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Campus & Community

Undergraduates Invited to Apply to Present at ACC Meeting of the Minds

Thursday, January 18, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Evan Weiss ’19 would highly encourage other students who are involved in research or creative work to try out for a distinctive academic event for a select group of students from only 15 universities: the ACC Meeting of the Minds…

Media, Law & Policy

Gerrymandering: foxes guarding the hen house if they promise not to eat too many chickens

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies the politics of race and ethnicity and director of the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, offered comments on the recent ruling by a judge in North…

Campus & Community

Alumnus John Lally and Wife, Laura, Provide $1 Million Gift in Support of Football Program

Thursday, December 21, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Alumnus and Syracuse football letterwinner John Lally ’82 and his wife, Laura, are giving back to new generations of student-athletes through generous support of the football program. The couple has made a significant gift of $1 million that will go…

Campus & Community

Fall 2017 Intramurals Season Gets Year Off to Active Start

Wednesday, December 13, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

A highlight of the year for many students is participating in intramural sports through the Department of Recreation Services. During the fall semester, there were 100 active intramurals teams playing more than 240 games, with more than 1,100 students involved….

Arts & Culture

Linguist Tackles Trauma, Mental Health, Forensics and Tastes

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Tej K. Bhatia has traveled the world connecting his expertise in linguistics with a broad array of related topics: trauma, mental health, forensics and tastes. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian…

Health & Society

Spin & Give Fundraiser Planned for Dec. 1

Tuesday, November 21, 2017, By News Staff

For a second year, Spin & Give will raise funds and collect donations to support the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital and the Food Bank of Central New York. The event will take place Friday, Dec. 1, from 4-8 p.m., an evening of…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Hosts World Englishes Conference

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…

Health & Society

‘Deej,’ Film about Autism and Inclusion, to Screen on Sept. 25

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

This month, the team behind the acclaimed new documentary, “Deej,” launches the Deej Inclusion Tour, a series of more than 50 campus and community screenings across the United States. The goal is to promote inclusion—in families, schools and communities—of all…

Campus & Community

3 Pieces of Advice to New Students from Orientation Leaders

Thursday, August 24, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University orientation leaders know what it’s like to be new on campus, and they are eager to share their own experiences.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse to Host International ‘World English’ Conference June 30-July 2

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than 200 presenters from six continents will converge at Syracuse University for the 22nd annual conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), June 30-July 2. Titled “Local and Global Contexts of World Englishes,” the conference will present…