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Arts & Culture

Actor-singer Taye Diggs ’93 Returns to Campus for Coming Back Together Book Signing

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Most people know Taye Diggs ’93 as an award-winning actor and singer, but when he participates in this week’s Coming Back Together reunion for African American and Latino alumni, he will do so as a best-selling author. Diggs is the creator of…

Arts & Culture

Alumnus’ Documentary Exploring History of Lynching Screening Today

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By News Staff

On Sept. 12, Syracuse University will screen “An Outrage,” a documentary film exploring the history and legacy of lynching and co-directed by Lance Warren ’04. The film will be shown at 5 p.m. in 220 Eggers. Warren, a graduate of…

STEM

Curious Properties

Monday, September 11, 2017, By News Staff

Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of Syracuse’s Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…

Media, Law & Policy

Acclaimed Journalist Soledad O’Brien Headlines Coming Back Together, University Lectures series

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Tickets for Soledad O’Brien (available at boxoffice.syr.edu) are free for CBT registrants, $5 for SU/SUNY-ESF students with I.D. and $10 for the public. When Soledad O’Brien was working on the acclaimed CNN series “Black in America,” someone asked her what she had…

Campus & Community

12th Coming Back Together Set for Sept. 14-17

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Scott McDowell

Launched in 1983, Coming Back Together (CBT) became the first reunion of its kind in the country, strengthening Syracuse University’s reputation as a leader in diversity and inclusion.

Arts & Culture

Creative Writing Program Achieves New Peak of Success

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Members of the top-ranked program, based in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, are celebrating a raft of honors, awards and new publications.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Announces Yearlong Theme of ‘Belonging’

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center announces its lineup for the 2017-18 Syracuse Symposium, whose theme is “Belonging.” The popular series highlights innovative, interdisciplinary work in the humanities by renowned scholars, artists, authors and performers. Fall guests include visual artist Suné Woods (Sept. 13-16);…

Arts & Culture

Lunch Time Poems to Launch Sept. 22 in Bird Library

Tuesday, September 5, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries is pleased to announce a series of free noontime poetry readings this semester called Lunch Time Poems. Hosted by poet Stephen Kuusisto, professor in the cultural foundations of educations department in the School of Education, the series will…

Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett (Ret.)

Deputy Director, Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law; Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Campus & Community

Alumni Association Announces Football and Basketball Tailgate Schedule

Thursday, August 31, 2017, By John Boccacino

The Syracuse University Alumni Association (SUAA) is once again hosting a series of football and basketball tailgates for select home and away games during the 2017-18 academic year. At these pre-game gatherings, alumni, friends of SU and guests are invited…