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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…

Campus & Community

Spring Safer People, Safer Spaces Training Scheduled for March 3

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center is holding a Safer People, Safer Spaces training on Friday, March 3, from 2 to 5 p.m. This training is free and open to all students, faculty and staff. The Safer…

Campus & Community

AAS Professor Renate ‘Rennie’ Simson Remembered for Her Many Contributions

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Renate “Rennie” Simson joined the Syracuse University faculty in 1979 as a full-time instructor, African American studies (AAS) was just being established as a department in the College of Arts and Sciences. It had existed at the University for…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Joins Initiative to Expand Distance Education to Students Nationwide

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has joined a nationwide initiative that will make it easier to bring the University’s distance education programs to more students across the United States. The University received approval from the New York State Education Department to participate in…

Media, Law & Policy

Short Form Film Students Create Powerful Public Service Announcement

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Keith Kobland

With four decades of experience in television production, Bob Emerson, adjunct professor of television, radio and film in the Newhouse School, knows how to produce material that elicits emotion from an audience. He’s passing that knowledge along to students in…

Arts & Culture

New Internship Links Janklow Arts Leadership Program and Atlanta Ballet

Wednesday, February 15, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A new partnership between the Janklow Arts Leadership Program in the College of Arts and Sciences and Atlanta Ballet creates a unique opportunity for a student to get hands-on arts experience. The new program, which starts in July 2017, follows…

Campus & Community

Marcelle Haddix to Examine Healing Power of Writing Feb. 17

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The healing power of writing is the subject of an upcoming “Brown Bag” event, co-sponsored by the Humanities Center and the Contemplative Collaborative. Marcelle Haddix, Dean’s Associate Professor and chair of the Reading & Language Arts (RLA) Department in the…

STEM

Physicist Joseph Paulsen Receives CAREER Grant from NSF

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Amy Manley

Joseph Paulsen, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, titled “Ultrathin sheets on curved liquid surfaces:…

Campus & Community

SU Food Services Receives High Rating for Vegan Selections

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Keith Kobland

For Aliya ElSawi ’19, a french and neuroscience double major in the College of Arts and Sciences, the offerings in the classroom were as important to her as one other factor—the offerings in the dining halls. “Before coming to Syracuse…