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Chancellor to Meet with Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy Next Week
Recognizes Legacy of Advocacy Center and Its Former Staff Early next week, Chancellor Kent Syverud will meet with members of the Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy to discuss its final report released last month. The workgroup—a group…
Illumination Initiative Lights Up Iconic Downtown Buildings
Syracuse is renowned for winter, but this season the city is shining a little brighter, thanks to an illumination initiative by the Connective Corridor focused on lighting iconic buildings and public spaces along the recently completed streetscape.
Education Professor to Discuss ‘Peaceful at the Core’ Curriculum at Barnes & Noble Jan. 17
School of Education Professor Mara Sapon-Shevin has developed a new curriculum to address issues of bullying and to promote a positive social climate in schools. Using children’s literature as the foundation for dialogue, the “Peaceful at the Core” curriculum is…
Deadline Moved for Health Survey
The deadline has been moved to Jan. 23 for the following survey. It was previously Dec. 19. How Healthy is the SU campus? If you are at least 18 years old and an SU employee, you can participate in research…
Chancellor Syverud Responds to GSO Resolution Regarding University Interactions with THE General Body
In a letter delivered tonight to Graduate Student Organization (GSO) President Patrick Neary, Chancellor Syverud responded to the GSO’s Resolution requesting an investigation into the administration’s response to recent student protests. Below is the complete text of the letter. In…
Contemplative Collaborative Brownbag Series to Kick Off Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia
The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s Spring Symposia will kick off on Friday, Jan. 16, with the first installment of a three-part Contemplative Collaborative Brownbag Series titled, “Practicing Presence: Mindfulness Practices for Teaching and Learning.” Free and open to the public,…
TRAC Co-Founder’s Groundbreaking Investigative Books Now Available Digitally
More than three decades ago, Random House published “The Rise of the Computer State,” David Burnham’s prescient book that predicted how computers would soon dominate politics, economics, law enforcement and the basic thinking of the American people. Long before the…
iSchool Mourns Former Faculty Member Marta Dosa
School of Information Studies Professor Emerita Marta Dosa passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8. She joined the faculty in 1962, after receiving her master’s degree in library science from Syracuse in 1957, and served for 34 years. She was 91…
Research Finds In-Game Rewards Have No Effect on Learning
New research from School of Information Studies Associate Professor Jenny Stromer-Galley explores the role of in-game rewards and the impact they have on learning in educational games. In a paper set to be published in the April edition of Computers…
Q&A: Tully Center for Free Speech Director Roy Gutterman on Charlie Hebdo Violence
Roy S. Gutterman, a graduate of the Newhouse School and the Syracuse University College of Law, is an expert on communications law and the First Amendment. He is director of Newhouse’s Tully Center for Free Speech. In the wake of…