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Campus & Community

Showing Support for Take Back the Night 2019

Tuesday, February 19, 2019, By Teagan Cyan Peacock

This year’s Take Back the Night, an annual march, rally and speak-out event, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Take Back the Night is observed throughout the world as an event that unites communities…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week is Feb. 25-March 1

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

The University’s upcoming Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week features an afternoon reception with coffee, dessert and relaxing chair massages from licensed massage therapists; several professional development opportunities; and discount tickets to root for the Orange and help set a new…

Campus & Community

Facilitators Sought to Engage New Students in Discussions around Shared Reading Selection ‘Lab Girl’

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

“Lab Girl,” an award-winning autobiography by pioneering scientist Hope Jahren, has been selected for the Fall 2019 semester shared reading experience for new students as part of the improved first-year SEM 100 seminar and the First-Year Experience Initiative. “Lab Girl”…

Campus & Community

Nonprofit Inkululeko Connects Syracuse University Community and South Africa; Staff Member to Speak on Campus Feb. 28

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Walking into Luzuko Methodist Preschool, a preschool outside of then-Grahamstown, now called Makhanda, South Africa, in summer 2014, Nicole Osborne ’14 was welcomed into a classroom of 2- and 3-year-olds. Where language differences left communication gaps, song and dance filled…

Campus & Community

Open Presentations for Disability Cultural Center Director Candidates

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The campus community is invited to attend open presentations by candidates for the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) director position. Presentations will focus on defining disability culture, the role of the DCC director in fostering disability culture, and ways to work…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium to Recognize Careers of Professors Wadley, Gold Feb. 26

Monday, February 18, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong foray into “Stories” with a panel discussion on South Asian ethnography on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Recognizing the careers of Professors Susan S. Wadley and Ann Grodzins Gold, the event includes guest panelists Kirin Narayan (Australian…

Media, Law & Policy

NABJ President to Discuss Social Media, Storytelling, Digital Journalism at Newhouse Lecture Feb. 25

Thursday, February 14, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Sarah Glover ’96, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, will speak at the Newhouse School Feb. 25 as a guest of the Leaders in Communications Lecture Series. She will discuss how social media, storytelling and digital journalism propel…

Arts & Culture

Joseph Godlewski ’00 Wins National Architectural Education Award

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

School of Architecture Assistant Professor Joseph Godlewski ’00 has been awarded the 2018–2019 New Faculty Teaching Award by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). One of only three recipients nationally, Godlewski is being recognized for his “demonstrated excellence…

Arts & Culture

National Book Award Winner Sigrid Nunez to Headline Carver Series Today

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, By Rob Enslin

The Raymond Carver Reading Series continues today with a program by novelist Sigrid Nunez, the Spring Visiting Writer in Syracuse’s top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences. The 2018 National Book Award winner will…

Campus & Community

Call for Nominations for Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship

Monday, February 11, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Members of the University community are invited to submit nominations for the 2019 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship (CAPES). The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 8. [Editor’s note (March 7, 2019): The deadline for submissions has been…