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Fanfare for the Common Man
The last place Pat Wiese ever imagined himself was in the pages of the Syracuse Post-Standard. In a Sean Kirst column. “My first interaction with Sean came in the form of a phone call,” says Wiese, a Le Moyne College…
Hidden Treasure in Special Collections Embodies Syracuse University Spirit
In the depths of the archives of Syracuse University Libraries, a collection of materials highlighting a special connection between an early 20th-century typeface designer and the University caught the curiosity of curator William T. La Moy. His searching revealed an…
Light Work Presents ‘The Gray Line’
Light Work is presenting “The Gray Line,” featuring the work of Kristine Potter, on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from through March 3. A reception and lecture with Potter will take place on Thursday, Feb….
King’s 1965 Speech in Sims Hall Still Inspires
For Fern Durand, one conversation last week turned a familiar corridor turned into something else. He was in the Shaffer Arts Building, walking past the SUArtGalleries, when a stranger approached him and asked if he knew this story: In 1965,…
Assistant Professor Yüksel Sezgin on the implications of a Turkish constitutional amendment
Yuksel Sezgin, assistant professor of political science, wrote for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog an op-ed entitled How a constitutional amendment could end Turkey’s republic.
Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned
Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…
Co-Director Cold Case Justice Initiative Writes Op-Ed on Presidential Leadership
Paula C. Johnson, professor of law and co-director of the Cold Case Justice Initiative, wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post entitled Maintaining the Audacity of Hope
First Known Use of Mary Poppins’ Best-Known Word? Not in London but in DO
Peter Amster figures he heard the word for the first time when he was 14 or 15, a teenager in the darkness of a Long Island movie theater. He was a serious kid, already reading Sarte and Kierkegaard, but…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…