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Arts & Culture

Faculty and Staff Artwork Selected for Fall On My Own Time Exhibition at Everson Museum

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By News Staff

A panel of judges from CNY Arts has selected artwork by nine faculty and staff members for inclusion in the communitywide On My Own Time exhibition this fall at the Everson Museum of Art in downtown Syracuse. On My Own…

Jamie Winders

Professor of Geography and Director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Media, Law & Policy

Unless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Keith Kobland

A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…

Campus & Community

A&S advisor, Syracuse Football Star Scott Freeney ’97 Helps Students Win in the Classroom

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Hannah, a first-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), can’t decide on a major. Sitting across from her advisor in a cozy, book-lined office in the Hall of Languages, the 19-year-old admits she’s at a crossroads. “I’m good…

STEM

Negussey Named American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

Dawit Negussey, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)—an honor that recognizes the contributions and creative solutions of civil engineers…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian Featured Speaker at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians

Monday, May 20, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Katherine Deibel, Syracuse University Libraries inclusion and accessibility librarian, was a featured speaker at the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) Annual Conference on May 14 in Lexington, Kentucky. Deibel’s closing keynote presentation was titled “When You’re the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage to Receive $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts

Friday, May 17, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage was awarded a $10,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the 2019/2020 season Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Cold Read is Syracuse Stage’s launch pad for making new play development and production…

Campus & Community

Eight Will Make Impacts around the Globe through Fulbright Grants

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This fall, Grace Gugerty ’19 will head to Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award. There, she will serve in a primary or secondary school in a rural area, and hopes to implement a project involving the National Scouting…

Campus & Community

InclusiveU Students Continue Advocacy Work for Inclusive Higher Education

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Karly Grifasi

Students in Syracuse University’s InclusiveU program spent this year advocating for inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities beginning with a visit to Capitol Hill last fall and ending with a visit to campus from U.S. Representative John Katko….

Campus & Community

Memorial Service for Thomas J. Walsh Set for Saturday

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Thomas J. Walsh G’84, retired executive vice president of advancement and external affairs, passed away May 10 following a long battle with cancer. Walsh received a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College and a master’s degree in drama from the…