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Iris St. Meran to Emcee Sunday’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Dome

Thursday, January 23, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

Iris St. Meran, news anchor for Spectrum News Syracuse, will serve as emcee for the 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration to be held on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. in the Dome. “Iris St. Meran is…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents 2020 Transmedia Photography Annual

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work announced the 2020 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition of photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition runs through Saturday, March 7, at Light…

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Syracuse University Doctoral Alumna Honored with Top Dissertation Prize in National Competition

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Eileen Korey

Kishauna Soljour ’13, G’19 came to Syracuse University with a passion for storytelling. At first, she thought it would lead to a career in journalism. She never dreamed her academic journey would culminate in a doctoral dissertation that has brought…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Xinyi Zhou Selected as First Recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Computer and information science Ph.D. candidate Xinyi Zhou was selected as the first recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship. Zhou’s research covers machine learning, data (text and graph) mining, social media mining and social computing…

Campus & Community

Spring Intramural Sports Begin

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By News Staff

A new semester calls for a new wave of intramural sports. This spring, students have the opportunity of choosing from over 10 intramural sports, reaching beyond traditional choices with the inclusion of both a League of Legends and March Madness…

Arts & Culture

New Exhibitions Curated by Arts and Sciences Faculty and Student Represent Different Epochs in American History

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

The quote, “Art is not what you see but what you make others see,” by French artist Edgar Degas, can also be said for art exhibitions. The curator selects a theme, a concept and specific art pieces to convey a…

Arts & Culture

Designing for the United Nations

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Paula Meseroll

It was a coincidence that resulted not only in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) design students, but a first for the college’s School of Design itself. Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design, was…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Boosting Efforts to Increase Faculty Diversity through Enhanced Central Funding, New Hiring Initiative

Friday, January 17, 2020, By Kathleen Haley

To bolster faculty diversity, Syracuse University is increasing funding aimed at competitive recruitment of faculty from underrepresented minority groups for open positions. The Diversity Opportunity Hires initiative builds on the University’s existing efforts within the signature and cluster hires programs…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Names Five Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Unsung Heroes’

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

The 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2020 Unsung Hero Award winners. The awards are bestowed annually on people who, in the spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “beloved community,”…

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Share Your Feedback: Multicultural Living Learning Community Expansion

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Learning Communities is seeking student feedback for the expansion of the Multicultural Living Learning Community (MLLC). The feedback will provide the Office of Learning Communities with important input as they prepare to expand, which was identified in…