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Arts & Culture

Common Differences

Thursday, October 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Chandra Talpade Mohanty was a graduate student at the University of Illinois in 1983 when she and her colleague, Ann Russo, developed the idea for an international women’s conference on feminist perspectives from the Global South and North. It marked the start of her scholarly life in social justice.

Campus & Community

Common Prayer for Peace Appeals to Global Community

Friday, October 11, 2013, By Kevin Morrow

A message of hope has begun its journey across the globe. How many eyes see it and how many mouths speak it likely will never be known. But its purpose is clear: to instill a sense of resolve from sorrowful…

Arts & Culture

Poet Baker to Speak at Oct. 16 Raymond Carver Series Event

Friday, October 11, 2013, By Renée K. Gadoua

The poet David Baker is the next speaker in this semester’s Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open…

Media, Law & Policy

When Accidents Happen

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.

Arts & Culture

LGBT Resource Center Presents Coming Out Month

Monday, September 30, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center, within the Division of Student Affairs, continues its tradition of celebrating the month of October as “Coming Out Month,” in honor of the national “Coming Out Day” on Oct. 11. This month-long anniversary, designed to…

Campus & Community

Shack-A-Thon to Benefit Habitat for Humanity

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Students will better understand the state of poverty housing in this country and abroad during the SU/ESF Habitat for Humanity chapter’s Shack-A-Thon event this week. Shack-A-Thon draws student organizations, along with sororities and fraternities, to construct and sponsor a shack…

Campus & Community

18th-Century French Bookbinding: A Lecture in the Brodsky Series

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Jeffrey S. Peachey, a book conservator, independent scholar and toolmaker, will present an illustrated lecture in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation series titled “Reconstructing Diderot: Eighteenth Century French Bookbinding” on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 5 p.m. in…

Campus & Community

Message from Board Chairman Richard L. Thompson

Thursday, September 12, 2013, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community, I am writing on behalf of the University’s Board of Trustees with an important update regarding the Chancellor Search process. As you know, since last year we have been engaged in a rigorous…

Campus & Community

Kent D. Syverud Named 12th Chancellor and President of Syracuse University

Thursday, September 12, 2013, By Kevin C. Quinn

Kent D. Syverud, dean of the School of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, has been selected to be the 12th Chancellor and President of Syracuse University.

EOIRS Helps to Encourage Environment of Respect

Friday, September 6, 2013, By News Staff

For more than a year, Human Capital Development (HCD) has conducted a campus-wide educational outreach effort to familiarize the Syracuse University community with the policies, laws and available resources that relate to issues of diversity, inclusion, equity and discrimination. The…