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Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Receives Prestigious Award for Weekly Dean’s Convocations

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Hendricks Chapel has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding Spiritual Initiatives Award from NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, an association of student affairs professionals in higher education. The Outstanding Spiritual Initiative Award is given annually to recognize a program that…

Arts & Culture

Students, OAD Partner for a Record-Breaking ‘Black Panther’ Premiere

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

As Marvel’s film “Black Panther” racks up record-breaking numbers in movie theaters across the nation, Syracuse University celebrated the movie premiere Feb. 15 with a record-breaking night of its own. Scheduled as an Orange After Dark (OAD) event, the “Black Panther”…

Before the Taps Run Dry: How Recycled Wastewater Could Help California, Cape Town Quench Water Crises

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

California’s Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to adopt permanent restrictions against wasting water, as drought worries once again creep into focus. Teng Zeng is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse…

Health & Society

Disability Day of Mourning Candlelight Vigil Planned for Thursday

Monday, February 26, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse University will hold a Disability Day of Mourning (DDoM) candlelight vigil on Thursday, March 1, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Rooms 304A and B in the Schine Student Center. The Disability Student Union (DSU) and the Disability Cultural Center (DCC),…

Bloomberg

The Government’s Dueling Memos

Monday, February 26, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

INSCT founding director Bill Banks talks with Bloomberg Radio’s “Politics, Policy, Power and Law,” about the dueling memos between the Democratic and Republican parties. The talk with Bloomberg’s June Grasso covers many details about these memos, which have been ingrained…

Media, Law & Policy

Olympics Détente? Professor Carriere, Korea Expert, Has Been Watching Carefully

Monday, February 26, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

The spectacle of the PyeongChang Olympics has seemingly opened a sliver of opportunity for diplomacy between North Korea and South Korea. South Korean and North Korean athletes, performers and delegates walked together under one flag at the Opening Ceremonies. South…

Arts & Culture

UVP Presents ‘AKIN: Keren Shavit and Eva Marie Rødbro’

Monday, February 26, 2018, By News Staff

Urban Video Project (UVP) is presenting “AKIN: Keren Shavit & Eva Marie Rødbro” from dusk to 11 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays through March 31 at UVP’s Everson Museum of Art architectural projection venue, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse. Rødbro and Shavit will be present…

Media, Law & Policy

Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 and the Impact on Unions

Monday, February 26, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Professor Thomas Keck, the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics at the Maxwell School, offers insight on the Janus vs American Federation, State, Country and Municipal Employees case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. “Janus v. AFSCME…

Media, Law & Policy

Tanner Lecture Series Features Etan Thomas Tonight at Hendricks Chapel

Monday, February 26, 2018, By News Staff

The Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility welcomes Etan Thomas, author of “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” and former Syracuse University student-athlete and basketball player and NBA star. Thomas will speak tonight at Hendricks Chapel. The event…

The Hill

Expert Reeher Warns of Hyperpolarization Amidst Russia Investigation

Sunday, February 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

While investigations into potential Russian meddling continues, the widening political gulf is fertile ground for outside interference, says Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs professor Grant Reeher in The Hill. He warned that “a state of hyperpolarization makes it much easier…