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Campus & Community

Field Trip Planned to Auburn’s Harriet Tubman Home

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

The Department of African American Studies’ (AAS) annual field trip, “The Underground Railroad in Central New York,” will take 38 AAS and other University community members to the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn, New York. The tour will be Friday,…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders’ First Novel, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Bestseller List

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

For an author, you are truly in an enviable position when fans and book critics alike anxiously await your next creation. So it is for College of Arts and Sciences’ English professor George Saunders. Especially now, with the publication of…

The Hill

Visiting Professor Clemmie Harris on Trump and the African-American Community

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Clemmie Harris, visiting professor of African American studies, was quoted in a story in The Hill titled “Trump forcefully rejects anti-Semitism.”

Campus & Community

Campus Workshop to Explore Attitudes and Effects of Implicit Bias

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Carol Boll

A workshop titled “Recognizing and Understanding Implicit Bias” will be conducted for interested Syracuse University faculty and staff on Monday, March 6, from 1-3 p.m. in the Gray Ceremonial Courtroom at the College of Law. Sponsored by the University’s Office…

Campus & Community

Sorority to Hold Auditions for Mr. Burgundy and Grey Pageant

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By News Staff

Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Zeta Epsilon Chapter, is holding auditions for a gentleman’s pageant, Mr. Burgundy and Grey, to be held in April. The auditions will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, from 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb….

Media, Law & Policy

SU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Martin Walls

Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…

WalletHub

Associate Professor Elizabeth Cohen on the Economic Impact of Immigration

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science, was interviewed by WalletHub about the proposed border wall’s effectiveness, enforcing immigration policies and economic implications of immigration reform  in a story titled “Economic Impact of Immigration by State.”    

STEM

Syracuse Physicist to Discuss Black Holes April 8

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The intriguing and fascinating world of black holes is the subject of a lecture by nuclear physicist Paul Souder, benefiting the Southern Cayuga Planetarium and Observatory in Aurora, New York. Souder, a professor of physics in the College of Arts…

Arts & Culture

Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano: ‘World-Class Education’ at Syracuse in Jazz, Blues—and Life

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For more than three decades, Frank Malfitano ’72 has served as executive director and guiding force behind Jazz Fest, an event he founded in greater Syracuse. Admission is free for the annual festival, which has brought some of the greatest…