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Colloquium to Address Feminist Perspectives on Intersectionality, Transnationalism, Decoloniality
Three experts will speak Friday, Oct. 24, at the Syracuse Symposium™ colloquium “Negotiating Feminist Perspectives: Intersectionality, Transnationalism and Decoloniality.” The free, public event is 12:45-5:15 p.m. in 304ABC, Schine Student Center. There will be light refreshments to start, and CART…
Purser Wins Award for New Book about On-Demand Labor
Gretchen Purser, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, has won the 2014 International Book Award from the California Series in Public Anthropology (University of California Press) for her manuscript “Labor On Demand: Dispatching the Urban Poor.” Each year…
August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Masterpiece ‘The Piano Lesson’ Starts Oct. 22
In August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “The Piano Lesson,” the past threatens to pull apart brother and sister. Bernice treasures a one-of-a-kind piano, an heirloom with carved figures of their enslaved ancestors. Boy Willie suddenly arrives from the South determined…
University Community Members Tell Their Stories in Dialogue on Diversity
Students had a chance to be heard, to tell their stories of challenges at Syracuse University and their hopes for its future, in a discussion meant to be just the beginning. More than 250 students, faculty and staff gathered to…
NSF Fellows Given Creative Freedom to Explore Varied Topics
Ph.D. student Ariel Ash-Shakoor is helping create biomaterials that are better able to interact with human cells. She was one of three Syracuse University students in 2014 given a strong nod of encouragement to continue in their various fields through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central
This year’s Orange Central celebration features events for alumni, current students, faculty, staff and the entire community.
Message from University Leaders Regarding the Posse Program
In a message sent today to Posse Program participants, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Maurice Harris, Associate Provost for Academic Programs Andria Costello Staniec and Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Director of Scholarships and Student Aid Ryan Williams announced…
Victor Rios to Speak on Youth Control Complex Sept. 24
The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present “Punitive…
Dedrick, Stanton Receive NSF Funding for Smart Meter Study
Do people care how smart meters collect data about the electricity they use? That’s one of the questions a new National Science Foundation-funded grant will permit two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors to explore in their project, “Data Privacy…
University Community Mourns Passing of Professor Emerita Sari Knopp Biklen
Sari Knopp Biklen, professor emerita of cultural foundations of education and women’s studies, passed away on Sept. 16. “I know that I speak for all of her colleagues in expressing deep sadness over Sari’s passing,” says Eric F. Spina, Syracuse…