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Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Welcomes JDinteractive Class of 2023

Thursday, August 22, 2019, By Robert Conrad

On Aug. 12, the College of Law welcomed 50 new students into JDinteractive (JDi), the college’s ABA-accredited, fully interactive online law degree program. This is the second group of students to matriculate into the first-of-its-kind program, which combines intensive on-campus…

Campus & Community

‘Justice in America: A Discussion on the Exoneration of the Central Park 5’ with Kevin Richardson Is Sept. 9 in Goldstein Auditorium

Monday, August 19, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

Kevin Richardson was one of five teens—four African-American and one Hispanic, ages 14-16—who were arrested, interrogated and subsequently charged in the brutal beating and sexual assault of a 28-year-old woman in Manhattan’s Central Park in April 1989. While there was…

Campus & Community

Whitman Staff Member Heads to Thailand Representing Team USA in Dragon Boat Racing

Wednesday, August 7, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Ben Schlimmer’s agility and passion for paddling watersports was most certainly passed down from his father and grandfather. A son of a canoe enthusiast and grandson of a Boy Scout troop leader who led adventurous water excursions, Schlimmer has adeptly…

Media, Law & Policy

Carla Villarreal Lopez L’17: A Rising Career in International Disability Rights

Monday, July 29, 2019, By Martin Walls

Before arriving in Syracuse to pursue a master of laws degree, Carla Villarreal Lopez L’17 was already an experienced human rights lawyer. In her native Peru she served as a commissioner at the Ombudsman’s Office, as well as a professor…

Statement from Syracuse University

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University Senior Associate Vice President for Communications Sarah Scalese issued the following statement:  “The individual in question is no longer a student at Syracuse University. Syracuse University does not tolerate sexual and relationship violence of any kind, including incidents that…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Announces Opening of ‘Time Changes Everything’

Monday, July 1, 2019, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “Time Changes Everything,” an exhibition by Syracuse University Professor Margie Hughto, Darcy Gerbarg, Beth Bischoff and Franco Andres, on Friday, July 12. The reception will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m….

Campus & Community

Admissions Counselor Tammy Bluewolf-Kennedy Helps Recruit a Diverse Student Community

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

During the annual Native American student orientation in the fall or the Indigenous Student Graduation Reception around Commencement, you’ll probably see Tammy Bluewolf-Kennedy with her camera or cell phone at the ready. Bluewolf-Kennedy ’04, G’10, admissions counselor and Native American…

Jamie Winders

Professor of Geography and Director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
STEM

Students Partner with Industry on Wearable Cooling Device

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

While many people work in climate-controlled buildings, certain jobs require workers to toil in oppressive heat. Military personnel, firefighters, construction workers and many others don’t have many good options for keeping cool in their line of work. This spring, a…

Campus & Community

Walters Takes Helm, Five New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 13, 2019, By News Staff

As Kathleen A. Walters ’73 assumed her new role as chair of the Board of Trustees, Syracuse University also announced the election of five new trustees. The new members are James P. Kidder L’01, who will become president of the…