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Campus & Community

Lecture by Renowned Disability Scholar, Author Lennard J. Davis

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The most sweeping civil rights legislation in U.S. history and a model for disability-based laws around the globe is the subject of a special lecture, hosted by the Renée Crown University Honors Program in the  College of Arts and Sciences….

Arts & Culture

Fall 2015 Visiting Critics Offer Global, Diverse Perspective

Monday, September 28, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

The School of Architecture has announced its visiting critics for the fall 2015 semester: Guillermo Banchini of Banchini Arquitectos (Barqs), Rosario, Argentina; Roberto de Leon of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop (DPAW), Louisville, Ky.; Elodie Nourrigat of NBJ Architectes,…

Famed South African Photographer to Visit Sept. 28

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Iconic South African photographer Cedric Nunn will visit the University to promote his new book, “Unsettled: The 100 Year War of Resistance by Xhosa Against Boer and British” (Archipelago Books, 2015). As part of his visit, Nunn will discuss his…

Media, Law & Policy

Free Speech Activist Mary Beth Tinker Will Visit Newhouse Oct. 2

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mary Beth Tinker, whose decision to wear an armband to 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 Friday, Oct. 2, as a…

Associate Professor Thompson on Pope Francis’ US Visit

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and senior research associate at the school’s Campbell Public Affairs Institute, shares her thoughts on what might be expected during Pope…

Media, Law & Policy

Washington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz to Visit Newhouse Sept. 29

Monday, September 21, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Dan Balz, award-winning chief correspondent at the Washington Post, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Sept. 29. He will discuss the 2016 presidential campaign in a question-and-answer session with Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Hosts EMPOWER Advisory Committee

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Last April, an interdisciplinary team of University professors was awarded $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a new graduate-level training initiative called the Education Model Program on Water-Energy Research (EMPOWER). Before EMPOWER gets underway, the University…

Campus & Community

University Names Faculty Advisory Committee to Explore Idea of Medical School

Tuesday, September 15, 2015, By Carol Boll

Chancellor Kent Syverud and Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy have appointed 21 faculty members to serve on a new faculty advisory committee tasked with exploring the opportunities and potential challenges associated with creating a small interdisciplinary college of…

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Isaac Kfir on the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Isaac Kfir, a visiting assistant professor of law at the College of Law, a research associate with the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism and a co-director of the Mapping Global Insecurities project at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs…

Arts & Culture

Ann Clarke to Conclude Tenure as Dean of College of Visual and Performing Arts

Thursday, September 10, 2015, By Kevin C. Quinn

College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Dean Ann Clarke today announced that she will be stepping down as dean at the conclusion of the 2015-16 academic year. Clarke, who has served as VPA’s dean since 2008, will take a…