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Pet Partners of CNY: Therapy Dogs as Community Health Workers

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By News Staff

On Monday, April 3, Healthy Monday will kick off National Public Health Week. The event will be a free lunch talk with Amy Slutzky from Pet Partners of Central New York. She will speak about the Pet Partners organization and…

Campus & Community

University Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, By Shannon Andre

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, is hosting a series of events in April in collaboration with students, faculty and staff…

Campus & Community

OrangeAbility 2017: Presenting the Sixth Annual Accessible Athletics Expo and Relaunch of the Cycle Share Program

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, By Justin Kim

On Sunday, April 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Women’s Building Gymnasium, members of the Syracuse University and the Central New York communities are invited to the University’s sixth annual accessible athletics expo, OrangeAbility. This student-led initiative is…

Campus & Community

Spiritual Life Council Shares Message of Unity Through Peace Poles on Quad

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

“May Peace Prevail on Earth.” A simple phrase with a powerful message. The words—in 23 different languages and in Braille—are inscribed on two red cedar “peace poles” installed over winter break in front of Hendricks Chapel through the work of…

Campus & Community

Flight from Syria, New Life in the College of Law, Now Helping Fellow Refugees

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Violette Khabbaz, silent, is listening to a conversation on a March afternoon. Sunlight pours through a window and illuminates her face as she leans across the counter of the Byblos Mediterranean Café, the restaurant she operates on North Clinton Street…

NPR

Maxwell Dean David M. Van Slyke Interviewed about Fundraising in the Age of Trump

Thursday, March 23, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Maxwell Dean David M. Van Slyke, professor of public administration and international affairs and the Louis A. Bantle Chair in business and government policy, was interviewed by NPR Morning Edition about progressive groups enjoying an increase in fundraising since Trump’s…

Campus & Community

University Participates in Tri-State Diversity Council’s College Diversity Summit

Thursday, March 23, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Onondaga Community College, college students from the surrounding area will come together for the Tri-State Diversity Council’s Upstate New York College Diversity Summit. The summit, “Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders,” focuses on…

Health & Society

Professor Tom Dennison on AHCA Repeal and Replace

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

The House of Represenatives is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act — the GOP’s bid to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — on Thursday, March 23. Professor Tom Dennison, an expert in health care, offers insight…

Health & Society

Panel Discussion and Free Screening of the Documentary ‘A Plastic Ocean’

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, By News Staff

Sustainability Management and student groups Students of Sustainability and Green Peace SU will be hosting a panel discussion on plastic pollution at 5:30 p.m. followed by a free screening of “A Plastic Ocean” at 6:45 p.m. on March 29 in…

The Wall St. Journal

Professor Yilin Hou on China and Property Taxes

Tuesday, March 21, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Yilin Hou, Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story titled “China Kicks Property Tax to the Curb—For Now” Hou, who has extensively studied the possibility of a property tax in China, says…