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VPA’s Manfredi Receives Industrial Designers Society of America Young Educator Award
Louise Manfredi, an assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, received a 2020 Young Educator Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one of the oldest…
Center for Disability Resources Empowers Students, Changing Perceptions
Miguel Pica ’22 knows the important work the Center for Disability Resources (CDR) does to help students with disabilities meet their academic goals. He has been working with an access counselor at the center since he came to campus in…
“The Joke’s On Us.”
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for The Atlantic story “The Joke’s On Us.” The article focuses on the ethics of “meme culture” or “internet culture,” a…
First-Year Architecture Students Get in ‘Good Trouble’
During the first four weeks of the Fall 2020 semester, 108 freshmen architecture students in Assistant Teaching Professor Valeria Rachel Herrera’s representation course (ARC 181) were immersed in a rigorous foundational drawing boot camp designed to help them understand ideas…
Glimmers of Possibility for a More Just World
As we collectively navigate through a global pandemic, pursue social justice on multiple fronts and seek answers to the global warming crisis, “Futures,” the theme of this year’s Syracuse Symposium hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center (SUHC), offers a series…
Important Dates and Guidelines for Choosing Spring 2021 Teaching Modalities
Dear Faculty and Instructors, As we plan for the Spring 2021 semester, I am writing to share important information about instructional planning. This information is meant to assist deans, department chairs, program leaders and instructors with a general set of…
Burton Blatt Institute and the Humanities Center Host Two Virtual Syracuse Symposium Events Focused on Disability and Future Thinking
On Oct. 22 and 23, the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), housed within the College of Law, and the Syracuse University Humanities Center, whose home is the College of Arts and Sciences, are hosting two virtual events on disability and future…
COVID-19 Update: Daily Dashboard Tracking | Expanded Testing | Flu Shot Clinic
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: This week, we will mark two milestones in our collective efforts to sustain Syracuse University’s residential campus in the face of the COVID-19 health emergency. The first is to record the 50,000th COVID test…
“Diversity gap persists on Schenectady Police Department.”
Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was interviewed for the Schenectady Daily Gazette story “Diversity gap persists on Schenectady Police Department.” The lack of diversity…
Life Trustee Julius “Jules” Pericola Remembered
He was one of the nation’s top business leaders, a civic giant in Syracuse and an avid supporter of Syracuse University. Julius “Jules” Pericola, who was beloved in the Orange community, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1981 to…