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University Honored with Prestigious Civic Engagement Award
Syracuse University is among just five colleges and universities in the nation, chosen from more than 100 nominations, to share in the 2013 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center and the New York Life Foundation.
Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.
Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists
The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.
SU Hosts Imagining America National Conference this Weekend
Four hundred people from colleges and universities from across the United States will come to Syracuse University this Friday through Sunday, Oct. 4-6, for the Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) annual national conference.
Internet Expert Viktor Mayer-Schonberger to Speak
In early June, British newspaper The Guardian reported that the U.S. National Security Agency had been collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans under a secret court order. The source was Edward Snowden, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton,…
Academic and Administrative Buildings’ Evacuation Drill Schedule Fall 2013
The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) will conduct the fall 2013 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from Oct. 7-11 (Fire Prevention Week). The building drills will be conducted in the morning between 9:30 -11:30 a.m. or…
‘The Subject is Sports’ Open to All
Free massive open online course begins Oct. 14, explores historical, business perspectives of sport Sport is a business that entertains and inspires, bridging generations, time zones and cultures. In 2012, the sport industry in the United States alone was valued…
Free parking, public transportation available for Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo
Last-minute preparations are being made for the first annual Haudenosaunee Wooden Stick Lacrosse Expo, taking place this weekend at Onondaga Lake Park in Liverpool, N.Y. The expo runs Saturday, Sept. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept….
United Way 2013 Campaign Launches on Campus Oct. 8
Celebrating more than three decades of support for the United Way of Central New York, Syracuse University will launch its 2013 United Way campaign Oct. 8. Pledge cards will be distributed to all employees. Ushering in a new season of…
‘Rembrandt: The Consummate Etcher and Other 17th-Century Printmakers’ at Palitz Gallery
Palitz Gallery presents “Rembrandt: The Consummate Etcher and Other 17th-Century Printmakers,” an exhibition containing 35 works, 12 of which are by Rembrandt, considered one of the most important figures in western art history. The exhibition runs through Nov. 14.