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Campus & Community

Virtual Living Library Event Scheduled for April 7

Friday, March 26, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

The Syracuse University Libraries will host its first virtual Living Library event on Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 5 p.m. on Zoom. During this event, “living books” representing a wide range of cultural backgrounds and life experiences will share…

Campus & Community

Point of Contact Gallery Kicks Off Cruel April 2021

Thursday, March 25, 2021, By News Staff

Point of Contact will once again host nationally and internationally celebrated poets for this year’s Cruel April Reading Series, being presented virtually each Thursday through April. The annual series, held in celebration of National Poetry Month, also marks the release…

Campus & Community

Graduate Dean’s Award Recipients Announced

Wednesday, March 24, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Eight graduate students have been selected to receive the Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Award recipients represent a broad array of disciplines and were selected based on students’ outstanding accomplishments in research and creative work,…

Campus & Community

Pilot Program to Support Humanities Faculty Completing Scholarly Manuscript

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The College of Arts and Sciences invites applications from full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty members completing a book-length manuscript to apply for funds to enable three senior, external scholars in their field to read and comment on their manuscript and…

Campus & Community

Architecture and Maxwell Schools to host City Scripts ‘Charting Renewal’ Public Forum

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host “Charting Renewal: Blueprint 15 and Re-renewal,” a City Scripts public forum on Thursday, April 1 from 5:30–7 p.m. Free and open to the public, the…

Campus & Community

Six Syracuse University Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Six Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates. The recipients and the languages they will…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Featured in MoMA Exhibition

Monday, March 15, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Sekou Cooke, an assistant professor in the School of Architecture who has gained widespread recognition for his investigations into the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, is one of 10 architects, designers and artists chosen to exhibit a newly commissioned work…

LA Progressive

“Isn’t Freedom From Police Brutality a Human Right?”

Thursday, March 11, 2021, By Lily Datz

Horace Campbell, professor of political science and African Americans studies in the Maxwell School, was quoted by LA Progressive for the story “Isn’t Freedom From Police Brutality a Human Right?” Campbell, an activist and scholar for over 40 years, says…

STEM

Professor Vir Phoha Examines Ethics of Facial Recognition Software

Wednesday, March 10, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

The use of facial recognition technology has been controversial and it has been criticized as being prone to misuse and reinforcing existing biases. Cities across the United States have been banning the use of facial recognition software and in the…

Campus & Community

Inaugural Lender Faculty Symposium Highlights Social Justice #Hashtag Project

Tuesday, March 9, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The inaugural Lender Center for Social Justice Faculty Symposium was held on Thursday, March 4, in a Zoom format. The symposium is the culmination of a two-year research project by the first Lender Faculty Fellow, Casarae Abdul-Ghani. Abdul-Ghani, who is…