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Human Rights Film Festival Announces Lineup
Now in its 14th year, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2016: PLACE.
New, Returning Students Encouraged to Explore Health and Wellness Resources
As new and returning students settle in to the first few weeks of classes, it is important to know about the number of on-campus health and wellness resources available. The Counseling Center, Department of Recreation Services, Office of Health Promotion,…
University Launches Orange SUccess to Better Connect Students, Faculty, Advisors
The program was piloted last spring in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Whitman School of Management and University College.
Statement from M. Gail Hamner, Professor of Religion
I deeply regret the embarrassment the decision I made and my poor choice of words have caused my department, my colleagues and my fellow faculty. Overly concerned about how others would react, my email to Shimon Dotan stressed my fears…
Sociology Department Presenting at ASA Conference in Seattle
More than a dozen professors, Ph.D. students and researchers in the Department of Sociology are participating in the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Seattle Aug. 20-23. They join approximately 4,000 other sociologists for four days…
Burdick Leads Study on Social Housing Projects in Brazil
The National Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom have awarded $597,000 to a project led by Professor John Burdick (anthropology) to observe differently organized social housing projects in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to…
Summer Snaps 2016
What are you doing on your summer vacation? See how members of the University community are having fun as the summer kicks into gear.
Macy’s stores offer “little allure for the consumer”
Amanda Nicholson, Professor of Retail Practice and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs at Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, offers insight on the recent news that Macy’s is closing 100 stores. “Today’s announcement that Macy’s is closing 100 under-performing…
VPA’s Sayler/Morris Receive Brower Center Art/Act Award, NYFA Fellowship
Artists Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris), faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia and co-directors of the Canary Lab, a hub for research-based, interdisciplinary art and media focused on ecology, have received…
Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is…