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Arts & Culture

Women’s & Gender Studies Professors Garner National, International Honors

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Amy Manley

Honors continue to roll in for faculty in the Department of Women’s & Gender (WGS) Studies, located in the College of Arts and Sciences. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of WGS, says the latest round of achievements reflect the…

Health & Society

College of Law Helps Launch ‘Seven Days for Syria’

Monday, March 16, 2015, By Martin Walls

The “Arab Spring,” a wave of unrest that began with the Tunisian revolution in 2010, reached Syria on March 15, 2011, when residents of a small southern city took to the streets to protest the torture of students who had…

Arts & Culture

Phi Beta Sigma Brings Recording Artist August Alsina to Goldstein

Monday, March 16, 2015, By News Staff

The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. will host its “State of Emergency: Culture for Service” Benefit Concert featuring recording artist August Alsina on Sunday, March 22. Doors at Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center open at…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Selects Andy Gordon for Chief Human Resources Officer

Monday, March 16, 2015, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today selected Andy Gordon to be the University’s Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) following a comprehensive national search. Gordon, who will report to Chancellor Syverud, will assume his new role at the University…

Campus & Community

Peña, Williams to Lead Class of 2016 as Senior Class Marshals

Friday, March 13, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Alexis Peña and Tatiana Williams will continue this longstanding tradition and will carry the Class of 2016 banner to open Syracuse University’s 162nd Commencement ceremony on May 15, 2016.

Media, Law & Policy

Beijing+20: The 20th Anniversary of the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By News Staff

Catherine Bertini, professor of public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School, will host a March 18 discussion of women’s progress around the world since the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Students from her spring 2015…

Arts & Culture

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, By Jessica Posner

Light Work will present “Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection” from March 17-July 31 in the Light Work Hallway Gallery. The exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence. As photographers, the selected artists employ perspective as an…

Campus & Community

Message Regarding the University’s Anti-Hazing Policy

Thursday, March 5, 2015, By News Staff

The following message from Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz was sent today to the campus community. Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: In light of the news yesterday about a recent incident of hazing on…

Campus & Community

Statement Regarding Nu Alpha Phi

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By News Staff

“The University has zero tolerance for any form of hazing and takes this matter extremely seriously. “When this incident was reported to us earlier this week we notified the Syracuse City Police Department, which undertook an investigation. The two individuals…

Media, Law & Policy

Media Come to University for Insight on Record-Breaking Cold

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By Keith Kobland

How are students dealing with the cold? That question was posed by Sam Champion on The Weather Channel, and Jeff Kurkjian ’15 was ready with the answers, showing Champion the many pieces of layered clothing in his arsenal.