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Amy Falkner Named Interim Dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced today that Amy Falkner, senior associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of advertising, will become interim dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, effective immediately. Falkner, who has been…

Campus & Community

The Triduum ‘Three Great Days’ Christian Services to Be Held at Hendricks Chapel

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

The Triduum—also known as the Holy Triduum, Paschal Triduum, or The Three Great Days—is the period of three days that begins on the evening of Maundy Thursday and closes on the evening of Easter Sunday. The Triduum recalls the passion,…

Campus & Community

Winners Announced for One University Assessment Poster Session

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) hosted the inaugural One University Assessment Poster Session on Friday, April 5. The event showcased and celebrated the assessment activities of Syracuse University’s academic, co-curricular and functional areas. There were 19 poster…

Media Tip Sheets

Experts in French Architecture and History for Notre-Dame Fire

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for insight on the architecture or French history after the fire on the Notre-Dame cathedral, please see comments from two Syracuse University faculty members. Samantha Herrick is an associate professor of history and specializes in the Middle Ages and is the…

Campus & Community

Staff Members Leverage Passions in Late-Night Programming for Students

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Long after most Syracuse University employees have headed home, the work day is just revving up for others. From residence life to campus facilities, there are folks  working around the clock to make sure Syracuse University students have an unsurpassed…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Student Team Competing Tonight in ACC InVenture Prize Competition Finals; Event Will Be Streamed Live

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University students Alec Gillinder ’20 and Quinn King ’20 (College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Design) have made it to the final five of the ACC InVenture Prize Competition. The elite finalists, selected from a field of…

Campus & Community

Hip Hop DJ, Culture Critic Jay Smooth to Speak April 22 on Fostering Racial Diversity, Inclusion

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Acclaimed DJ and hip hop culture critic Jay Smooth will speak on Monday, April 22, at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3, on fostering racial diversity and inclusion, student engagement and free speech versus hate speech. The event will be…

Campus & Community

Parking and Transit Services Announces Mayfest Parking Information

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By News Staff

On Friday, April 26, Syracuse University will hold its annual Mayfest event in Walnut Park. Walnut Place and Walnut Avenue will be closed to all parking on that day. Some parking restrictions will be in place on Wednesday, April 24,…

STEM

Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecturer Benoit-Bird to Discuss ‘Echoes from the Deep’

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By News Staff

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE), a program supporting the excellence of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at Syracuse University, is hosting Kelly Benoit-Bird, senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), as the invited…

Media Tip Sheets

Cathedrals Like Notre Dame Were The Skyscrapers Of Their Time, Says Architecture and Engineering Professor

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

On Monday, a fire broke out at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris that completely burned its spire and severely damaged much of the roof. The Paris fire chief reports the structure had been “saved and preserved as a whole,”…