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Campus & Community

Longtime Religion Department Chair, Former Interim Dean of Hendricks Chapel Mourned

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A few days after Samuel Clemence was named co-chair of the committee charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Hendricks Chapel, former Department of Religion chair James B. Wiggins called him. “He offered me a copy of his report from…

Campus & Community

Disability Day of Mourning to Be Marked Wednesday with a Candlelight Vigil on the Quad

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Update (March 1, 2017): Today’s Disability Day of Mourning candlelight vigil will be held at the Disability Cultural Center, 230 Schine Student Center, due to the likelihood of inclement weather. The event will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. American Sign…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Announces Its 2017/18 Season

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage Artistic Director Robert Hupp has announced the plays selected for the 2017/18 season. The six plays are “The Three Musketeers,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Next to Normal,” “A Raisin…

STEM

iPrize, CompeteCNY Make $140,000 Available for Student Pitch Competition

Monday, February 27, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Entrepreneurial students on campus will have the opportunity to test their pitch skills for prize money in a new competition supported in part by the Raymond Von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool)….

Campus & Community

Football Trailblazer Bernie Custis Passes Away

Monday, February 27, 2017, By SU Athletics

(From Cuse.com) HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA – Syracuse University football letterwinner Bernie Custis passed away yesterday, according to the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the team for which he made his pro football debut in 1951. Custis, widely considered to…

Campus & Community

Still Time for Feedback on Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to offer their thoughts on the draft Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Accessibility Policy at the final public comment session on Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 9-10:15 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114…

Campus & Community

Democratizing Knowledge Awarded Campus Dialogue Grant

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Project is organizing a series of campus dialogues, thanks to a grant from an independent national initiative called Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP). Tentatively titled “Creating New Publics: Understanding the Power of Place,” the series is…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders’ First Novel, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Bestseller List

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

For an author, you are truly in an enviable position when fans and book critics alike anxiously await your next creation. So it is for College of Arts and Sciences’ English professor George Saunders. Especially now, with the publication of…

Media, Law & Policy

SU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Martin Walls

Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…