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Giovanna Saccoccio: Critical Language Scholarship Experience Sets Direction for Future Career in Peace Building
Giovanna Saccoccio is a senior majoring in international relations in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and in public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Last spring, she earned…
Dympna Callaghan Named University Professor
Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters and professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a University Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction, approved by Chancellor Syverud and…
Obie Award-Winning Playwright Launches Department of Drama Discussion Series
Obie Award-winning playwright Caridad Svich will join faculty members Celia Madeoy, Stephanie Fetta and Gladys McCormick for a panel discussion of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Arthur Storch Theater…
Hebrew Scholar Shines New Light on Old Testament
James W. Watts, professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, has written a new book about the ritualizing of the Pentateuch–the first five books of the Jewish and Christian bibles. “The Pentateuch depicts itself as…
Maura Larkin Ivanick Appointed Interim Director of Advising and Career Services
Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has announced the appointment of Maura Larkin Ivanick as interim director of advising and career services. The appointment is effective immediately. Ivanick brings extensive…
Abdali, MacPherson are Finalists for Prestigious Nationally Competitive Scholarship Awards
Two Syracuse University students have been named finalists for three of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarship awards: the Marshall Scholarship, the Mitchell Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarship. Zainab Abdali, a senior English and textual studies and mathematics…
Lake of Betrayal Film Screening and Panel
As part of Native Heritage Month, on Thursday, Nov. 2, the documentary film “Lake of Betrayal: The Story of Kinzua Dam” will be screened in Maxwell Auditorium. A reception will begin at 6 p.m. The film screening will begin at…
Humanities and Sciences Intersect in ‘Water + Photography’ Event
How do humanists, artists and scientists approach a similar subject—water, for example—through their seemingly very different disciplinary lenses? This question is at the heart of a discussion that will unfold when four Syracuse University faculty members from three different disciplines…
Students Light Candles for Diwali (video)
Students participate in lighting candles for Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. This is the second year Professor Romita Ray of the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) has organized the event on campus. This year, over 50 students, faculty…
NYSSTLC Helps Write ModoScript’s Next Chapter
Not every entrepreneur’s prescription for success is exactly the same, but there are often many ingredients in common: a novel idea, a vision of success, hard yards, a dash of luck and a carefully cultivated network of advisors, mentors, investors…