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Fellowship to Carry On Vision of Advancing Food Justice in Syracuse
Jonnell Robinson never had to go very far to find Evan Weissman. They were colleagues, confidants and next-door neighbors, and all Robinson had to do was call for Weissman over her backyard fence. When it came time for the heart-wrenching…
18th Annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Is Online for 2020
The 18th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) is online from Sept. 24-26 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The film festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2020-21: FUTURES and is presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the…
Virtual Peer-to-Peer Professional Development for Faculty on Identity, Diversity to Be Held Sept. 10 and 11
Workshop One, a faculty-designed, three-hour online workshop that focuses on identity, diversity in the learning environment and the climate for inclusion, will be offered Sept. 10 and 11. The session on Thursday, Sept. 10, will be held from 4 to…
Virtual Fulbright Program Offers Unique Learning Experience
The Fulbright program is a widely recognized and prestigious international exchange program that offers accomplished students and scholars from around the world the opportunity to study, teach, conduct research and exchange ideas. Scholars travel to the United States to immerse…
School of Architecture Announces Fall 2020 Visiting Critics
Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Three studios will be held this fall. Ifeoma Ebo (Creative Urban Alchemy) and Nathan Williams (Nathan…
Syracuse University Women in Leadership Initiative Announces Fall 2020 Programming
The Women in Leadership (WIL) Initiative began two years ago with a vision to offer continuing professional development opportunities that are purposeful, focused and relevant to the University’s women faculty and staff. After a successful and well-attended pilot program in…
Maxwell Professor: ‘Speakers at the Republican National Convention should denounce foreign interference in our democracy’
The Justice Department’s independent inspector general found that law enforcement officials had sufficient basis to open the Russia investigation and acted without political bias. Last week, a sprawling report released by a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate panel covered three years of investigation into…
Joint Statement from Karin Ruhlandt, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and John Liu, Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost
Syracuse University unequivocally condemns racism and xenophobia and rejects bigotry, hate and intolerance of any kind. The derogatory language used by a professor on his course syllabus is damaging to the learning environment for our students and offensive to Chinese,…
Kal Srinivas and Jerry Edmonds Serve as Peer Evaluators in Middle States Accreditation
Accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) is a necessary evaluation process for universities to affirm their educational quality. Institutions conduct a self-study, and then peer evaluators visit the institution to ensure the self-study accurately reflects its…
New Faculty Welcomed with Conversations Integral to an Environment of Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility
Today, more than 60 faculty will participate in New Faculty Orientation hosted by the Faculty Affairs division within the Office of Academic Affairs. In addition to hearing presentations by senior leadership, the faculty will take part in “Workshop One,” a…