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Women’s and Gender Studies, Office of Multicultural Affairs to Host Prominent Chicana Scholar

Monday, October 6, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Laura Elisa Pérez, associate professor of ethnic studies, author, and the only Chicana scholar tenured in the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Berkeley, will present a lecture titled, “Undocumented Flower Crossings, Walking Altars, and Latina/o…

STEM

Physicist Wins NSF Award to Advance Scientific Cyberinfrastructure

Monday, October 6, 2014, By News Staff

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to upgrade the cyberinfrastructure used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time that were first…

Campus & Community

Bowlers Wanted for Tuesday Evenings

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

Would you like to try bowling? Do you want a fun activity with your colleagues? Would your group want to form a new team? The SU & ESF Faculty and Staff Bowling League is searching for a new team or…

Health & Society

Psychologist Awarded $400,000 Grant to Study Health Behaviors among African American High School Students

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Aesoon Park, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a three-year, $400,000 grant award from the National Institute of Health. A clinical psychologist and member of Syracuse’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group, she will…

Campus & Community

iSchool Offering PMI Exam Study Workshop

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be offering an Exam Study Workshop for the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification exam. Classes will begin on Thursday, Oct. 2, and will meet weekly through Nov….

Arts & Culture

Religion Professors Publish New Books

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating new books by two of its professors. Gustav Niebuhr is the author of “Lincoln’s Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors”…

Media, Law & Policy

Student, Professor Play Key Role in Groundbreaking Journalism Moment

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Irfan Uraizee ’15 and Professor Dan Pacheco worked on the Des Moines Register’s extensive editorial, pictorial and virtual series, Harvest of Change. As part of the series, readers can figuratively “jump into the story,” says Uraizee.

Campus & Community

SU Law’s Conference on Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in Legal Education

Friday, September 26, 2014, By News Staff

Addressing Critical Needs: Cultivating Alliances and Committing to a Culture of  Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in Legal Education Friday, Oct. 17 A one-day conference examining and discussing the obstacles to racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in legal education and…

Waverly Avenue to partially close on Monday

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Keith Kobland

One block of Waverly Avenue—from University Avenue to South Crouse Avenue—will be closed to traffic on Monday, Sept. 29, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., for the dedication of the Newhouse Studio and Innovation Center at Syracuse University. The block…

Safer People, Safer Spaces Deepens Sense of Allyship

Monday, September 22, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Creating a more caring community starts with understanding. At the LGBT Resource Center, staff members are helping members of the University community on a path to greater understanding of what it means to be an ally during its sessions on Safer People, Safer Spaces.