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Social Work Students Explore Mental Health Policy During Legislative Policy Forum
On Nov. 10, students in the School of Social Work in the Falk College explored the implications of policy changes for social workers and other health professionals as New York State moves forward with reforming its behavioral health system. The…
University of Copenhagen Scholars to Lecture on Rhetorical Citizenship
Christian Kock and Lisa Villadsen, scholars from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, will visit Syracuse University as guests of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. They will present a joint…
Zephyr Teachout to Speak on ‘Can American Democracy Survive Corruption?’
Zephyr Teachout, professor of law at Fordham University, will visit the Maxwell School on Friday, Nov. 14, to deliver a lecture titled “Can American Democracy Survive Corruption?” The event will be held at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, with a…
Humanities Data Mining Subject of ‘Issues in Digital Scholarship’ Talk
Peter Leonard, librarian for digital humanities research at Yale, will give a talk titled “Making Sense: Data-Mining Large Collections of Digitized Cultural Material,” on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. Leonard’s…
Verbal Blend to Premiere Poetry for the People Scholar Series
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program out of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will premiere Poetry for the People Scholar Series Thursday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center, featuring Gloria Velásquez. Velásquez will discuss and perform poems…
Human Rights Lawyer to Speak on U.N. Disability Treaty Nov. 4
Janet Lord, senior vice president for human rights and inclusive development at the Burton Blatt Institute and senior researcher for the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, will speak Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 12:30 p.m. in 341 Eggers Hall. Her…
NPR Host and Author Michele Norris to Keynote 30th Annual MLK Celebration
Michele Norris, National Public Radio host and special correspondent and creator of the Race Card Project (which involves people constructing six-word essays about race, which they then write on postcards), will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s 30th annual…
Author. Activist. Alumnus.
Elliott DeLine ’12, author, activist and alumnus, says his childhood was pretty ordinary, but his burgeoning career is nothing short of extraordinary. At only 26, DeLine is basking in early career success with the launch of his newest book, “$how…
Disability Rights Activist Judith E. Heumann to visit University on Tuesday
Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Heumann will participate in a discussion titled “Inclusion of People with Disabilities Around the Globe Through…
Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey to Visit Campus Oct. 31
The INSCT and the IVMF will host Dempsey for a lecture on the challenges facing the next generation of security professionals and the role higher education plays in developing an effective, committed and ethical workforce.