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Coronavirus Update 3.31.20: Community Assistance Portal and Student, Faculty and Staff Resources
Dear Members of the Orange Community: Tomorrow we begin the final full month of the 2019-20 academic year. April is a month that traditionally goes by in the blink of an eye—occupied by end-of-year events, award ceremonies, a push to…
A National Pastime: Silent and Feeling Empty
Opening Day has long celebrated the optimism and resilience of an entire nation. For young, old and most assuredly at every age in between, the start of each baseball season brings enthusiasm, energy and a spirit of shared experience around…
Graduate Dean’s Award Recipients Announced
Eight graduate students have been selected to receive the Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Work. Award recipients represent a broad array of disciplines and were selected based on students’ outstanding accomplishments in research and creative work,…
Children’s Book Drive to Benefit SUNY Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
In honor of National Orange Day on March 24 and National Libraries Week beginning April 20, Syracuse University Libraries and the School of Information Studies will host a new children’s book drive to benefit SUNY Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital Family…
Annual Service of Commemoration to Be Held March 10 in Hendricks Chapel
MARCH 10, 2020 UPDATE—The Service of Commemoration has been postponed until further notice. Syracuse University will hold its fourth annual Service of Commemoration—honoring the University’s students faculty, staff, retirees and trustees and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students…
Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author
As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…
Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Professor Zhen Ma Receives NSF CAREER Award
Scientists have long known that some people have stronger heart muscles than others and there are multiple factors that can contribute to heart muscle strength in adults including exercise, genetics and diet. Even with all we know, there are still…
Masingila Appointed to NYS Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching
School of Education Dean Joanna Masingila has been appointed to the New York State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching (PSPB). The 31-member board serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Regents and the commissioner of education…
New Exhibitions Curated by Arts and Sciences Faculty and Student Represent Different Epochs in American History
The quote, “Art is not what you see but what you make others see,” by French artist Edgar Degas, can also be said for art exhibitions. The curator selects a theme, a concept and specific art pieces to convey a…
‘Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography’ Examines Complexity and Paradoxes of Black Visual Modernity
“Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography: Works from the George R. Rinhart Collection” is on display through March 13 at the Syracuse University Art Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building. The exhibition of 145 photographic images includes work by news…