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Arts & Culture

‘Art in the Stacks’ Exhibition in Bird Library, March 6-9

Monday, March 6, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Art by 35 College of Visual and Performing Arts’ first-year students will be featured in installations throughout Bird Library March 6-9. Most pieces will be located on Learning Commons floors LL-2, with a few on floors 3-5. Juan Juarez and…

Media, Law & Policy

Political Science Researchers on the New Travel Ban

Monday, March 6, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Faculty respond to the newest Executive Order that bans travelers from six countries in the Middle East. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, had this…

Campus & Community

Bernie Custis, Orange Quarterback, Changed Far More than a Game

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Sean Kirst

It was just one game in a season few remember, a furious comeback that on paper came up a little short. Still, if you want to fully consider what Bernie Custis meant to Syracuse University, you can find a vivid…

Arts & Culture

Light Work to Present George Awde: ‘Scale Without Measure’

Friday, March 3, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work will present “Scale Without Measure,” a solo exhibition by artist George Awde from March 20–July 27. Awde’s photographic work delves into themes of contemporary masculinity, the male body, homosexuality and notions of physical and psychological strength, as seen through…

Campus & Community

Laura J. Steinberg Named Special Assistant for Strategy to Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Laura J. Steinberg, former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been appointed to a new role at Syracuse University in which she will help lead the growth of entrepreneurship and innovation across campus. Today, Steinberg…

Campus & Community

Longtime Religion Department Chair, Former Interim Dean of Hendricks Chapel Mourned

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A few days after Samuel Clemence was named co-chair of the committee charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Hendricks Chapel, former Department of Religion chair James B. Wiggins called him. “He offered me a copy of his report from…

Arts & Culture

Light Work to Exhibit Eric Gottesman: ‘If I Could See Your Face, I Would Not Need Food (Ka Fitfitu Feetu)’

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work will present Eric Gottesman: “If I Could See Your Face, I Would Not Need Food (Ka Fitfitu Feetu),” on view in the Light Work Hallway Gallery from March 20 through July 27. A reception in conjunction with George…

STEM

Syracuse Hosts International Masterclass on Particle Physics, March 13, 17

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Dozens of local high school students and their teachers will get to be scientists for a day, thanks to the International Masterclass on Particle Physics at Syracuse University. Students have the option to participate in a daylong masterclass on Monday,…

Campus & Community

Refugee High School Students to Participate in ‘We Are Syracuse’ Event at School of Education March 1

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

The third annual “We Are Syracuse” event will be hosted on Wednesday, March 1, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m in the Sharon Jacquet Education Commons, Huntington Hall, on the Syracuse University Campus. Refugee students from Nottingham High School will come…

STEM

Saltz Awarded Grant from 2U to Study Online Learning

Monday, February 27, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jeffrey Saltz has received a research grant from education technology company 2U to study student learning and outcomes in online education environments. In 2016, 2U and the iSchool entered a partnership to deliver…