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College of Law Professor Featured on ‘Frontline’ Episode Exploring Unsolved Murder of 1960s Civil Rights Leader

Monday, February 7, 2022, By Robert Conrad

College of Law Professor Paula Johnson will appear on an episode of “Frontline” entitled “American Reckoning” on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on PBS and YouTube. The episode examines the unsolved 1960s bombing murder of NAACP and civil rights…

Arts & Culture

Setnor School of Music Announces Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest Winner

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By Erica Blust

Keane Southard, a Ph.D. candidate in composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, has been announced as winner of the 2021 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules…

Veterans

IVMF Entrepreneurship Program V-WISE Returns In Person

Thursday, February 3, 2022, By Stephanie Salanger

Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) held its Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program in person for the first time in more than two years. Approximately 200 women veterans, spouses and partners from around…

Arts & Culture

‘Someone Falls Overboard’: University Professor Stephen Kuusisto Co-Authors Book of Pandemic Poetry

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Jen Plummer

Setting the scene … It’s spring of 2020. The world has been shut down for a period of weeks or months (you stopped keeping track at some point). You are living with a disability—perhaps you’re blind or you have a…

Campus & Community

Sport Management Club Raises $45,000 at 17th Charity Auction

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By News Staff

The Sport Management Club raised $45,000 for the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation as a result of its 17th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Nov. 20, supporters placed bids on items including sports memorabilia, electronics,…

Politicized teaching policies won’t stop teachers from prioritizing learning

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, By Sophie Gomprecht

The topic of critical race theory has become a lightning rod for political combativeness. Educators nationwide have shared stories of parents attributing factual history lessons or discussions to being lessons about CRT, and seeking censorship at the school, city, or…

Campus & Community

A Space to Celebrate the Global African Experience

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

The rich history of global African scholarship at Syracuse University dates back to the 1960s. During the height of the civil rights movement, Syracuse became home to a vibrant African studies program with professors teaching courses on global African history….

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Art Museum Appoints Kate Holohan Curator of Education and Academic Outreach

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Kate Holohan has been appointed the inaugural curator of education and academic outreach for the Syracuse University Art Museum. Holohan will be responsible for the development and implementation of learning and engagement opportunities to further integrate the museum into the…

Media, Law & Policy

From WAER Student Reporter to Working Professional in One Semester

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, By Tarryn Brittney Mento

Within weeks of graduating, Newhouse alumnus Wyatt Barmore-Pooley is on air several times a day. The former WAER student reporter is now producing and anchoring daily newscasts for WNBZ, a music station in upstate New York. “It’s not a news…

Campus & Community

Executive Chef Len Mitchell: A New Direction for Drumlins’ Bistro 1926

Monday, January 31, 2022, By Abby Haessig

“From the land and sea, to your heart and mind, to the table.” For Len Mitchell, the newly-appointed executive chef of Drumlins’ Bistro 1926, that is the essence of cuisine. Mitchell, a Syracuse native, has spent the last 25 years…