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Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…
Deadline Extended for Summer 2018 Invent@SU Program
This summer, Invent@SU returns to transform undergrads into inventors as they design, prototype, and pitch original devices. The program is open to all Syracuse University undergraduate students. Now, students have a second chance to be a part of the program. The application deadline for the…
Film Preservation Specialist Deborah Stoiber to Give Annual Brodsky Lecture on March 22 in Bird Library
Deborah Stoiber, collection manager of the Moving Image Department at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, will give the lecture “Conserving Cinema’s Legacy at George Eastman Museum” on Thursday, March 22, from 1:30–3 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons,…
Turning to Fiction to Combat Drug Abuse
Cheryl Reed, a newspaper and online journalism assistant professor at Newhouse, recently wrote an article for the Columbia Journalism Review about how fiction, rather than fact, can help her write about drug crisis from the past and to the present….
M. Cristina Marchetti Named Director of Soft and Living Matter Program
Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor and Distinguished Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed director of the University’s Soft and Living Matter Program. Marchetti, who was nominated by her colleagues in…
Before the Taps Run Dry: How Recycled Wastewater Could Help California, Cape Town Quench Water Crises
California’s Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to adopt permanent restrictions against wasting water, as drought worries once again creep into focus. Teng Zeng is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse…
UVP Presents ‘AKIN: Keren Shavit and Eva Marie Rødbro’
Urban Video Project (UVP) is presenting “AKIN: Keren Shavit & Eva Marie Rødbro” from dusk to 11 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays through March 31 at UVP’s Everson Museum of Art architectural projection venue, 401 Harrison St., Syracuse. Rødbro and Shavit will be present…
Expert Hemsley Details Russian Troll Farms
In the Special Counsel investigation over Russian collusion, one of the major features is over Russian troll farms. While these farms are often discussed, many don’t know exactly what they are. USA Today recently wrote an article explaining this term,…
Vice Chancellor Mike Haynie: “Building a Strong Country Requires Treating Our Military Families Better”
Dr. Michael Haynie, the vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founding executive director of Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families, wrote an op-ed in The Hill on how we need to focus efforts to better support military families….
The Agony and the XTC
Arts and Sciences assistant professor of humanities David Yaffe recently wrote an article for The Paris Review, entitled Agony and the XTC. In the piece, Yaffe explores the band’s history and legacy. “XTC is pop that is somehow beyond the…