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Campus & Community

Flight from Syria, New Life in the College of Law, Now Helping Fellow Refugees

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Violette Khabbaz, silent, is listening to a conversation on a March afternoon. Sunlight pours through a window and illuminates her face as she leans across the counter of the Byblos Mediterranean Café, the restaurant she operates on North Clinton Street…

STEM

Women STEM Leaders to Discuss ‘Hidden Figures,’ Enduring Challenges

Monday, March 20, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Tuesday, March 28, students studying in the STEM fields and deans from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Information Studies will join 1977 College…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Race and the Media’ Event to be Held at Newhouse School March 29-30

Thursday, March 9, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will host a two-day event focused on race and the media Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30. The symposium will include discussions of the ways our media and our country do—and don’t—explore critical issues of race…

Campus & Community

Bernie Custis, Orange Quarterback, Changed Far More than a Game

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Sean Kirst

It was just one game in a season few remember, a furious comeback that on paper came up a little short. Still, if you want to fully consider what Bernie Custis meant to Syracuse University, you can find a vivid…

Campus & Community

Democratizing Knowledge Awarded Campus Dialogue Grant

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Project is organizing a series of campus dialogues, thanks to a grant from an independent national initiative called Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP). Tentatively titled “Creating New Publics: Understanding the Power of Place,” the series is…

Campus & Community

Field Trip Planned to Auburn’s Harriet Tubman Home

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Department of African American Studies’ (AAS) annual field trip, “The Underground Railroad in Central New York,” will take 38 AAS and other University community members to the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, New York. The tour will be Friday,…

Campus & Community

Campus Workshop to Explore Attitudes and Effects of Implicit Bias

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Carol Boll

A workshop titled “Recognizing and Understanding Implicit Bias” will be conducted for interested Syracuse University faculty and staff on Monday, March 6, from 1-3 p.m. in the Gray Ceremonial Courtroom at the College of Law. Sponsored by the University’s Office…

Arts & Culture

Sharif Anael-Bey to Speak for Sankofa Lecture Series

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Briana Rinaldo

The Office of Program Development and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) are hosting author Sharif Anael-Bey ’95 for the Sankofa Lecture Series. His presentation—“Black History Month Relevant?”—is Monday, Feb. 27, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons,…

Campus & Community

AAS Professor Renate ‘Rennie’ Simson Remembered for Her Many Contributions

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Renate “Rennie” Simson joined the Syracuse University faculty in 1979 as a full-time instructor, African American studies (AAS) was just being established as a department in the College of Arts and Sciences. It had existed at the University for…

Media, Law & Policy

SU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Martin Walls

Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…