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Arts & Culture

Turner Semester M.F.A. Students to Present Los Angeles Exhibition

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Erica Blust

Three master of fine arts (M.F.A.) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Art who are currently studying and living in Los Angeles as part of the college’s Turner Semester will present the exhibition “Tumult…

Health & Society

YWCA Recognizes Two from University with ‘Spirit of American Women’ Honors

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Two Syracuse University leaders were honored at the YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County’s “Spirit of American Women” Awards on Nov. 3 at the Genesee Grande Hotel. Liz Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies, and Tatiana Williams ’16 G’17,…

STEM

iSchool to Hold Graduate Programs Information Session Nov. 15

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host an on-campus information session for its graduate programs in information management, library and information science, and library and information science-school media specialization on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Katzer…

Media, Law & Policy

Director of Tully Center Calls ‘Ballot Selfie’ a Test of Competing First Amendment Issues

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Courts around the country are deciding an issue involving a timeless expression of democracy and a newer form expression of self-absorption: the so called “selfie” photograph taken inside a polling place. It’s a fairly new phenonenon, and getting plenty of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Journalists Participate in Democracy in Action Project

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Student journalists at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are about to get a real-life taste of election coverage by taking part in a project that will place them at the center of one of our most democratic processes….

STEM

Cadwell Selected to Attend NAE Engineering Education Symposium

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Katie Cadwell was selected to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Eighth Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. It is an event for engineering faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative approaches to engineering education. Cadwell and her fellow attendees…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosts Poet Matthew Olzmann

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Poet Matthew Olzmann, author of “Mezzanines” (Alice James Books, 2013), winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, is the next guest in the Raymond Carver Reading Series, on Wednesday, Nov. 9. He will take part in a Q&A session at 3:45…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…

STEM

Winners of Civic Data Hackathon Announced at City Hall

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The winners of the Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge were announced recently in a ceremony held at Syracuse City Hall. The hackathon, organized by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the City of Syracuse, and supported by AT&T, brought…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Christopher Faricy on the Smooth Transition of Presidential Power

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots in early voting step into the voting booth in less than a week to make their voices heard. Citizens need to trust in that election system as part of the democratic process and…