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Health & Society

Disability Awareness Month Begins with Open House, Screening of ‘Inside Out’

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Gerard McTigue

The Disability Cultural Center (DCC), within the Division of Student Affairs, along with a number of Syracuse University partners, will play host to a wide range of events throughout October, designated as Disability Awareness Month. The list of events starts…

Health & Society

Syracuse Food Justice Symposium to Be Held Oct. 2-3

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Michele Barrett

“Taking Back Our Health through Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture,” the first-ever Syracuse Food Justice Symposium, will focus on grassroots urban agriculture and food justice.

Campus & Community

Graduate Student Travels to Philly to Attend Pope’s Mass

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Emily Francisco G’17 almost got to see Pope Francis two years ago while she was studying abroad in Florence. She tried to attend a Mass he was celebrating in Rome, but she wasn’t able to get into the service. This time she was not going to miss him.

Campus & Community

‘I Learn America’ to Be Screened Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the first installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium with the screening of the documentary film “I Learn America.”…

STEM

iSchool Launches New Center for Computational and Data Sciences

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A new research center has launched at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) that aims to provide a focal point for advancing data science and human language technologies, especially in the context of social science scholarship. Announced at the school’s…

Campus & Community

Lecture by Renowned Disability Scholar, Author Lennard J. Davis

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The most sweeping civil rights legislation in U.S. history and a model for disability-based laws around the globe is the subject of a special lecture, hosted by the Renée Crown University Honors Program in the  College of Arts and Sciences….

Alumni to Receive Eggers, Generation Orange Awards During Orange Central

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University will recognize the extraordinary contributions of both its senior alumni and its younger alumni during Orange Central homecoming during the weekend of Oct. 22-25. The Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award will be presented to Molly Corbett Broad…

Arts & Culture

Fall 2015 Visiting Critics Offer Global, Diverse Perspective

Monday, September 28, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

The School of Architecture has announced its visiting critics for the fall 2015 semester: Guillermo Banchini of Banchini Arquitectos (Barqs), Rosario, Argentina; Roberto de Leon of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop (DPAW), Louisville, Ky.; Elodie Nourrigat of NBJ Architectes,…

Arts & Culture

Carver Series Presents Renowned Poet Tom Sleigh Sept. 30

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a reading by acclaimed poet, essayist and dramatist Tom Sleigh. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Sleigh, who is this semester’s Leonard and Elise Elman Visiting Writer, will…

Famed South African Photographer to Visit Sept. 28

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Iconic South African photographer Cedric Nunn will visit the University to promote his new book, “Unsettled: The 100 Year War of Resistance by Xhosa Against Boer and British” (Archipelago Books, 2015). As part of his visit, Nunn will discuss his…