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MLK Celebration Committee Seeks Unsung Hero Nominations, Performance Auditions
The planning committee for Syracuse University’s 36th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is seeking nominations for the Unsung Hero Awards, as well as recorded audition videos for performances. The celebration will take place in January 2021; further…
Peace Corps, Fulbright Evacuees Find Community, Opportunity at Maxwell School
On a Monday morning in mid-March, Jeremy Gonzalez opened his email and learned he was being immediately evacuated from his Peace Corps post in West Timor, Indonesia. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had already prompted travel restrictions around the world, his…
Undergraduate Internship Award Provides Student Veterans With ‘Pathway to Employment’
When a national survey by Student Veterans of America showed that the No. 1 concern of student veterans is the lack of internships, Ron Novack and Jennifer Pluta from Syracuse University’s Office of Veterans and Military Affairs (OVMA) decided they…
Light Work Presents ‘Alinka Echeverría: Heroine’ on View Through Dec. 10
Light Work presents “Heroine,” a solo exhibition of work by Mexican-British multimedia artist and visual anthropologist Alinka Echeverría. Echeverría’s exhibition will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work through Dec. 10. Copies of Echeverría’s exhibition…
“The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet’s Racist Engine.”
Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was quoted in the Vice story “The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet’s Racist Engine.” 4chan is an online message board…
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Professor of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation“Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was interviewed by WHEC TV (Rochester) for the story “Nursing home residents face voting challenges during pandemic.” Kohn, an expert…
Mark Your Calendar—Open Enrollment for Faculty and Staff Begins Nov. 2
Open Enrollment, the annual period when eligible employees reflect on their benefit options for the coming year, begins Monday, Nov. 2, and continues through Friday, Nov. 13. This is the one time of year when University faculty and staff may…
“Pandemic Raises, Lowers Hurdles for Voters with Disabilities.”
Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and faculty director of online education in the College of Law, was quoted in The Pew Charitable Trusts/Stateline story “Pandemic Raises, Lowers Hurdles for Voters with Disabilities.” Kohn, an expert in…
Election Day Is Tuesday; Here Are Polling Locations for Student Voters
Polls on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Students and faculty/staff residents who registered to vote locally in Onondaga County should have received postcards from the Board of Elections indicating their polling location….