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Campus & Community

Committee Appointed to Plan University’s Sesquicentennial Events

Friday, November 10, 2017, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed a steering committee to plan efforts to mark Syracuse University’s sesquicentennial in 2020. The University was founded on March 24, 1870, and 2020 will be its 150th anniversary. The committee is a cross-section of students,…

Campus & Community

Dympna Callaghan Named University Professor

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By Carol Boll

Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters and professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a University Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction, approved by Chancellor Syverud and…

Veterans

Maxwell Students Named as 2017-18 SoldierStrong Scholars

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By News Staff

Maxwell School graduate students Mitch Forbes and Chris Tonsmeire, both U.S. military veterans, have been named as this year’s SoldierStrong scholars, under terms of a scholarship the SoldierStrong Foundation provides to veterans at the school. Forbes is pursuing an executive…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses Nov. 8 University Senate Meeting

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud updated the University Senate on a broad range of topics at its Wednesday, Nov. 8, meeting. He began his remarks by briefly reflecting on three recent University events: The installation of Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian…

Veterans

Photographer Stacy Pearsall ’05 Receives Service Dog on ‘Today Show’

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Stacy Pearsall ’05, an alumna of the Newhouse School’s Military Visual Journalism Program was the recipient of a service dog during a special segment on NBC’s Today Show. Pearsall, who visited campus earlier this week for her Veterans Portrait Project,…

Health & Society

Hebrew Scholar Shines New Light on Old Testament

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

James W. Watts, professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, has written a new book about the ritualizing of the Pentateuch–the first five books of the Jewish and Christian bibles. “The Pentateuch depicts itself as…

Campus & Community

University Continues Celebration for Native Heritage Month

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

  Throughout the month of November, the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, in collaboration with student organizations and campus partners, hosts Native Heritage Month. Native Heritage Month offers a variety of events…

STEM

Innovation Orange: EMPOWER Program

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Keith Kobland

EMPOWER is an interdisciplinary graduate education program focused on research at the interface of water and energy cycles. The program provides students with the technical knowledge and professional skills needed to compete for careers in energy, environmental consulting, government, nonprofits, academia and beyond.

Veterans

More Profiles from the Past & Present—Celebrating Alumni & Student Veteran Stories

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Stephanie Salanger

In celebration of Veterans Week 2017 at Syracuse University, the Office of Veterans and Military Affairs is recognizing the success stories of one current student veteran and one military-connected alumnus each day of the week. After welcoming veterans to campus…

Health & Society

Trans Day of Remembrance Featuring Jennicet Gutiérrez on Nov. 8

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The LGBT Resource Center, within the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, presents Transgender Day of Remembrance. Transgender Day of Remembrance is nationally observed on Nov. 20 and honors those who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. To…