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SULA Semester Students Receive Scholarship Funding
Six seniors participating in the Syracuse University Los Angeles Semester program have won scholarships. Winners of the Jack Oakie & Victoria Horne Oakie Scholarships include Maggie Applegate, a student in the Newhouse School’s television, radio and film (TRF) program from…
Chancellor Syverud Appoints Members to Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy
Chancellor Kent Syverud today appointed the members of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy. The charge to the workgroup is to provide ideas, suggestions and proposals for how the University can continue to address the serious…
Human Rights Film Festival Illuminates Social Justice Stories from Around the World
The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival brings an outstanding lineup of critically acclaimed films addressing social justice issues around the globe to Central New York, Sept. 18-20. Now in its 12th year, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium…
Syracuse Stage Season Starts with Comedy ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’
The 14/15 Season at Syracuse Stage starts Sept. 24 with “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. In this “ripped and roaring” comedy by Christopher Durang, Sonia and Vanya have frittered…
Isaac Julien’s ‘Western Union: Small Boats (The Leopard)’ to Open UVP’s Year
Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work have announced the opening of their 2014-15 programming year with “Western Union: Small Boats (The Leopard)” (2007) by world-renowned visual artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien, from Sept. 11-Oct. 25. This exhibition…
M.F.A. Student Wins Academy’s ‘Most Promising Young Poet’ Award
Wendy Chen, a University Fellow in Syracuse’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, is the winner of the Academy of American Poets’ inaugural Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award. Chen won the award for her poem “They…
Languages, Literatures and Linguistics to host ‘Japan Today’ Symposium
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences will welcome scholars from Cornell University, Columbia University and Hamilton College for “Japan Today,” an interdisciplinary symposium that will examine Japanese literature, film, history…
Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Perspective’ Theme, Fall Lineup
“Perspective” is the theme of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. The semester-long series begins with a keynote address by Kevin Powers, a U.S. Army veteran…
Class of 2018 Joins the Syracuse University Family
Stephen Barton ’12 came back to campus Friday to tell incoming students about their new family. “Today, you officially enter into this amazing, inspiring Orange family that stretches all across this city, the country and even the world.”
Convocation Remarks by Stephen Barton ’12
Good morning. Thank you, Professor Andersen, for that introduction. A little over two years ago, I stood on this platform, at this podium, in these robes, and in this Dome to give a commencement speech for my graduating class. I…