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Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Ailey II Dance Performance at Landmark Theatre

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Cjala Surratt

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), a unit of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, celebrates its 50th anniversary with a performance by the Ailey II – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, featuring…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry, Pete’s Giving Garden Help Combat Food Insecurity in Campus Community

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In 2013, Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel established a food pantry to help students experiencing food insecurity. What started as a pantry in a small space in the chapel has grown into a large operation with two campus locations that serve…

Media Tip Sheets

COVID was deadlier for those with intellectual disabilities, according to new research

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, “COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among Decedents with and without Intellectual…

STEM

Exploring Sediment History in Central New York Lakes

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Skaneateles Lake in Upstate New York is one of the cleanest, clearest freshwater lakes in the country, the source of drinking water for the City of Syracuse and a hub for recreation. Since 2017, however, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have…

Arts & Culture

La Casita to Commemorate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month With New Exhibition: ‘Once Upon a Time…A Toy Show’

Monday, September 12, 2022, By News Staff

La Casita will commemorate Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 to Oct. 15) with the opening of a new exhibition: “Once Upon a Time… A Toy Show / Erase una vez… un show de juguetes,” on Friday, Sept. 16, from 6…

Campus & Community

CLASS Peer-to-Peer Learning Strategies Project Receives NSF Grant to Extend Training, Research

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Diane Stirling

The Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) has received a National Science Foundation grant of $240,000 to expand a peer-to-peer academic coaching program that acquaints students with effective learning strategies and helps them adopt those tactics in their STEM…

Campus & Community

Celebrate Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Shannon Andre

Syracuse University will mark the start of the annual Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM) celebration on Thursday, Sept. 15, during an opening ceremony in Schine Student Center atrium at 4 p.m. The ceremony, which will include remarks, student performances and…

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) welcomed six new full-time faculty members in August. Chanee Choi is a visiting assistant professor of computer art and animation in the Department of Film and Media Arts. Choi is a transdisciplinary…

Campus & Community

College of Professional Studies Honors Women of the University Community Sept. 29

Monday, September 12, 2022, By News Staff

During his first address following the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III spoke admiringly about the attributes that characterized his mother’s life and reign. He spoke of having a “deep gratitude” for the queen’s life-long sense of…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Announces Fall 2022 Visiting Critics

Monday, September 12, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

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. Two studios will be held on campus this fall. Ju Bin (Horizontal Design) Ju Bin, along…