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Arts & Culture

Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Celebrates 50 Years of Artistic and Literary Exploration

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

  For half a century, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact (POC) has served the University and local communities as a hub for artistic and literary exploration. Two special programs will be held this year in celebration of the organization’s 50th…

Campus & Community

Human Rights Expert James Waller to Offer 2025 Atrocity Studies Lecture, Genocide Prevention Workshop

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, By Martin Walls

At the 2025 Atrocity Studies Lecture—presented by the School of Education’s minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice—human rights expert James Waller will explore “Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Atrocity.” The lecture takes place on…

Arts & Culture

New York City the Setting for Second ‘Monumental Concerns’ Symposium

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A daylong symposium hosted by Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems will bring together artists, poets, scholars, activists and theorists to explore contested sites of memory and monuments. “Monumental Concerns 2”—a continuation of the first “Monumental Concerns” symposium…

Campus & Community

Jennifer Hain Teper Presenting at the 2025 Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Jennifer Hain Teper, Velde Professor and Preservation Librarian at the University of Illinois Libraries, will present at Syracuse University Libraries’ annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation. Hain Teper’s hybrid lecture, titled “Historic Scrapbooks in Libraries and Archives…

Campus & Community

Office of the University Ombuds Seeks Feedback

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

All members of the University community are invited to provide feedback on the Office of the University Ombuds via an online survey. The survey will be open until Friday, March 28. All responses will be anonymous and confidential. Established in 2018, the…

STEM

Philanthropy That Brings Outside the Box Thinking to the Student Experience

Friday, March 14, 2025, By Eileen Korey

Michael “Mike” Venutolo ’77 and his wife, Kim, vividly remember sharing an eight-hour bus ride through the 110-degree desert in the United Arab Emirates with a half dozen engineering students from Syracuse University. Mike had helped design a novel two-week…

Media, Law & Policy

Cultivation of Talent and Moral Compass Guide University Trustee Richard Alexander L’82

Friday, March 14, 2025, By Eileen Korey

Over the last decade, Richard Alexander L’82 has navigated his chosen profession (the law) and his chosen passion (Syracuse University and its law school) through incredibly challenging waters. As partner, managing partner and chair of one of the nation’s most…

Arts & Culture

New Exhibition, ‘Joiri Minaya: Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum,’ on View at Syracuse University Art Museum

Thursday, March 13, 2025, By News Staff

A new exhibition at the Syracuse University Art Museum that challenges visitors to view the “tropics” as both place and perception is on view through May 10, 2025. “Joiri Minaya: Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum” features artworks by Joiri…

STEM

In the Return Phase of Life: Giving Back to the University That Launched His Career

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, By Eileen Korey

In his home office, John Chawner ’84 proudly displays a disk of aluminum dated “4-8-84.” It is a treasured memento from his days at Syracuse University and, in many ways, it is symbolic of his approach to service and philanthropy…

Campus & Community

Maxwell X Lab Study Reveals New Data on Email Recruitment

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, By Jessica Youngman

Findings by the Maxwell X Lab may help employers, nonprofit organizations and other entities better connect with underserved communities. Their research, recently published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, is the result of a collaboration between the Maxwell School and…