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Campus & Community

Check-in Information for Feb. 5-7 and Beyond

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: As you prepare to return to campus, we write to share with you a few last-minute reminders to ensure your check-in process proceeds smoothly. Outlined in this email are details on the following: Pre-Arrival Testing Requirement…

Media Tip Sheets

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By News Staff

The news media are powerful players in the world of government transparency and public accountability. One important tool for ensuring public accountability is through invoking transparency mandates provided by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In 2020, news organizations and…

Campus & Community

Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…

Campus & Community

Creative Writing Program Introduces New Undergraduate Degree

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

The Department of English’s signature creative writing program–home of the renowned M.F.A. in creative writing–will now offer a new bachelor of arts degree. Building on the nationally ranked master’s program, the new creative writing major and minor are open to…

Campus & Community

Black History Month Celebration Begins

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, in partnership with student organizations and University partners, invites the campus community to Syracuse University’s month-long Black History Month celebration. The celebration includes a lineup of incredible and thought-provoking speakers, an esports tournament, music, art…

Arts & Culture

‘Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano’ Wins AudioFile’s Earphones Award

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Cristina Hatem

One of Syracuse University Press and Sound Beat: Access Audio’s first audiobook collaborations  has been recognized as an Earphones Award Winner by AudioFile, the premier audiobook authority publication. The Earphones Award, given to “Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of…

Campus & Community

Important Winter Weather Information

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Though the spring semester is fast approaching, the weather remains wintry. This is a good time to remind our campus community of how we make decisions—and how you can stay up to date—regarding weather conditions…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Launches 2021 With Aaron Turner Solo Exhibition

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work will exhibit more than 20 works by Arkansas-based photographer Aaron Turner in its first main gallery show of 2021. “Aaron Turner: Black Alchemy, Backwards/Forwards” will be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery through March 4, 2021….

Media, Law & Policy

‘Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren’t Enough to Move Forward’

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Lily Datz

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, authored an op-ed for WIRED titled “Impeachment and Deplatforming Aren’t Enough to Move Forward.” Phillips is an expert on media literacy, mis- and…

Business & Economy

New Paper Questions the Safety and Reward of Investing in Business Development Companies

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Robert Conrad

A new paper by Syracuse University Professor Joseph Warburton offers compelling new evidence of the risk of business development companies (BDCs). Warburton, who holds dual appointments as professor of law in the College of Law and professor of finance in…