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Health & Society

Why are People Throwing Cheese at Their Babies?

Friday, March 8, 2019, By Keith Kobland

Newhouse School Professor Makana Chock offers insight on the latest—and very odd—viral phenomenon.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Cold Read Festival Gets Hotter in Second Year

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

All plays were once new plays. That’s the idea behind Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Now in its second season, the Cold Read festival has five different events featuring some of the freshest voices writing for theater…

Campus & Community

Students Reflect on Study Abroad Experiences Made Possible by Gilman Scholarship

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Zack Watson’s college experience has been a full one so far. A student veteran, Watson served in the U.S. Marines for five years. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He…

Campus & Community

From Chef Adam Harvey: A Delicious Dinner to Warm Your Winter Weekend

Friday, February 22, 2019, By News Staff

“Several times a day, food offers a chance at short term happiness.” – Unknown We asked Food Services Sous Chef Adam Harvey to suggest a hearty, warm, tummy-filling dish anyone could prepare and everyone could enjoy over a chilly winter…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Celebrates Black History Month at Feb. 24 Evening Gathering

Friday, February 22, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Hendricks Chapel will celebrate Black History Month this weekend with dinner, inspirational messages and choir performances. The celebration will take place during Dean’s Convocation, the award-winning Sunday gathering led by the Rev. Brian E. Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel. These…

Campus & Community

Thursday Morning Roundtable Announces March Guest List

Friday, February 22, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The Office of Community Engagement announces its March lineup of guests for its weekly Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR). The weekly civic education program brings in speakers to discuss current topics and issues in the Central New York community. Meetings are…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Production Investigates the Act of Storytelling

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama continues the 2018/19 season with “We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915” written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and…

WSYR TV

Whitman School Professor Explains Bump At the Pump

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Patrick Penfield, assistant professor of supply chain practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed by WSYR TV for the story “Bump in gas prices explained.” In the story, Penfield explains that “the biggest reason [for the price increase] is that…

Campus & Community

Nonprofit Inkululeko Connects Syracuse University Community and South Africa; Staff Member to Speak on Campus Feb. 28

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Walking into Luzuko Methodist Preschool, a preschool outside of then-Grahamstown, now called Makhanda, South Africa, in summer 2014, Nicole Osborne ’14 was welcomed into a classroom of 2- and 3-year-olds. Where language differences left communication gaps, song and dance filled…

Arts & Culture

Writer Larry Blumenfeld Using Watson Professorship to Explore ‘Jazz in Troubled Times’ March 25-April 5

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Larry Blumenfeld, cultural journalist, music critic and longtime contributor to The Wall Street Journal, will serve as the 2019 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities at Syracuse University, March 25-April 5. Blumenfeld’s residency, titled “Jazz in Troubled…