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Arts & Culture

Volunteers Needed for SU Libraries’ Virtual Living Library Event

Wednesday, February 17, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries will host its annual Living Library event during National Library Week on Wednesday, April 7, from noon to 5 p.m. via Zoom. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to “living books”—volunteers from the broader Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

Faculty Invited to Provide Input on Faculty Information System Vendors  

Tuesday, February 16, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Over the course of the Spring 2021 term, Syracuse University will review and adopt an electronic portfolio or Faculty Information System (FIS) for full-time faculty. This system will enable capturing details about faculty activities in research and creative activities, teaching…

Study Finds

“Increasing the minimum wage will reduce infant deaths, study says.”

Monday, February 15, 2021, By Lily Datz

Research from Maxwell’s Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology, Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology, and Douglas Wolf, professor of public administration and international affairs, was featured by Study Finds in the article “Increasing the minimum wage will reduce infant…

STEM

Women in Science Day Spotlight: Christa Kelleher

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Christa Kelleher remembers having a love for drawing and art when she was a kid. As a college student, she began to fold science and engineering into her area of focus, intertwining her creative and experimental interests. Today as a…

Media, Law & Policy

VPA Communications Design Students Win in Graphic Design USA, Creative Quarterly Competitions

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By Erica Blust

Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were named winners in two major design competitions. In Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) 2020 American Graphic Design Awards, 12 members of CMD’s Class of 2020…

Campus & Community

New Future Professors Fellowship Program Seeking Applicants

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced a new program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering the professoriate. The Syracuse University Future Professors Fellowship Program seeks to award five fellowships annually to talented postdoctoral scholars in any…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring. The School of Architecture is also offering…

Campus & Community

Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…

Campus & Community

Black History Month Celebration Begins

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with student organizations and University partners, invites the campus community to Syracuse University’s month-long Black History Month celebration. The celebration includes a lineup of incredible and thought-provoking speakers, an esports tournament, music, art…

Arts & Culture

‘Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano’ Wins AudioFile’s Earphones Award

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

One of Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio’s first audiobook collaborations  has been recognized as an Earphones Award Winner by AudioFile, the premier audiobook authority publication. The Earphones Award, given to “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of…