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Professor James W. Watts Hosts Religion and Senses Symposium in Germany
A fellowship funded by Germany’s Ministry for Education and Research has allowed religion professor James W. Watts to apply his work on the Syracuse University-based Iconic Books Project to a broader study of the interaction of religion and the senses….
Student Scholars to Speak on Digital Humanities Projects
In this upcoming program in the “Issues in Digital Scholarship” series, members of the Digital Humanities Student Scholars will speak briefly about their current projects and interests in digital humanities. These five-minute talks will serve as a starting point for…
Abolition and the Origins of Sharecropping
Guest speaker is Melanie Dupuis from the Pace University Department of Environmental Studies and Science will speak on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. This free lecture, to be held in Eggers Hall, Room 018, is a joint event with…
16 Upperclassmen Selected to Prestigious Leadership Program
Sixteen Syracuse University juniors and seniors have earned full scholarships to the prestigious 2016 Dulye Leadership Experience (DLE)—an annual professional development program that prepares college students to confidently transition into the workplace. Founded by alumna Linda Dulye ’77, the highly…
School of Education Administrator, Educator Receives Prestigious Award
Kathy Hinchman, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Education and professor in the Reading and Language Arts Center, received the Albert J. Kingston Service Award given by the Literacy Research Association (LRA). Formerly the National Reading Conference,…
Hendricks Chapel Hosts Vigil Today
Hendricks Chapel will host a University-wide candlelight vigil at sundown on Monday, Nov. 16. With the terrorist attacks that have occurred across the world the past few months, most recently the tragic attacks in Paris, Hendricks Chapel invites the campus…
Candlelight Vigil at Wall of Remembrance Tonight
The 2015-16 Remembrance Scholars and Lockerbie Scholars will hold a Candlelight Vigil tonight (Nov. 15) at 7 p.m. at the Wall of Remembrance, located in front of the Hall of Languages. The vigil will honor the victims of the recent…
Hendricks Chapel Hosts Candlelight Vigil on Tuesday
Hendricks Chapel will host a candlelight vigil on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in honor of the victims and families of Oregon’s Umpqua Community College shooting. Below is a letter from the Hendricks Chapel community: To our beloved Syracuse Community,…
Four Alumni Receiving Prestigious Arents Award for Excellence
The recipients are: Emmy Award-winning media executive Erica Branch-Ridley ’87; advertising agency principal Eric Mower ’66, G’68; scholar, teacher and administrator Donna Shalala G’70, H’87; and sports marketing guru Brandon Steiner ’81.
Silverstein Awarded Two Grants to Investigate Religious Engagement in Later Life
The John Templeton Foundation awarded a $1.49 million grant to Merril Silverstein, the Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging, for a three-year study entitled, “Religious Transitions, Transmissions and Trajectories Among Baby-Boomers and their Families.” Additionally, the National Institutes of Health…