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Professional Workshop Gives Students Techniques to Support Healthy Play for Children
In August 2019, Syracuse University students traveled to Boston to complete a two-day training through the Life is Good (LIG) Playmaker 2-Day Intensive Retreat for professionals who work with children who have experienced trauma. According to LIG, “a Playmaker is someone…
Physics Department Works to Improve Gravitational Wave Detection
Albert Einstein first predicted the presence of gravitational waves in 1916 in his general theory of relativity. Fast forward 99 years to 2015, when researchers obtained the first physical confirmation of a gravitational wave generated by two colliding black holes,…
Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author
As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…
’Cuse Works Launch Enhances Student Employment
’Cuse Works, Syracuse University’s resource for all things related to student employment has launched. Managed by the Student Employment Office and supported by the Invest Syracuse initiative, ’Cuse Works helps students connect to on- and off-campus jobs that encompass both…
Winter Convocation Remarks by Chancellor Kent Syverud
Following are the remarks delivered by Chancellor Kent Syverud as he welcomed new students to the University at the Winter Convocation on Jan. 11 in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium. Good morning….
LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries Hosting International Startup Workshop
The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries is hosting a free International Startup Workshop for the international and innovation community on Jan. 22 from 3-5 p.m., in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The workshop…
Faculty Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Workshops Team Hosts Midwinter Institute and Events Jan. 9-10, 2020
Given the campus events and faculty conversations of this fall, the Faculty Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Workshops team invites faculty and teaching staff who are on campus just before classes resume in January to participate in one or…
Music for People Workshop Being Held Oct. 26
Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to attend a daylong Music for People (MfP) workshop at Onondaga Community College (OCC). Titled “A Day of Improvisation,” the workshop is Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in…
Pres. Trump’s Altered Map of Hurricane Dorian Sparks Controversy
Distinguished Professor of Geology in the Maxwell School, Mark Monmonier, was quoted in CityLab for the story, “MapLab: Trump’s ‘Mutilated’ Storm Map.” In the article, Monmonier uses his expertise in manipulative cartography to analyze the altered map of Hurricane Dorian’s track shown…
Students Document the Lives of Central New York Residents as Part of Newhouse’s Annual Fall Workshop
More than 80 graduate, undergraduate and military visual journalism students from the Newhouse School will spend Oct. 3-6 documenting the lives of Syracuse-area residents as part of the school’s annual Fall Workshop. The event is sponsored by the visual communications (VIS) department….