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Arts & Culture

Architecture Student Named Honors Thesis Prize Award Recipient

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Vasundhra Aggarwal ’21 (B.Arch.), a fifth-year student in the School of Architecture, was announced as a Class of 2021 Honors Thesis Prize recipient during the virtual presentation of the Renée Crown University Honors Program Convocation on Friday, May 21. As…

Campus & Community

Thursday Morning Roundtable Evolves to Host 55th Season During Pandemic

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By Matt Michael

In March 2020, the Thursday Morning Roundtable weekly public forum was nearing the end of its 54th year as a Syracuse University and Syracuse community institution. The charm of “TMR” had always been its personal touch: Community members would gather…

Media Tip Sheets

Syracuse Experts Available to Discuss Key Pride Month Issues

Friday, May 28, 2021, By News Staff

The month of June is Pride Month in America. Originally started as Gay Pride Day to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that was the catalyst for the gay liberation movement in the U.S., the day has morphed into a month…

Campus & Community

New Dean, Faculty and Student Representatives Appointed to Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, By Eileen Korey

Craig Boise, dean of the College of Law, has been named dean representative to the Board of Trustees by Chancellor Kent Syverud. Lori Brown, professor of architecture, and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the School of Architecture, has…

Campus & Community

New Writing Courses Concentrate on Issues That Matter to Students

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, By News Staff

The writing studies department has launched a range of new 100-level courses. These introductory classes offer opportunities for students across Syracuse University to take up issues that matter to them and to use writing to effect change. While they are…

Campus & Community

Seven New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 24, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University has announced the election of seven new members to its Board of Trustees, all of whom are recognized leaders in their fields and are either alumni or otherwise deeply connected to the University through family and service. The…

STEM

On the Road to Ph.D.: A Family Journey

Monday, May 24, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

Nafiseh Shahbazi Majd G’21 and Javad Shafiei Shiva G’21 knew they were making a decision that would change both of their lives, but did not initially realize how special their eventual accomplishments would be. The married couple had been successfully…

Arts & Culture

Making Beats, Building Community: Music Education Partners With Local Nonprofit Mercy Works to Offer Digital Music Lab

Monday, May 24, 2021, By Jen Plummer

The room was buzzing with energy on a recent Tuesday night at the Clarence Jordan Vision Center on Syracuse’s south side. Eleven local high school students diligently toiled on Macs outfitted with headphones, digital keyboards and Novation Launchpads—digital soundboards used…

Campus & Community

Student Speakers Simran Mirchandani and Rikki Sargent Address the Class of 2021 During Commencement

Monday, May 24, 2021, By News Staff

During Commencement 2021, Simran Vinod Mirchandani ’21, biochemistry and Spanish language, literature and culture major in the College of Arts and Sciences, economics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,…

STEM

Ph.D. Candidate Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra Leads Research Expedition in Search of Answers to Erosion in Colombia

Friday, May 21, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

In April 2017, a landslide in Mocoa, Colombia, ripped through a local town, killing more than 300 people. Nicolás Pérez-Consuegra grew up about 570 miles north in Santander, Colombia, and was shocked as he watched the devastation on television. At…