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New Racism and the Myth of Universalism in Higher Ed

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, By News Staff

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Duke University, will present “New Racism, Color Blindness and the Sweet (but Wrong) Myth of Universalism in HWCUs,” at 4 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture…

SU Poet, Playwright, Activist Garners International Spotlight

Monday, March 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Micere Githae Mugo earns literary award, speaks at U.N. March has been a busy month for a Kenyan professor in The College of Arts and Sciences. Micere Githae Mugo, a Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence in the Department of African…

Ray Smith Symposium Concludes with Events Devoted to Latino/a Dance, Movement

Friday, March 22, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Anthropologist Ángel Quintero Rivera, photographer Milagros de la Torre headline scholarly discussion Latino/a movement is the focus of the final installment of this year’s Ray Smith Symposium in The College of Arts and Sciences. Events include a keynote lecture and…

GroupM’s Jones, Cecere Visit Newhouse March 28

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Louis Jones, CEO of the GroupM agency Maxus, and Timothy Cecere, chief talent officer for GroupM North America, will visit the Newhouse School on Thursday, March 28, as guests of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum. They will present “Promoting Your…

Student’s Venture One of Inc. Magazine’s ‘Coolest College Startups’

Thursday, March 21, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Celeste Currie might be a lot like many of the information management and technology students at Syracuse University. Then again, she might not. A junior at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), she’s enrolled in the same range of coursework…

Media, Law & Policy

Former Essence Editor-in-Chief to Speak at Newhouse

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, By News Staff

The Black Communications Society, Syracuse University Chapter, will host the former Editor-in-Chief of Essence magazine, Constance C.R. White, on March 27 at 7 p.m. in Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. White will discuss what a brand is (both personal and commercial);…

SU Hosts Nationally Renowned Champion for Environmental Justice

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, By News Staff

African American Studies Spring 2013 Colloquium presents Vernice Miller-Travis</strong> Vernice Miller-Travis, advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and longtime environmental activist, will present “Environmental Justice and the legacy of Racial Inequality in the 21st Century” at 5 p.m. March…

Come Tell ‘Your Story!’

Monday, March 18, 2013, By News Staff

Community invited to help create oral histories of Syracuse Everyone has a story to share. A team of researchers at Syracuse University aims to help members of the Syracuse community share and preserve their stories through the “Your Story!” initiative….

Media, Law & Policy

Brides Magazine Editor-in-Chief Keija Minor to Visit Newhouse School March 21

Monday, March 18, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Keija Minor, editor-in-chief of Brides magazine, will speak at the Newhouse School on Thursday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the I-3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter at #MagSpeakSU. Minor was the first African-American to be named editor-in-chief…

CFAC Presents Women in Music Concert on March 14 in Honor of Women’s History Month

Wednesday, March 13, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Community Folk Art Center hosts Women in Music concert to close “A Journey Through Music of the African Diaspora” Series.