Disability Day of Mourning Candlelight Vigil Planned for Thursday

Monday, February 26, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse University will hold a Disability Day of Mourning (DDoM) candlelight vigil on Thursday, March 1, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Rooms 304A and B in the Schine Student Center. The Disability Student Union (DSU) and the Disability Cultural Center (DCC),…