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Black History Month Celebration Begins Friday; Annual Black Lounge Event to Be Held Saturday
Syracuse University’s annual Black History Month (BHM) celebration begins Friday, Feb. 1, with an opening reception from noon to 2 p.m. in Schine Student Center, room 304ABC. The event will feature a soulful luncheon provided through a collaboration between the…
Syracuse Architecture Announces Spring 2019 Visiting Critics
Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held this spring. James Leng (Boghosian Fellow 2018–2019) Leng will teach the…
Amazon Took Microsoft’s Top Spot – Could Other Online Retail Companies Be Next?
This week, Amazon became the world’s most valuable publicly traded U.S. company for the first time, passing tech giant Microsoft which had taken over the top spot in late 2018. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at…
College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class
The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…
Call for Entries: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting
The Newhouse School is now accepting entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. Entries may be submitted online at tonerprogram.syr.edu. Deadline is Jan. 21, 2019. The Toner Prize recognizes outstanding political reporting in a tribute to…
Museum Studies Students, Faculty Bring 238-Piece ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Exhibition to Life
Hannah Barber hopes to be a collections manager after her December 2018 graduation from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design. Thanks to the University’s Robert Shetterly exhibition, she…
Stories of Service: Amanda Ryle and Vonn Read
In celebration of Veterans Week 2018, the University is recognizing stories of student veterans and faculty/staff veterans. These stories are just some of the many from the veteran and military-connected community on campus whom the University is dedicated to supporting….
Mobile Commerce Likely to Grow This Singles’ Day, Sales Expected to Top $25 Billion
With Singles’ Day – a shopping event first introduced by Alibaba 10 years ago – quickly approaching, retailers are gearing up for even more sales during the shopping blitz. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at Syracuse…
Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Scholar Convocation to Be Held Friday
The 2018-19 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m….
Fall Update 10.30.18
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Since my appointment to the role of interim chief diversity officer July 1, I have been privileged to speak with a number of students, faculty and staff, and have participated in…