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SU Campus Climate Pulse Survey
Share your SU Experience. Participate in the SU Campus Climate Pulse Survey Today. How to access the survey: Check your SU email for weekly reminders from Dr. Damon Williams containing your individual link to the survey. Students can also access their survey via the button on their MySlice portal. If you cannot locate one of the…
Read MoreThe American Dream hides somewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border
Alex Rouhandeh’s investigative journalism on the US-Mexico border was funded by the Honors Program and the SOURCE. Rouhandeh won first place in the Places category for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Student Magazine Contest. According to a contest judge, Rouhandeh’s work merits “[A] standing ovation: It was a privilege to read…
Read More‘Black Lives Matter Is a Continuum of Black Protest Over Centuries’
Danielle Smith is a professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. “For more than 400 years, Black people have expressed in countless ways that Black Lives Matter. ‘Black Lives Matter’ was articulated through the responses of the enslaved as they resisted sheer…
Read MoreStudents from California watch from afar as wildfires jeopardize homes
Wildfires have already burned millions of acres across California, Oregon and Washington in what’s been one of the worst years for wildfires on record. Although SU students on campus are thousands of miles away from the wildfires along the West Coast, some … are still feeling the effects. (Excerpt from story by Madison Tyler, Assistant…
Read MoreHNR 100 Class Visits Oakwood Cemetery
Students in HNR 100: First Year Seminar, visited the historic Oakwood Cemetery, a short walk from campus. Professor Melissa Chessher gave a tour of the cemetery. Students spent the afternoon climbing hills and drumlins, and learning about abolitionists, philanthropists, entrepreneurs, and robber barons and the Cardiff Giant!
Read MoreHonors Welcomes Class of 2024!
Honors Welcomes Class of 2024! The Honors Program hosted a virtual event on Sunday 8/23 to officially welcome the Class of 2024 as they embark on their first semester in college. The event was also attended by the HNR 100 instructors and teaching assistants, as well as the Honors Core Faculty members. Among the event…
Read More7th Biennial Seneca Falls Dialogues
Call For Dialogues 2020 (October 23-25, 2020) This is a call for proposals for the Seneca Falls Dialogues, a regional conference held every two years in Seneca Falls. This is an undergraduate research presentation opportunity for students doing research on gender, race, disability, etc. The submission deadline is 4/30. If not possible to meet in…
Read MoreNeal Powless: A Message of Healing
Amanda Paule presents an in-depth conversation with SU Ombuds Neal Powless on his work, which draws on his Haudenosaunee roots to create spaces where every voice is heard. Read the full story and join the conversation here: https://www.thenewshouse.com/campus-news/neal-powless-syracuse-university-ombudsman-brings-message-healing-polarized-world/ Ms. Paule is a magazine journalism and French and Francophone studies sophomore and reporter/digital editor for The…
Read MoreFilm Screenings: Fantasy and Social Values
This week’s theme is “Identity Tourism: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in Science-Fiction Worlds.” Film screening is on Saturday, March 7th, 3-7pm, Hall of Languages 504. Films screened are: 1) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: “Rejoined” (1995); 2) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and 3) Doctor Who: “Rosa” (2018). Open to the public and hosted by Professor Gareth Fisher’s class, Fantasy…
Read MoreFilm Screenings: Fantasy and Social Values
This week’s screening is on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 1-5pm, Hall of Languages 504 Professor Gareth Fisher’s class, Fantasy and Social Values, will view three film episodes, each designed to show how British and American science-fiction franchises have dealt with the issue of war. The films are 1) Star Trek: A Private Little War, 2) Star…
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