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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…

Campus & Community

Food Services Expands Its Sustainability Practices, One Plastic Straw at a Time

Sunday, September 16, 2018, By Greta Bush

There’s something missing this fall from all five campus dining centers. Don’t worry: the chicken tenders are still there. But plastic straws are gone. The plastic straw ban sweeping the nation has come to Syracuse University. SU Food Services opted…

Arts & Culture

Human Rights Film Festival Illuminates Stories of Freedom, Justice

Friday, September 14, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse Symposium Continues “Stories” Theme with 16th annual SUHRFF The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF) returns for its 16th year as it once again brings to Central New York an outstanding lineup of critically acclaimed films addressing social…

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes Seven New Faculty

Thursday, September 13, 2018, By Erica Blust

Seven new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. Their disciplines span communication and rhetorical studies, computer art and animation, film, industrial and interaction design and music composition. Natalie Draper Setnor School of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse/iSchool Seminar Series Will Explore Social Media’s Influence on Politics

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new seminar series at Syracuse University will explore how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States. The series, Social Media & Democracy, is co-sponsored by the Newhouse School and the School of Information Studies…

Media, Law & Policy

A Welch Allyn Veteran Guides Innovation Law Center Students

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Martin Walls

Every semester, College of Law students in the Innovation Law Center (ILC) benefit from the extensive expertise and broad experience of practitioners who supervise student research projects for real-world clients. One of the adjunct law professors overseeing the Innovation Law…

Health & Society

Sport Analytics Students Present Research at European Sports Economics Association Conference

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Margie Chetney

Students Justin Perline ’19 and Charles “CB” Garrett ’19 in Falk College’s sport analytics program attended and presented at the European Sports Economics Association (ESEA) Conference in Liverpool, England, from Aug. 29-31. ESEA is the premier sports economics conference held…

Newsweek

Russian War Games: Don’t Believe the Hype

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Brian Taylor, a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and author of the newly-published book “The Code of Putinism.” was recently interviewed by Newsweek on the Russian-Chinese military exercises that are considered the largest war games of its kind since…

Campus & Community

Workshops Engage Faculty on Skills and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Carol Boll

As students returned to campus this fall, more than 300 Syracuse University faculty engaged in learning exercises of their own as participants in workshops designed to enhance self-awareness, detect and respond to unconscious bias, and strengthen their skills for more…

Campus & Community

Thursday Morning Roundtable Focuses on the Revitalization of Downtown Syracuse

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By News Staff

Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) returns Thursday, Sept. 13, with guest speaker Merike Treier, executive director of the Downtown Committee of Syracuse, talking about the revitalization of downtown Syracuse and upcoming projects. The event begins at 8 a.m. at the Nancy…