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Lender Center Faculty Fellowship Application Period Now Open
The Lender Center for Social Justice is accepting applications for a two-year faculty research fellowship focused on a contemporary social issue and ideas and pathways to address it. Fellows receive research support for both years along with summer stipends and…
New Grant Allows Shaw Center’s Literacy Corps to Hire More Undergraduate Tutors
Up to 100 new community engagement service positions tutoring children and teens in Syracuse City School District and other area schools have been made possible by a new grant to the Shaw Center Syracuse University Literacy Corps program. The grant…
Art Bridges Grant to Support Gordon Parks Exhibition at Syracuse University Art Museum Next Fall
Syracuse University Art Museum has received a grant from the Art Bridges Foundation to support the exhibition and related programming for “Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs,“ on loan from the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art…
Light Work Presents Sophia Chai’s ‘Character Space’ Exhibition
Debuting at Light Work on Friday, Jan. 19, is Sophia Chai’s “Character Space.” The exhibition is comprised of photographs that are a return to Chai’s mother tongue, Korean. In these studio-made images, Chai references these written characters and enacts three…
Lender Center D.C. Conversation Expands Partnerships, Ideas to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap
Economic experts, federal policymakers and human services administrators joined researchers from Syracuse University and other academic institutions recently in Washington, D.C., to examine factors that contribute to a growing racial wealth gap in America. They also looked at how academic…
Gladstone Gallery Welcomes Carrie Mae Weems H’17; Fall 2024 Exhibition Planned
Syracuse University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems H’17 has joined the Gladstone Gallery, where a solo exhibition of her work will be held in Fall 2024. Weems’ four decades of work, including groundbreaking and distinctive compositions of photography, text,…
NYSCA Grants Awarded to 5 Faculty, 2 Organizations
Five faculty members have each received $10,000 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Individual Artist grants to carry out creative projects, including several that have a focus on public service in the arts. NYSCA also awarded a $40,000…
First Year Seminar Rewarding for Students, Faculty and Staff Alike
The First Year Seminar (FYS 101) was established at Syracuse University in 2021 with the goal of helping incoming students create meaningful and rewarding connections with faculty, staff and each other. The potential benefits to new students were clear, but…
Skä·noñh Center Admission Now Free for University Community
Syracuse University students, faculty and staff will now enjoy free admission to Skä·noñh Great Law of Peace Center, thanks to a new partnership with the Onondaga Historical Association (OHA). Skä·noñh Center is a Haudenosaunee cultural center located in the Syracuse…
Lender Center for Social Justice Names 5 2023-25 Student Fellows
Five students have been selected as Lender Center for Social Justice student fellows and will work on a research project that examines American news media coverage and United States policymaking related to the war on terror. The group will work…