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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Named Speaker for Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs is hosting a series of events in February. The month-long celebration officially kicks off on Feb. 1. The commemorative speaker this year is…
Lankes Receives ALA’s Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship
R. David Lankes, professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has been selected to receive the 2016 American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship. This honor is given annually…
Shakespeare in Our Time
Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, has plenty to say about William Shakespeare, as the world marks the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. She returned to campus…
Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate in a nearly full Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In his nearly 25-minute remarks, the Chancellor provided a comprehensive update on a number of items, including matters relative to student life, academic affairs, executive searches and Fast Forward Syracuse. Chancellor Syverud has been regularly delivering remarks at Senate meetings to provide an update on key University initiatives. This was his first to the University’s governing body since the start of 2016.
New Book Focuses on Life, Career of Syracuse Poet Philip Booth
Philip Booth, a longtime Syracuse University professor whose poetry focused on his native New England, is the subject of a new book. “Available Light: Philip Booth and the Gift of Place” (Bauhan Publishing, 2015), by noted scholar and educator Jeanne…
Scholar Spotlight: Gabriel Smolnycki ’17
When Gabriel Smolnycki graduates, his diploma will list his major as mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, but that won’t capture the full breadth of his Syracuse education. In addition to mechanical, he’s taking electrical engineering…
Applicants Sought for 2017 Senior Class Marshals
Applicants are being sought to be Senior Class Marshals for the 2017 Commencement. This unique opportunity is open to current juniors and the application deadline is Jan. 29. Two students will be chosen. Marshals now have the unique opportunity to:…
University Announces Finalists to Design National Veterans Resource Complex
The selection committee has chosen three finalists to advance to the final round of the competition.
Claire S. Rudolph, Professor Emerita of Social Work, Dies
Professor emerita Claire S. Rudolph died Jan. 5 peacefully at home. A resident of Syracuse since 1952, when she and her husband relocated to continue their graduate studies, she earned a Ph.D. in social sciences from Syracuse University and joined…
Frahm-Hingtgen Named Content and Operations Manager for WAER
Katherine Frahm-Hingtgen has been named as the new content and operations manager for WAER-FM. Frahm-Hingtgen comes to WAER from KMST public radio, operated by the University of Missouri-Rolla, where she most recently served as the station’s program director. Like WAER,…