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Campus & Community

Author-Scholar to Explore Wisdom of Private Sector Models in Higher Education

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Carol Boll

Christopher Newfield, professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk titled “The Great Mistake: How Private-Sector Models Damage Universities, and How They Can Recover” on Friday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m….

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Friday, February 12, 2016, By News Staff

The following students enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts were among those named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours…

STEM

University Hosts Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Rob Enslin

More than 100 undergraduate women in physics—some from as far away as the University of Maine and Rutgers University—recently converged on campus to discuss their changing role in the field. In January, Syracuse University was one of nine institutions to…

Campus & Community

Abolition and the Origins of Sharecropping

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By News Staff

Guest speaker is Melanie Dupuis from the Pace University Department of Environmental Studies and Science will speak on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. This free lecture, to be held in Eggers Hall, Room 018,  is a joint event with…

Media, Law & Policy

IJPM Speaker Series to Start Feb. 17

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Robert Conrad

The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics & the Media (IJPM) will kick off its eighth annual Law, Politics & the Media Speaker Series on Feb. 17. The speaker series, co-sponsored by IJPM and the Tully Center for…

STEM

Harvard Professor Shane Greenstein to Speak on Internet Commercialization

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Lee McKnight has invited Harvard Business School professor Shane Greenstein to the iSchool to speak on his new Princeton University Press book, “How the Internet Became Commercial. Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of…

Arts & Culture

Lineup Announced for Spring Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, February 3, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A. program in creative writing, in conjunction with the “Living Writers” undergraduate course (ETS 107).

Health & Society

Brainfeeders Brings Farm to Table for Campus Community

Tuesday, February 2, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Lindsay De May ’16 and Imelda Rodriguez ’16 had planned for about 20 people to participate in their student organization’s CSA project. They signed up 40 with more interested. It was one of the first projects for Brainfeeders.

Arts & Culture

Office of Multicultural Affairs Hosts The Black Lounge

Tuesday, January 26, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will host The Black Lounge on Friday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Tickets…

Arts & Culture

Shakespeare in Our Time

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, has plenty to say about William Shakespeare, as the world marks the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. She returned to campus…