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Health & Society

Diane R. Wiener, Barry L. Wells Appointed Co-Chairs of Council on Diversity and Inclusion

Friday, November 18, 2016, By News Staff

Diane R. Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center, and Barry L. Wells, special assistant to the Chancellor, have been appointed co-chairs of the new Council on Diversity and Inclusion by Chancellor Kent Syverud. The appointments follow the creation of…

SOE Alumna Appointed to President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Thursday, November 17, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

President Barack Obama has announced his intention appoint Rebecca S. Salon MS ’75, PhD ’01 (Special Education), to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). Salon is project director for the LEAD Center. Led by National Disability Institute with…

Campus & Community

Campus Conversations, Online Form Offer Opportunity for Input on University Environment

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Syracuse University students, faculty and staff are encouraged to review the recently released report of findings from last semester’s campuswide Climate Assessment Survey and offer reactions and feedback through one of several upcoming Campus Conversations sessions or an online form….

Business & Economy

Global Entrepreneurship Week Features Keynote by Founder Carl Schramm

Sunday, November 13, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

The first-ever campuswide Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration kicks off at Syracuse University with a keynote by its founder, Carl Schramm, University Professor and former president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The opening event, “The History of Innovation,”…

Arts & Culture

‘Dominican Music Week’ Features Pair of Events

Friday, November 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

“Dominican Music Week” returns to campus with a pair of events organized, in part, by the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences. AMH will present a performance by Pa’lo Monte, a New…

Campus & Community

Human Resources Creates Benefits Advisory Council to Advance One University Goals

Friday, November 11, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced the members of the University’s new Benefits Advisory Council. Born out of conversations with faculty and staff over the last year, including campus community members attending the chief human resources officer’s open office hours, the council…

Health & Society

Health Services Earns AAAHC Accreditation

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Health Services has earned full accreditation and reaccreditation for another three years from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).  The AAAHC accredits more than 6,000 medical facilities with ambulatory care, and most frequently serves as the accrediting body for…

Health & Society

University Celebrates Native Heritage Month 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Throughout the month of November, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, in collaboration with student organizations and campus partners, hosts Native Heritage Month.  Native Heritage Month offers a variety of speakers, performances, film screenings and other events that celebrate and raise…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…

Arts & Culture

The Tao of the Liberal Arts

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Gerry Greenberg is an easy-going guy, but, if you want to get him started, challenge him on the value of a liberal arts education. The Washington Post recently found this out when it ran an excerpt from the aptly titled…