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Campus & Community

SU Abroad and Office of Multicultural Affairs Present: Exploring Diversity Abroad

Friday, February 3, 2017, By Briana Rinaldo

SU Abroad and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will be hosting an event focusing on diversity and experiences of students studying abroad. The event, Exploring Diversity Abroad, will address the challenges some students of color, LGBTQ+ students and students…

Arts & Culture

Wayne Franits Named Distinguished Professor

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Wayne Franits, professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty members, bestowed upon…

Arts & Culture

Genet Costume Collection Featured in Threads Magazine

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection is featured in the February/March issue of Threads, a magazine for people who love to sew. The article, “A Treasure Trove of Vintage Fashion,” features an interview with…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer-Winning Author of ‘Interpreter of Maladies’

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri will speak for the University Lectures on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Lahiri’s appearance is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Humanities Center. The event is free…

Campus & Community

Alumna Encourages Other Women of Color to Pursue Professional Opportunities

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Throughout her career, attorney Maria Melendez ’89 has mentored junior lawyers, students and peers in the profession. Sometimes mentoring is a role she takes on as a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, a law firm with more than 1,900 lawyers in…

STEM

University to Host 7th International Building Physics Conference in Fall 2018

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Kerrie Marshall

Experts on the science and engineering of buildings will convene in Syracuse in September 2018 for the seventh International Building Physics Conference (IBPC). This is the first time this conference is being held in the United States; it is coming…

Arts & Culture

Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble to Perform New Works Feb. 7

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Erica Blust

Ekmeles, a vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of new and rarely heard works and gems of the historical avant-garde, will present a concert on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse…

Media, Law & Policy

Student Journalists Cover Major Political Events

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Real-world experience is vital for aspiring broadcast journalists. Two future broadcasters, Meghan Mistry ’17 from the Newhouse School and Kate Capodanno ’17 from the College of Arts and Sciences, recently experienced major political events worthy of placement on their pitch…

Imagining Governance: A Q&A with Jack Manno G’03

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Jack Manno G’03, professor of environmental studies at SUNY ESF and a faculty affiliate in Syracuse’s Native American Studies program, believes in the power of change. Nowhere is it more sorely needed, he says, than in environmental policy, in which…

Arts & Culture

Fanfare for the Common Man

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The last place Pat Wiese ever imagined himself was in the pages of the Syracuse Post-Standard. In a Sean Kirst column. “My first interaction with Sean came in the form of a phone call,” says Wiese, a Le Moyne College…