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Arts & Culture

Community Folk Art Center Offers Exhibition, Music, Film in Celebration of Black History Month

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), a unit of Syracuse University’s Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, is celebrating Black History Month with an array of cultural programming open to the Syracuse University and…

Arts & Culture

SU Libraries to Host Annual Human Library Event April 5; Book Volunteers Needed

Monday, February 13, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries will host its fourth annual Human Library event on Wednesday, April 5, from noon to 4 p.m. in Bird Library. Participants will have the opportunity to talk to “human books”:  volunteers from the Syracuse University community…

STEM

How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…

STEM

National Engineers Week Events

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Saturday, Feb. 18. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…

Campus & Community

SU Food Services Receives High Rating for Vegan Selections

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Keith Kobland

For Aliya ElSawi ’19, a french and neuroscience double major in the College of Arts and Sciences, the offerings in the classroom were as important to her as one other factor—the offerings in the dining halls. “Before coming to Syracuse…

Campus & Community

Tickets on Sale Wednesday Morning for Humans of New York Creator Brandon Stanton

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Tickets for the March 6 presentation by Humans of New York (HONY) creator Brandon Stanton go on sale at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and are $5 for SU and SUNY-ESF students with I.D. at the Schine Box Office…

Campus & Community

Nominations Sought for Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence Awards

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, By Carol Boll

Members of the Syracuse University campus community are invited to submit nominations for the 2017 Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 1. The Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence is one of two special awards that will…

Arts & Culture

Carver Reading Series Continues with Author Alexander Chee

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series continues on Wednesday, Feb. 15, with Alexander Chee, the Spring 2017 Don McNaughton Reader in the College of Arts and Sciences. He will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and will read from…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Hosts Lecture Series Featuring Renowned Scholars, Curators

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries has announced a special six-week lecture series beginning Thursday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. at the Syracuse University Art Galleries in Shaffer Art Building. The weekly lecture series will highlight the research interests of important…