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Campus & Community

University Community Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Friday, October 7, 2016, By News Staff

On Monday, Oct. 10, Syracuse University will host a Universitywide celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.  The new Indigenous Peoples’ Day initiative is one of 18 short-term recommendations made by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. The new campus initiative…

Campus & Community

Campuswide Input Sought for New Signage and Promenade Furnishings

Friday, October 7, 2016, By Keith Kobland

As the Campus Framework continues to take shape, the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC) will host two more engagement sessions, designed to solicit feedback from the University community about campus restroom signage and University Place Promenade furnishings….

Health & Society

Education Activist Jonathan Mooney to Deliver Milton Lecture Oct. 19

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Jonathan Mooney—a noted writer, learning activist and social engineer interested in improving the lives of marginalized groups—will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Drawing on his own life experiences and those of others…

Arts & Culture

Kal Alston Appointed Interim Executive Director of Community Folk Art Center

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Kal Alston has been named interim executive director of the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) for the rest of the 2016-17 academic year, according to a recent statement by Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Ruhlandt made…

Campus & Community

Middle States Information Sessions Set for Friday

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Carol Boll

Two information sessions are scheduled Friday to update interested students, faculty and staff about the University’s work, now under way, to secure reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The sessions will be 11 a.m.-noon and 2-3 p.m….

Campus & Community

Celebrating Cross-Cultural Connections

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

A group of local middle and high school students spent a day this summer at Skä•noñh—Great Law of Peace Center in Liverpool. They were there to learn about a new curriculum that highlights scientific and ecological knowledge of the Haudenosaunee….

Business & Economy

Whitman School Announces 14th Annual Syracuse Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Beginning Oct. 15

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, By Lindsay Wickham

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management  announced its schedule for the annual Syracuse Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. This year’s bootcamp will be offered Oct. 15, 22 and 29 and Nov. 5, 12 and 19 at…

STEM

iSGO Presents Symposium: Women in Information Management

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, By News Staff

The iSchool Student Graduate Organization (iSGO) is hosting a free symposium on Monday,  Oct. 10, which will feature a panel of five women representing prestigious organizations that include IBM, EY and Charter Communications. These influential women will be speaking on their experiences as women working in male-dominated fields. This…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Dean Search Committee Named

Friday, September 30, 2016, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud has announced the appointment of a search committee to identify the next dean of Hendricks Chapel. The committee includes faculty, staff, student, trustee and community representatives and will be co-chaired by Hendricks Chapel Interim Dean…