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Arts & Culture

Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 Is University’s First Luce Scholar

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

An alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and former participant in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, Marsolek is one of 18 Luce Scholars chosen from a pool of 162 candidates nominated by 73 colleges and universities across the United States.

Media, Law & Policy

Stanford Professor to Give Volcker Lecture March 26

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Raj Chetty, professor economics at Stanford University, will give the Volcker Lecture Monday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. The title of his talk is “Restoring the American Dream: New Lessons from Big Data.” A…

Campus & Community

Invest Syracuse Update: Graham Fitness Center Opens Today on Mount Olympus

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Living on Mount Olympus just got a whole lot more active. That’s because—thanks to a partnership between the divisions of Business, Finance and Administrative Services and Enrollment and the Student Experience—the Graham Fitness Center opened today on Mount Olympus. Auxiliary…

Campus & Community

‘Mindfulness and Social Justice’ Will Be Topic of Interfaith Dialogue Dinner

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

The last of the University’s 2017-18 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” will take place on Thursday, March 22. The dialogue, on “Mindfulness and Social Justice,” will be…

STEM

Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…

Arts & Culture

Celebrating the New Year: CSSA Hosts Spring Festival

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Shannon Andre

On Feb. 16, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) welcomed hundreds of students, faculty, staff and community members to the 2018 Spring Festival Gala. This annual event, organized by the CSSA, celebrates the Lunar New Year. This year begins…

Media, Law & Policy

If United Airlines Has Any Hope of Reputation Repair, Here’s What Needs to Happen

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

United Airlines is facing another public controversy after mistakenly shipped a family’s German Shepherd to Japan while the family flew to Kansas City. This comes after a 10-month-old bulldog died in an overhead bin on a flight from Houston to…

Health & Society

Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…

Campus & Community

German Reading 2018

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By News Staff

Two texts form the basis for the Syracuse University German Community Reading Group 2018. 1) Robert Menasse: “Die Hauptstadt” (Suhrkamp Berlin, 2017). Winner of the Preis des deutschen Buchhandels 2017. The novel follows seven European citizens in Brussels whose decisions…

Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff, Feel Good Fridays Start March 23

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By News Staff

End your workweek the perfect way and join us each Friday, starting March 23, for Feel Good Friday activities such as guided meditation, Zumba, journaling, book club and more. Feel Good Fridays are an opportunity for faculty and staff to…