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Campus & Community

Screening of Climate Change Documentary ‘This Changes Everything’

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, By News Staff

The Sustainability Division and the Students of Sustainability will sponsor a free screening of the environmental documentary “This Changes Everything” on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The climate film is narrated and inspired by the international…

STEM

Semaan Selected for Junior Faculty Research Award

Monday, January 25, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Bryan Semaan has been recognized with the Robert Benjamin Junior Faculty Research Award. This award was established by iSchool Professor Emeritus Robert Benjamin to recognize outstanding research by a junior faculty member. It provides…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘Mass and Obstruction’

Monday, January 25, 2016, By News Staff

Mary Mattingly creates photographs, sculpture, video and large-scale public art projects ostensibly about climate change, but revealing deeper focus on survival and endurance in the face of ecological degradation and violence.

Campus & Community

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Named Speaker for Black History Month

Monday, January 25, 2016, By Shannon Andre

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…

Campus & Community

University Launches Student-Run Instagram, @OurSyracuseU

Monday, January 25, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced a new student-run Instagram account, @OurSyracuseU. The account will complement the University’s flagship @SyracuseU Instagram account by highlighting the Syracuse experience directly through the eyes of students.

STEM

Lankes Receives ALA’s Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship

Friday, January 22, 2016, By J.D. Ross

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…

Arts & Culture

Shakespeare in Our Time

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

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…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By News Staff

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.

Media, Law & Policy

Sean O’Keefe, Donna Shalala, Paul Volcker Appointed to Presidential Transition Team

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By News Staff

Three members of the Maxwell School community were appointed to a six-person bipartisan team that will advise the National Academy of Public Administration’s presidential transition panels. University Professor and Phanstiel Chair Sean O’Keefe G’78, former secretary of the Navy and NASA administrator;…

Health & Society

Kanter Participates in ‘Strikingly Beautiful: A Celebration of Women & Girls With Disabilities’ at White House

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Robert Conrad

Professor of Law Arlene Kanter was a panelist during the “Strikingly Beautiful: A Celebration of Women & Girls With Disabilities” event held at the White House on Jan. 13. Kanter participated in the “Strike Back” panel, a discussion on violence…