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Arts & Culture

Curating the Bigger Picture: Evan Starling-Davis Approaches Literacy from Multiple Entry Points

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Evan Starling-Davis is a narrative artist, curator and producer. More precisely, he names himself a digital-age “griot”—a term used for traveling poets, musicians and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history derived from the African diaspora’s culture and history….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Diploma Symbolizes Decades of Sacrifice and Determination

Monday, April 5, 2021, By Eileen Jevis

Katherine O’Neil Veley graduated from Syracuse University in 2020 with a degree in creative leadership from University College (UC). Like the thousands of other students in the Class of 2020, Veley waited with excitement and anticipation for the day she…

Campus & Community

Are You Ready to Get Vaccinated? Pre-Register Today!

Monday, April 5, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Later this week, Syracuse University expects to receive and administer COVID-19 vaccines on campus. For that reason, we are asking ALL students who plan to be vaccinated to pre-register by completing the online form. Once the…

Campus & Community

Twice-Weekly COVID-19 Testing Schedule (April 5–9)

Monday, April 5, 2021, By News Staff

Dear North Campus Residents: We are writing today with the next schedule for required twice-weekly testing. As shared, we will continue with a twice-weekly testing schedule until further notice to aid in our efforts to limit the potential spread of the COVID-19…

Campus & Community

United Way Mask Donation Helps Keep Central New Yorkers Safe

Friday, April 2, 2021, By News Staff

Staff from the United Way of Central New York and Otto the Orange visited the Westcott Community Center in Syracuse recently to make a special delivery of hundreds of protective face masks for local senior citizens participating in the Westcott…

Washington Examiner

“Nips and poops: Biden dogs cause ‘Major’ headaches.”

Thursday, April 1, 2021, By Lily Datz

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor of television, radio and film and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Washington Examiner article “Nips and poops: Biden dogs cause ‘Major’ headaches.” Thompson,…

Campus & Community

Winners Announced for 2021 Student Entrepreneur Competitions

Wednesday, March 31, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

Winners of the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship competition, the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award and the Compete CNY regional qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) were…

Campus & Community

Commencement Updates for Classes of 2020 and 2021

Tuesday, March 30, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: I write today to update you on our planning for Commencement for the classes of 2021 and 2020. As detailed below, our current planning recognizes generally improving public health conditions and growing access…

Campus & Community

Message from Damon Williams

Monday, March 29, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Syracuse University Community: In November 2019, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion asked me to serve on an Independent Advisory Panel and, later, to conduct a campus climate “pulse” survey and…

Arts & Culture

Navigating an International Fellowship During a Global Pandemic

Monday, March 29, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

When Scott Manning Stevens was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he assumed the virus would be over by the summer’s end and that he would have no problem traveling abroad to…