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Members of Syracuse University Community Attend Dominican Day Parade in New York City
Last month, Syracuse University was represented at the Dominican Day Parade of New York City, an event which celebrates Dominican culture and pride. English Professor Silvio Torres-Saillant helped organize the group and was a member of the board that planned…
Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant
The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…
Syracuse University and Le Moyne College Select 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows
Sherburne Abbott, vice president for sustainability initiatives at Syracuse University, and Steven Affeldt, director of the McDevitt Center at Le Moyne College, have announced the 2015 Faculty Sustainability Fellows. The fellows from each institution will gather for a series of…
Syracuse Symposium™ Presents Human Rights Film Festival Sept. 24-26
Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with the 13th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), Sept. 24-26.
Six Degrees of Francis Bacon
Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with a program devoted to social networks from more than 500 years ago. Christopher Warren, associate professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, and Daniel Shore, associate professor of English at Georgetown University, will…
‘New Kid’ Hits the Road for Bank of America Children’s Tour
The Bank of America Children’s Tour, “New Kid,” has hit the road to begin a run of performances at schools throughout the Central New York region. Over 9,000 students in 23 schools across a five-county region will see the production…
Whitman School Welcomes New Faculty
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has welcomed seven new faculty members for the 2015-16 academic year. Kıvanç A. Avrenli, is assistant professor of statistics whose teaching interests focus on applied statistical methods, probability theory, statistical modeling and design…
Advocate of Liberal Arts Education to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture
William Deresiewicz, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning essayist and critic, and frequent college lecturer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Titled “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education,” Deresiewicz’s presentation…
Author Stephen Kuusisto Opens Carver Series Sept. 16
Stephen Kuusisto, an acclaimed poet, essayist and memoirist, as well as a University professor, will kick off the Fall 2015 Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Kuusisto will participate in an…
Two Associated with University to Receive National Medals of Arts
Tobias “Toby” Wolff, a pre-eminent short story writer and memoirist, as well as a former English professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and internationally acclaimed theater artist Ping Chong, who wrote and directed two Syracuse Stage world premieres,…