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Guns and America: Joining the Conversation Is Feb. 19 in Hendricks Chapel
Recent tragedies involving gun violence are causing communities across America to engage in dialogue regarding our culture, especially issues such as promoting public and personal safety, preserving individual rights and providing high-quality mental health care.
LGBT Rights Director for Human Rights Watch to Speak at SU Feb. 25
Graeme Reid will address U.N. Human Rights Council’s controversial “traditional values” resolution The controversial resolution on “traditional values,” adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council last fall, will be the focus of a major discussion in the College of…
PRIDE Coordinates Playful Challenges for National Engineers Week
Programs Rooted in Developing Excellence (PRIDE) in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) coordinates an annual celebration of National Engineers Week, which brings the members of the college together and introduces the campus community to the field…
Lessons from Sandy: Are We Ready for More Climate Disruption?
Superstorm Sandy brought us face to face with the realities of a changing climate. Many in the University community had family or friends who felt the storm’s devastating impact, and before long, all of us will feel the effects of severe weather, sea level rise and a warming planet.
Syracuse University Signs Got Your 6 Pledge
Syracuse University has signed a pledge to join the Education Pillar of Got Your 6 and support student veterans by implementing and enhancing resources, programs and policies to support this population. Got Your 6 is a movement led by a…
Photovoice: Our Community, Our Vision, Our Voices
The Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St., presents “Photovoice: Our Community, Our Vision, Our Voices,” an exhibition of the work of women living in impoverished areas of Trinidad. The exhibition is the result of more than seven months…
Maxwell School Professor Named to National Postal Service Reform Panel
Walter D. Broadnax, Distinguished Professor at the Maxwell School, has been appointed to a panel leading an independent review of a plan to breathe new life into the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) through public-private partnership. The review was commissioned by…
McDonald Receives NIH Grant to Study Intellectual Disability Research Ethics
Katherine McDonald, associate professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow in the Burton Blatt Institute, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…
Work of Latina Artist Favianna Rodriguez Will Open at La Casita Cultural Center
Last fall, celebrated printmaker and social activist Favianna Rodriguez joined forces with other California-based artists to create posters urging passage of Proposition 37, which would have required labeling of all food made from genetically engineered plants and animals. The proposition…
Newhouse Grad Student Gets Chance to Intern for Charles Barkley
It took over 20 years, but this year, Alison Chaney, a graduate public relations student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, learned that even the craziest dreams come true. A longtime basketball player and huge fan of the…