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University Celebrates Trans Week of Liberation

Monday, April 3, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The LGBT Resource Center presents Trans Week of Liberation April 3 through April 7.  The week of events aims to affirm and celebrate trans communities and experiences. The Trans Week of Liberation keynote event, #BlackExcellenceTour, is Thursday, April 6, at…

Campus & Community

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Begins April 1

Friday, March 31, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Health Promotion, in collaboration with numerous student groups, offices and departments, presents Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April.  The month aims to bring a number of educational, empowering and engaging programs and events to promote the importance…

STEM

Our Mathematical Universe: Interdisciplinary Research Thrives in Department of Mathematics

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Professors in the Department of Mathematics are taking interdisciplinary research to new heights, thanks to innovative collaborations with colleagues on campus and around the world. Uday Banerjee, professor and chair of mathematics, says the Applied Mathematics group—one of eight research…

Arts & Culture

University to Host Ethnomusicologists Eric Usner, Michael Birenbaum Quintero

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University will present programs by two distinguished ethnomusicologists in April. Eric Usner, visiting assistant professor of music at Franklin & Marshall College, will lead a hands-on workshop about teaching in music and the humanities on Friday, April 7, from…

STEM

Undergraduate Research Project Takes IM&T Student to China

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By J.D. Ross

How immigrants use social media, digital communications technologies and mobile applications to interact with their communities and families is the subject of an undergraduate research project that brought School of Information Studies (iSchool) junior Alexis Ho-Liu to China last week,…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses March 29 Meeting of the University Senate

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By News Staff

During his March 29 address to the University Senate, Chancellor Kent Syverud acknowledged the loss of senior David Stankiewicz and spoke on a recent political activity memo, Middle States accreditation and the annual Take Back the Night event. The Chancellor’s…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Press Awarded NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Grant

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Press, a division of Syracuse University Libraries, is one of eight institutions to be awarded a grant in the Humanities Open Book Program, jointly sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Andrew W. Mellon…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘How I Learned to Drive’

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Come along for the ride as Syracuse Stage presents Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “How I Learned to Drive.” This deeply compassionate play looking into how one woman’s courage to face a troubled time in her past leads her to…

Campus & Community

Brown, Pati Named Class of 2018 Senior Class Marshals

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Gerald Brown and Anjana “Angie” Pati were named senior class marshals for the Class of 2018 by the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, which oversees the selection process. Brown and Pati will lead their class and carry the…

Arts & Culture

Symposium Focuses on Place of Religion in Film

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

László Nemes’ 2015 film “Son of Saul” has earned a slew of awards, including the Cannes Grand Prix, a Golden Globe and an Oscar. Set in Auschwitz-Birkenau at the end of the war, it also has spurred debate over the…