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Arts & Culture

Tropic of Squalor: New Book by Peck Professor Mary Karr Highlights Irreverent Brand of Poetic Faith

Monday, July 2, 2018, By Rob Enslin

“Before I believed in God, I believed in poetry,” confesses Mary Karr, speaking by phone from the Upper East Side, where she is dress shopping for the funeral of her friend and fellow writer Philip Roth. “Even when I was…

Campus & Community

Pat Burak Concludes Leadership of Slutzker Center to Teach Full Time in the College of Arts and Sciences

Monday, July 2, 2018, By Shannon Andre

After more than 30 years as director of the Slutzker Center for International Services, Pat Burak has announced she will be leaving her post in the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience to pursue a full-time teaching opportunity in…

Campus & Community

Summer Update #5

Monday, July 2, 2018, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As shared in our June 14 update, there is intensive ongoing work being done this summer related to diversity and inclusion by so many in our community. In this message, I call your attention to two ongoing…

Media, Law & Policy

Technology Commercialization Law Program to Be Renamed

Friday, June 29, 2018, By Robert Conrad

Founded in 1990 by the late Professor Ted Hagelin, the Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) was the first in the nation to combine scholarly legal analysis and a guided, hands-on law curriculum with the active development of new technologies, intellectual…

Campus & Community

Keith A. Alford Appointed Interim Chief Diversity Officer

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program…

Media, Law & Policy

Teacher-scholar Brian Taylor Shows How Putin’s Mentality Shapes Russian Politics

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The running joke among foreign analysts is that, despite Russia’s dismal FIFA ranking, it may emerge as the real winner of the World Cup. Between now and July 15, millions of fans will flock to various Russian cities, including Moscow,…

Campus & Community

Resources Available for Community Members Affected by Travel Restrictions

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By News Staff

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Trump Administration’s executive order barring individuals from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Yemen, North Korea and Venezuela (in limited cases) from entering the United States. After reviewing the Supreme…

Campus & Community

Become a Facilitator for Shared Reading Discussion Groups

Thursday, June 28, 2018, By Shannon Andre

As part of enhancements to the first-year experience, all new students arriving this fall will now engage in a shared experience that includes a shared reading of Trevor Noah’s memoir, “Born A Crime,” and discussion groups that will focus on…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Don Carr Receives Core77 Design Awards Honor for SyracuseCoE Project

Wednesday, June 27, 2018, By Erica Blust

Don Carr, professor of design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, received a runner-up honor in the Design Concept category in the 2018 Core77 Design Awards program for the project Amber Waves, an energy harvesting…

Campus & Community

Bookstore Closed for Year-End Inventory

Monday, June 25, 2018, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Bookstore will be closed Monday-Wednesday, June 25-27, for inventory and system upgrades. It will reopen Thursday, June 28, at 8:30 a.m. I.D. orders for fiscal year 2018 business must be processed by the Bookstore no later than…