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Black Reign Step Team Heads to Lincoln Center for ‘Step and the City’ Championships
On Saturday, Feb. 8, the student-led Black Reign Step Team will head to Lincoln Center in New York City to compete in Step and the City. This first-of-its-kind, invite-only competition, organized by UpStaged Scholastic Productions and National Collegiate Performing Arts…
Syracuse University Operating on Limited Status on Friday, Feb. 7; Classes Canceled, Only Essential Services Personnel Should Report to Campus
Central New York is under a Winter Storm Warning, the highest level of winter weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service. Significant snow accumulation mixed with freezing rain and high winds is expected today and could cause dangerous travel…
Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author
As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…
Hendricks Chapel Celebrates Black History Month with Concert, Guest Speakers
Black History Month will be celebrated through song at Hendricks Chapel’s weekly program, Music and Message, on Sunday, Feb. 9. Guest speakers at the Black History Month commemoration will include Syeisha Byrd, director of engagement programs at Hendricks Chapel, and…
Macy’s Can’t Figure Out Right Strategy to Compete In Today’s Retail Landscape
This week, Macy’s announced it will be closing 125 stores over the next three years in an effort to combat slumping sales. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management….
University’s Annual Service of Commemoration to Be Held March 10
Syracuse University will hold its annual Service of Commemoration, honoring Syracuse University students, faculty, staff, retirees and trustees and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students who have passed away since Jan. 1, 2019, on Tuesday, March 10, at…
Syracuse University Libraries to Host Mini-Seminar with Professor and Associate Dean Carol Faulkner
Carol Faulkner, professor of history and associate dean for academic affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will lead a mini-seminar in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), 6th floor, Bird Library, on Friday, March 6, from…
Award-Winning Journalist and New Yorker Writer Jelani Cobb to Discuss Race, Politics and News
As part of this semester’s University Lectures series, acclaimed author, educator and journalist Jelani Cobb will speak about race, politics and the news on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—co-sponsored by the College of Arts…
2020 Tillman Scholar Applications Open
The Pat Tillman Foundation (PTF) unites and empowers remarkable military service members, veterans and spouses as the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to service beyond self. PTF has opened the application process for the Tillman Scholar…
New 150th Anniversary Exhibition: Milestones of the Syracuse University Libraries
Syracuse University Libraries is featuring a new sesquicentennial exhibition of milestones of SU Libraries titled “Let the reader emerge!” on the first floor of Bird Library from Feb. 3 until mid-May. A smaller collection of materials is also on display…