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Workshop gears medical research librarians to changing environment
Big data trends in bioscience and changing policies in health care are creating an increasingly complex environment for medical research librarians, and Jian Qin, associate professor at the School of Information Studies, has developed a workshop to help them address those…
Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion
“Religion and the Environment” is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and…
Burton Blatt Institute chairman to testify before National Council on Disability on future of disability law and policy
Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, will provide expert testimony March 9 in New York City, before the National Council on Disability (NCD). Blanck will discuss emerging issues in regard to…
Free speech pioneer Mary Beth Tinker to visit Newhouse School March 19
Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to junior high school in 1965 led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling upholding students’ free speech rights, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Monday, March 19…
Untold history of the White House is focus of AAS Second Annual Colloquium
Award-winning journalist, activist and scholar Clarence Lusane, author of “The Black History of the White House” (City Lights Publishers, 2011), will present a discussion of the book from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Syracuse University’s E.S. Bird Library, Room…
‘Life Gets Better Together’ conference takes stand against LGBTQ-based bullying
The ‘Life Gets Better Together’ conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth advocacy will take place on Saturday, March 24, on the Syracuse University campus in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Designed to empower participants…
Newhouse School honors The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer with Toner Prize
The award, named for late New York Times national political correspondent Robin Toner ’76 recognizes excellence in political reporting Jane Mayer, staff writer with The New Yorker, is this year’s winner of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting,…
SU in the News: Thursday, March 1
New York Times quotes Mehrzad Boroujerdi of Maxwell School and Arts and Sciences on voter turnout for Iran’s election
SU in the News: Tuesday, February 28
Anthony Otero of the University Events Office writes in Huffington Post on students’ use of interactive technology
Warehouse Gallery exhibition to address challenges of making art in time of tragedy
This spring, the Warehouse Gallery presents “Noriko Ambe: Inner Water,” an installation addressing the challenges of art-making in the aftermath of tragedies and disasters such as the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis in Japan on March 11, 2011. The…