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In Class: AAS 413

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Assistant Professor Kishi Animashaun Ducre from the Department of African American Studies teaches U.S.  AAS 413, “Residential Racial Segregation.” This video gives you a seat “in class” for a course that offers lively discussion about U.S. race relations and segregation…

‘Dark Girls: The Story of Color, Gender and Race’

Thursday, March 7, 2013, By News Staff

Documentary to be screened March 21 “Dark Girls: The Story of Color, Gender and Race” will be screened at 6 p.m. March 21 in Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. The screening will be followed by a discussion, featuring the film’s co-director…

Syracuse University Singers to Tour Chicago Area

Wednesday, March 6, 2013, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers will travel to the Chicago area for a performance tour March 8-11. Under the direction of John Warren, associate professor of music in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the…

K. Matthew Dames Named Interim Dean-Designate of the Syracuse University Libraries

Tuesday, March 5, 2013, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named K. Matthew Dames interim dean-designate of the Syracuse University Libraries. Dames will assume the interim deanship on July 1, following Suzanne E. Thorin, who announced she would step down from her…

New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof to Deliver 2013 Commencement Address

Monday, March 4, 2013, By News Staff

Nicholas D. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and opinion columnist for The New York Times, will deliver the 2013 Commencement address at the joint ceremony for Syracuse University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) on Sunday, May 12, in the Carrier Dome.

School of Social Work Celebrates National Social Work Month

Thursday, February 28, 2013, By Michele Barrett

As the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) begins its annual commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month on March 1, the School of Social Work in the Falk College has planned a series of activities as part of its month-long national celebration.

Five to Be Honored With Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence

Wednesday, February 27, 2013, By News Staff

Five Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Monday, April 1.

Reading Twain in Tianjin

Tuesday, February 26, 2013, By News Staff

English professor receives Fulbright to teach in China Editor’s Note: Follow the adventures of Harvery Teres as he writes about his experiences in China in the blog “Faculty at Work: Notes from the Field,” a new feature  published on The…

Let’s All Play Accessible Athletics

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Members of the SU campus and Central New York community are invited to participate in Syracuse University’s second Accessible Athletics Expo, “OrangeAbility.”

Health & Society

Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…