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Avoiding Conflicts By Improving Cultural Understanding
When the Red Cross sent food to drought- and conflict-ravaged Somalia, military personnel distributed the supplies on a first-come, first-served basis. People who didn’t receive food responded by starting a riot. “The military didn’t understand that the local politics of…
SCC Fall Concert: ‘Tudo Bem! A Celebration of Latin American Music’
Syracuse Children’s Chorus (SCC) kicks off its 36th season with the fall concert, “Tudo Bem—A Celebration of Latin American Music,” on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 at 3 p.m. at H.W. Smith School, 1130 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse. The public is…
Winterlude: Earn credits over winter break—online!
Syracuse University’s Winterlude comes roaring back in December with a blizzard of classes. Don’t miss this opportunity to earn three or four credits in four weeks, from wherever you are. The online session will run Dec. 19, 2016 to Jan….
Women’s & Gender Studies to Host Alumni Panel Discussion Oct. 20
Two alumni of the Department of Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) will return to campus to share their professional experiences. Brittany Brathwaite ’13, co-founder and chief innovation officer of the social start-up KIMBRITIVE, and Erin Carhart ’14, manager of youth…
LGBT Resource Center Celebrates 15 Years of Community
On Monday, Sept. 26, the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center celebrated 15 years of offering support, building community and educating members of the University community. Friends, alumni and allies of the center gathered in the Comstock Room at the Sheraton…
Life Skills Taught at End of School Day
The South Side Communication Center is much more than a safe place for middle school and high school students to gather after the school day ends. The center, opened in January 2011 through a partnership with the Southside Community Coalition,…
Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosts Poet Ari Banias
Accomplished poet Ari Banias, author of the recently published “Anybody: Poems” (W.W. Norton & Co.), is the next guest author in the Raymond Carver Reading Series, on Wednesday, Oct. 19. He will take part in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m….
Sixth Annual It Girls Retreat Brings 94 High Schoolers to Campus
Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly led an information technology pep rally recently at a dinner for 94 potential School of Information Studies (iSchool) students. “You’ve all made a really great choice to come to the It Girls retreat because…
Industry Experts Paul and Veley Lead Students in Field of Analytics
At the David B. Falk College of Sport Human Dynamics, students are taking advantage of a new concept in sports- analytics. Spearheaded by Dr. Rodney Paul, the analytics program will become an official offered major by the school in the…
Multidisciplinary Team Wins NSF Award to Study Distributed Energy Markets
As the traditional, centralized way of producing and distributing electricity gives way to a future of decentralized, “smart” energy production and consumption, policymakers, producers and regulators must understand the security and privacy risks inherent in “distributed” energy production and in…