Event
OrangeAbility – An Inclusive Sports Exposition
OrangeAbility is an accessible, adaptive, and inclusive sports exposition held on the Syracuse University campus. On Saturday, April 16 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm in the Syracuse University Women’s Building, you will have the opportunity to learn about and participate in wheelchair basketball, power soccer, sled hockey, and more! What: OrangeAbility 2016 When: Saturday, April 16…
Read MoreNew President of National Academy of Sciences to Speak on Climate Interventions – today!
The president-elect of the National Academy of Sciences will address the growing problem of climate change at a special event at Syracuse University, co-hosted by the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program and the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. Marcia McNutt, a world-renowned geophysicist who is editor-in-chief of…
Read MoreInterested in the history of video games?
Come check out this talk: “Push to Reject: Games, Gamers, and the Legacy of Coin-Op” by Carly A. Kocurek, scholar of game studies, history, and design. Thursday 4/14/16 at 5pm in Hall of Languages 107 For most of its long and colorful history, the coin-op industry has been an easily ignored part of America’s retail…
Read MoreYou *Are* Worth It
A fellow Honors student is helping to organize a workshop in which women should be interested. Start Smart is a salary negotiation workshop aimed at empowering women to negotiate against the gender wage gap when they leave college and enter the work place. Studies show that the gender wage gap actually begins during the first…
Read MoreMeet Mitchell Scholarship Founder and Schwarzman Scholarship Representative
The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) will host two guests next week as they promote prestigious scholarships. Trina Vargo, President and Founder of the US-Ireland Alliance, will meet with students and faculty about the Mitchell Scholarship. A highly competitive and distinguished program, the Mitchell Scholarship funds a year of postgraduate study in an…
Read MoreStillwater Art Opening
‘stillwater’ opens on Saturday, April 30th, from 6-9 p.m., at the Comstock Art Facility, 1075 Comstock Avenue. This Capstone and BFA exhibition includes photography by Ian Sherlock and ceramics and a multi-media installation by Lily Fein (VPA ’16). The exhibition is one night only, free, and open to the public.
Read More“Cripping” the Comic Con
Join Prof. Diane Weiner and her current Honors class “(Dis)Abling Comic Books” for a A groundbreaking event in the Comic Con genre, the fourth annual “Cripping” the Comic Con Symposium, will take place on Friday, April 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in 304ABC and Panasci Lounge, Schine Student Center. The event is free…
Read MoreCome Have Recess with us!
The Honors Student Advisory Board is proud to bring you Recess! Recess coffee baristas will be in the Honors suite whipping up your favorite coffee drinks (lattes, macchiatos etc…) so come ready to be caffeinated*. There will also be scones, cookies, etc… munchies on hand so you can pair your frothy creation with a perfect treat. It’s…
Read MoreDon’t miss the Black History Month Commemorative Lecture!
The commemorative speaker this year is Alicia Garza, an established social activist who co-created the viral Twitter hashtag and movement #BlackLivesMatter. Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel “Outraged by the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Garza took to social media to express her anguish and love…
Read MoreTomorrow! Disability, Access, and Libraries in the Digital Age
Join us for a talk with: Dr. Paul Harpur (Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland TC Beirne School of Law) Tuesday, February 16 at 3:00 PM Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114), Bird Library What are universities’ obligations to ensure their students have equal access to digital spaces, including E-Libraries, E-Books and E-Readers? What are…
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