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Syracuse University to Award Five Honorary Degrees at 2017 Commencement
A global business leader and champion of the underserved; a civil rights activist and prominent attorney; a leading scholar in wireless communications; a preservationist of Native American culture; and a visionary artist of contemporary issues will be awarded honorary degrees…
University to Host Ethnomusicologists Eric Usner, Michael Birenbaum Quintero
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…
Syracuse University Press Awarded NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Grant
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…
2017 Compete CNY – iPrize Winners Announced
Winners have been announced for the 2017 Compete CNY – iPrize competition, held March 24 at Syracuse University. The event was coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University and hosted by Syracuse University Libraries. Open to all Central New…
David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post Honored by Newhouse School with Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting
David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post is the winner of the 2017 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. The $5,000 prize, which is sponsored by the Newhouse School, honors the late Robin Toner ’76, a summa cum laude graduate…
Poet/Novelist Kasischke the Next Author in Raymond Carver Reading Series
Award-winning poet and novelist Laura Kasischke will read from her work on Wednesday, April 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium as part of the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series. Earlier, at 3:45 p.m., she will…
Syracuse Symposium to Present Conservation Ecologist Eric Sanderson March 30-31
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by an expert in ecosystem and landscape ecology. Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), will present “The Welikia Project: Discovering a Natural Sense of…
Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosting Poet C. Dale Young
Accomplished poet C. Dale Young is the next featured author in the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series. On Wednesday, March 22, he will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and will read from his work at 5:30 p.m., with…
On Borrowed Time: Despite Calls for Divestment, Completion of DAPL Signals New Chapter in Standing Rock Conflict
When Norway’s largest private investor recently pulled out of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), the news barely made a blip on the world’s radar. For Phil Arnold, director of the Skä•noñh-Great Law of Peace Center in Syracuse, the message…
‘Race and the Media’ Event to be Held at Newhouse School March 29-30
The Newhouse School will host a two-day event focused on race and the media Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30. The symposium will include discussions of the ways our media and our country do—and don’t—explore critical issues of race…