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Campus & Community

College Appoints Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) reaffirms its commitment to opportunity and access with a newly created high-level appointment. Kishi Animashaun Ducre, associate professor of African American studies (AAS), is the college’s inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity and…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Activism in the Digital Age’ to Be Held Sept. 25 at Newhouse

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

“Activism in the Digital Age,” the first in a series of three seminars exploring how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan…

Campus & Community

Information Session for Soros Fellowships Is Monday

Thursday, September 20, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In April, 2018, Anthony Veasna So was named one of 30 nationwide recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. For So, a graduate student in the Creative Writing Program in the College of Arts and Sciences,…

STEM

Experts from 33 Countries Convene in Syracuse for the 7th International Building Physics Conference

Thursday, September 20, 2018, By Kerrie Marshall

Experts on the science and engineering of buildings and urban environments will convene in Syracuse Sept. 23-26 for the 7th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC). More than 300 attendees from 33 countries will gather to present original research and findings,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Alumni Awards Celebration Debuts at Orange Central

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, By John Boccacino

Alumni Association Rolling out the Orange Carpet Television has the Emmys, music has the Grammys, film has the Oscars, and theatre has the Tonys … now Syracuse University has a spectacular awards show to call its own! The University will…

Arts & Culture

CFAC Hosts LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibition through Nov. 3

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

In the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) exhibition “Salt of the Earth,” LaToya M. Hobbs hopes to spur a dialogue about the perception of Black womanhood. “In thinking about women as ‘preservers’ in service to others, I want to highlight…

Health & Society

Syracuse University Conducts First Systematic Review of Experimental Pain Research on Cannabis-Based Drugs

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have determined that cannabinoid drugs do not appear to reduce the intensity of experimental pain, but, instead, may make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.

Arts & Culture

2018-19 Raymond Carver Reading Series Begins with Celebrated Poet Nicole Sealey

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Author Nicole Sealey launches the 2018-19 Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, Sept. 19. She will take part in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an author reading at 5:30 p.m., both in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium. The…

STEM

ORI Grant Funds Automated Tool to Detect Potential Fraud in Scientific Papers

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, By Diane Stirling

The Office of Research Integrity in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded funding to a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor to further automate the detection of fraudulent material in scientific papers. A grant of $149,310 has been awarded to Daniel Acuna,…

Campus & Community

Chris Johnson Named Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

Monday, September 17, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced today the appointment of Chris Johnson, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to the position of associate provost for academic affairs. The Executive Committee of the Board of…