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Arts & Culture

Novelist Karan Mahajan to Conclude Carver Series April 24

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Indian American novelist Karan Mahajan will close out the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, April 24. Known for writing that is “smart, devastating and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy” (The New York Times Book Review), Mahajan will…

Media, Law & Policy

Amy Falkner Named Interim Dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced today that Amy Falkner, senior associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor of advertising, will become interim dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, effective immediately. Falkner, who has been…

Campus & Community

Winners Announced for One University Assessment Poster Session

Thursday, April 18, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) hosted the inaugural One University Assessment Poster Session on Friday, April 5. The event showcased and celebrated the assessment activities of Syracuse University’s academic, co-curricular and functional areas. There were 19 poster…

Media Tip Sheets

Experts in French Architecture and History for Notre-Dame Fire

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for insight on the architecture or French history after the fire on the Notre-Dame cathedral, please see comments from two Syracuse University faculty members. Samantha Herrick is an associate professor of history and specializes in the Middle Ages and is the…

Media, Law & Policy

Six Newhouse Students Chosen to Attend TIME 100 Summit as part of ‘Rising Stars Program’

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Lani Rich

Six students from the Newhouse School have been selected to attend the TIME 100 Summit, an annual event featuring talks, panels and presentations with some of the world’s most influential people. Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse…

Media Tip Sheets

Malls Continuing To Face Volatile Retail Market

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Kerri D. Howell

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As the retail industry’s brick and mortar stores continue to struggle against the growing online shopping trend, commercial real estate is now facing new financial challenges. In the wake of a recent report that DestiNY USA, a…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Enters into 3+3 Admissions Agreements with Three Historically Black Colleges, Universities

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law has entered into 3+3 admissions agreements with three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) located at Atlanta University Center: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College. The agreement was signed at an April 15 ceremony…

Campus & Community

Point of Contact to Host Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet April 18

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact (POC) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) celebrates National Poetry Month with a joint reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian and up-and-comer Lauren Sanderson. The duo will read and discuss their work…

Arts & Culture

VPA Names Pianist, Scholar Milton Laufer New Setnor School of Music Director

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Milton Rubén Laufer, a pianist and scholar and current director of Western Carolina University’s School of Music, has been named director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S….

Health & Society

Canadian Physiologist, Mount Everest Expert Speaking Today

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, By Jennifer Russo

Trevor Day, associate professor of physiology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is giving a lecture today (Tuesday, April 16) hosted by the Department of Exercise Science in the School of Education. His talk, “Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation…