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Arts & Culture

Three to Receive 2018 Poetic Icon Award at Verbal Blend’s Spoken Word Poetry Institute

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

On Friday, Oct. 26, Omanii Abdullah, Georgia Popoff and Jackie Warren-Moore will be honored with the 2018 Poetic Icon Award at Verbal Blend’s fifth annual Spoken Word Poetry Institute. The Poetic Icon Award recognizes poets who have been trailblazers within…

STEM

Biologists Gain New Insights into Surface, Acoustic Behaviors of Right Whales

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Rob Enslin

In response to the dwindling number of North Atlantic right whales, researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have conducted a major study of the surface and acoustic behaviors of right whale mother-calf pairs. Susan Parks, associate professor…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Dana Cloud to Receive National Communication Association Inaugural Presidential Citation

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

Dana Cloud, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, is among a small group of scholars who will be receiving inaugural presidential citations from the National Communication Association (NCA) for “commitment to…

Arts & Culture

University Lectures, Syracuse Symposium Present ‘A Handmaid’s Tale’ Author Margaret Atwood

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Acclaimed author Margaret Atwood (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Alias Grace”) will visit Syracuse University on Thursday, Oct. 25, and participate that evening in an on-stage conversation in Hendricks Chapel for the University Lectures series. The event, which is free and open…

STEM

Family Weekend Kicks Off with ’Cuse Tank, a Lively Student Innovation Competition at Bird Library

Tuesday, October 23, 2018, By News Staff

The “Elite Eight” finalists for the first ever ’Cuse Tank will vie in a “Shark Tank”-style prize competition on Friday, Oct. 26, from 9-11:30 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in E.S. Bird Library. The event—co-sponsored by the Blackstone…

Veterans

Q&A with Veterans Advocate Roland Van Deusen ’67, G’75

Monday, October 22, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Veteran suicide rates have increased 25 percent over the last decade, with veterans more than twice as likely as non-vets to take their own lives. Roland Van Deusen ’67, G’75, a former U.S. Navy petty officer and retired psychiatric social…

Campus & Community

ELI Students Share Insights on Being an International Student

Friday, October 19, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

When international students travel to the United States to learn English, the language barrier is just one of their challenges. Cultural differences like being overwhelmed in the grocery store, being embarrassed about not tipping a server (there is no tipping…

STEM

Scientists Link Marine Dead Zone to Carbon Cycle, Climate Change

Thursday, October 18, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Associate Professor Zunli Lu says tropical Pacific played major role in absorbing Earth’s atmospheric carbon dioxide during last ice age Scientists have long known that atmospheric carbon dioxide is closely linked to climate change. Studying ice age cycles, carbon dioxide…

Arts & Culture

Verbal Blend’s Fifth Annual Spoken Word Poetry Institute Features Alumni Poets, Daylong Workshop

Thursday, October 18, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Verbal Blend, the premier spoken-word poetry program coordinated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its fifth annual Spoken Word Poetry Institute featuring six alumni poets and presentation of the Poetic Icon Award. This year’s institute is Friday, Oct….

Campus & Community

Meet the 2018 Homecoming Court

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

A longstanding University tradition, the Homecoming Court is composed of seniors who represent Orange spirit in their academic, co-curricular and community involvement. Campus community members with a valid NetID can cast their vote for the Orange Central Homecoming king and…