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Syracuse Symposium to Host Disability, Transformative Justice Organizer Feb. 7-8
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong examination of “Belonging” with a mini-residency by acclaimed writer, educator, and disability and transformative justice organizer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. On Wednesday, Feb. 7, the Toronto- and Seattle-based activist will present a multidisciplinary performance titled “Bodymap” from 4-5:30…
Biology Professor Receives NIH Grant for Study of Genes Critical in Development
Professor Eleanor Maine’s research team was identifying genes important for development of the germline of their study organism when they made an interesting discovery about a specific pair of genes. The two genes, they determined, are critical for germline survival….
New Director Named to Lead Renée Crown University Honors Program
Danielle Taana Smith, who was selected after a national search, comes to Syracuse from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she is a professor of sociology and director of the school’s honors program.
Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosts Six Accomplished Authors This Semester
The spring portion of the 2017-18 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Wednesday, Jan. 31, with poet Ada Limón. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an…
Road to Oz Leads to Russia
L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” stands as one of America’s most beloved children’s stories, with endless spinoffs and familiar pop culture references. Mention “Wicked Witch of the West” or “Yellow Brick Road” and most people—especially in Central…
‘StoryCorps’ to Feature SU Alumna Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77
Physician Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77 and her daughter Dr. Jenna Lester will be the subject of a “StoryCorps” interview, to be broadcast on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Friday, Jan. 26 at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. EST. This interview is…
Hip-Hop Professor, Rapper A.D. Carson to Visit Syracuse Feb. 5 for Black History Month
The University observes Black History Month with a visit by A.D. Carson, a hip-hop scholar who created a popular rap album to defend his Ph.D. dissertation at Clemson University. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the global South at the University of…
Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Sydney Hutchinson
Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences, conducts research in ethnomusicology, where music and culture intersect. Her passion lies in bringing this to her students both in class and through public programming, where…
Professor Carlos Castañeda Investigates Function of Protein-Containing Droplets in Cells
Carlos Castañeda, assistant professor of biology and chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the principal investigator on a pair of research projects studying the function of cellular proteins called ubiquilins and their ability to form protein-containing droplets…
Pinpointing a Perpetrator
Students in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute are the first in the world to utilize the DEPArray NxT, created by Italian company Menarini Silicon Biosystems, in a forensic setting. Originally developed to aid in cancer research, students and faculty at…