The semester kicks off with several key events next week. All are free and open to the public.

Thursday, Sept. 14

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

• Onondaga Nation artist ceramic works exhibition, “,” is part of the museum’s 2023-24 Syracuse Symposium, “Landscape.” His work illustrates Haudenosaunee culture as a continuum that has resisted and persisted despite attacks on the confederacy’s lands, sovereignty and cultural identity.

5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

• Photographs by taken in his childhood hometown of Phoenix, Arizona explore personal histories of family, community and environment.

5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

• Photographs from 2023 Grant in Photography award recipients Amy Kozlowski, Linda Moses and Tahila Mintz are featured.

Friday, Sept. 15

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

• Onondaga Nation artist Peter B. Jones will discuss how his art comments on the Haudenosaunee cultural continuance and the challenges the Haudenosaunee people have faced through time.

6 to 8 p.m.
La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otiso St., Syracuse

• Highlighting the works of Chicano artists Cayetano Valenzuela (Syracuse) and Zeke Peña (El Paso, Texas) “” focuses on Latino futurism and includes art by La Casita’s summer program youth. This community event kicks off La Casita’s fall season and observes Latine Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

• Local musicians perform music by African American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.

In addition, another exhibition opens the following week.

September 21

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“In Pursuit of Justice: Pan Am Flight 103”
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Bird Library, 6^th floor gallery, 222 Waverly Ave.

• The exhibition documents the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that claimed the lives of 270 individuals, including 35 students returning from studying abroad through Syracuse University. Featuring materials donated to Libraries’ Research Center by victims’ loved ones and investigative team members, the exhibition provides an overview of the disaster, investigation and first trial.

For details about current and upcoming exhibitions and other events hosted by the Coalition for Museums and Art Centers, refer to the throughout the year.

(Featured photo: “Bomba, 2022 by Eduardo L. Rivera)

In May 2022, the Libraries launched a . As part of this redesign, when users utilize the main search box on the Libraries homepage, they are taken to a newly formatted results page that is grouped by content type (journal articles, books, research guides, video, Summon, website) as opposed to a list with all content types intermixed.

The Libraries is asking users to spend five to ten minutes completing the tasks and responding to the questions in our so we can gauge your perception of the search results. We suggest using a desktop or laptop computer to complete the search study tasks, or whichever device you primarily use when conducting research using the Libraries’ resources.

The results of this survey will be combined with other feedback to improve the search experience. Any insights you can provide, including what worked well and what didn’t, will help the Libraries improve the search process.

Aidan Mickleburgh ’23 G’23, founder of Intervea and first place winner of Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad 2023 ACC InVenture Prize competition campus qualifier

, student in the and , founder of Intervea, was the first place winner of Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize competition campus qualifier. The competition was held at Bird Library on Feb. 10. Cherry Kim ’24, student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and founder of Conformabelt, was the runner-up. Mickleburgh will represent Syracuse University in the national competition at Florida State University, while Kim will serve as a backup in the event Mickleburgh cannot participate.

The is a televised student start-up pitch competition open to teams from the 15 colleges and universities in the ACC Academic Consortium. The ACC InVenture finals feature a $30,000 prize package and is open to undergraduate students or students who have received their undergraduate degree within the past year and who are the original creators, inventors or owners of the intellectual property underlying their invention.

“I didn’t think this was how today would go, but I couldn’t be happier. I get to represent Syracuse University at the ACC InVenture prize amongst the best student innovators on the east coast. I am thrilled at the opportunity to share my vision of improved continuity in healthcare with Intervia,” says Mickleburgh. “As always, I stand on the shoulders of my supporters: everyone at the LaunchPad who has helped me refine my vision and keep pushing when it gets tough, my long-time mentor Linda Dickerson Hartsock, and my good friend (and last year’s ACC rep) Noah Mechnig-Giordano for his bullish optimism.” Mickleburgh’s business idea, Intervea, is a prescription compliance platform and health-tech company, building a solution to hospital readmissions caused by prescription non-compliance. Non-compliance costs over $57B and affects 700,000 lives annually. To tackle this problem, Intervea deploys artificial intelligence models to engage directly with patients and organizes the filling and delivery of their prescriptions to support them after a hospital discharge, facilitating better health outcomes.

About the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries:

The is the University’s innovation hub, connecting the entire campus resource-rich ecosystem with a global network that provides support for aspiring entrepreneurs, inventors and creators. The program serves faculty, staff, students and alumni across disciplines who are interested in innovation, invention, entrepreneurship, venture creation, careers, entrepreneurial skills, diversity, equity, inclusion and taking ideas from concept to commercialization. The program supports a key pillar of Syracuse University’s Academic Strategic Plan to create an innovation ecosystem across the institution that prepares participants to be trailblazers in an entrepreneurial world.

The hands-on workshop, titled “Illuminations Magnified in a Different Light: A Workshop in Close Looking,” will be held on Thursday, March 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room and the Joan Breier Brodsky ’67, G’68 Conservation Lab, Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor of Bird Library. The onsite workshop is limited to 15 people and registration is required by emailing mlwagh@syr.edu. All events are open to the public.

The annual is endowed through a generous gift by William J. ’65, G’ 68 and Joan ’67, G’68 Brodsky of Chicago. Beginning in 2004, the endowment has been used to sponsor programs featuring prominent library conservators that promote and advance knowledge of library conservation theory, practice, and application among wide audiences, both on campus and in the region.

About the Presenter:

Nancy Turner

Nancy K. Turner is the conservator of manuscripts in the Department of Paper Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum, where she has been responsible for the care of the museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts since 1984. Turner received training in book and paper conservation, including an advanced internship at the library of Trinity College Dublin.

A specialist in the conservation treatment and technical study of parchment, painted illuminations and historical bindings, she has been published widely. Turner was a major contributor to the Fitzwilliam Museum’s exhibition catalogue Colour: the Art and Science of Illuminated Manuscripts edited by Stella Panayotova (Harvey Miller: 2016); updated and revised with Elizabeth C. Teviotdale Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts by Michelle Brown (Getty Publications: 2018), which won a Choice outstanding academic title award; and most recently authored “Surface Effect and Substance: Precious Metals in Illuminated Manuscripts” in Illuminating Metalwork: Metal, Object, and Image in Medieval Manuscripts (De Gruyter: 2021). Her article, “Materiality of Medieval Parchment: A Response to ‘the Animal Turn’,” was awarded the Fredson Bowers Memorial Prize in 2018 by the Society of Textual Scholars.

Turner received her B.A. in Art History and Anthropology from Stanford University and earned an M.A. in History from UCLA.

About the Lecture:

“Materials of the Illuminator’s Art: Medieval Recipes, Modern Identifications, and the Preservation of Pigments, Dyes, and Metals in Medieval Manuscripts”

Wednesday, March 29, 3:30–5 p.m., Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, Bird Library and Zoom

This lecture will survey the medieval illuminators’ pigment palette across five centuries, as identified by various technical and analytical means and with reference to medieval technical treatises. The materials used by manuscript illuminators, including pigments, dyes and metals, while relatively limited in number, were deployed by illuminators in staggeringly varied ways to achieve a wide range of painterly effects over the centuries. By highlighting the high degree of mastery and deep knowledge of these materials by manuscript painters working from the tenth to the early sixteenth centuries, this lecture will feature new discoveries in the conservation lab and ongoing technical research that continue to reveal secrets of the illuminator’s art and inform the methods of their preservation.

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CART services will be provided. Email mlwagh@syr.edu by Monday, March 20, if American Sign Language or other accommodations are needed.

About the Workshop: “Illuminations Magnified in a Different Light: A Workshop in Close Looking”

Thursday, March 30, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room and the Joan Breier Brodsky ’67, G’68 Conservation Lab, Special Collections Research Center, 6th floor of Bird Library.

The starting point for any technical investigation of medieval manuscripts is close looking. This hands-on interactive workshop held onsite at the Special Collections Research Center will introduce participants to the basic techniques for close looking used by conservators, including the use of magnification with a microscope and the deployment of various light sources.

These methods help enable researchers to begin to determine an illumination’s material components, layer structure, stages of execution and interventions. Complemented with a slide discussion, the workshop will guide participants in the close study of illuminations and their painting materials, including explorations within the manuscripts at SCRC. Participants will also have an opportunity to prepare some traditional pigments used in illuminations.

Due to limited space available onsite for the workshop, advance registration is required by emailing mlwagh@syr.edu. Lunch will be provided for workshop attendees; if you require an accommodation or have dietary needs, please email mlwagh@syr.edu.

Cartoonist Robb Armstrong ’85 is hosting a workshop on March 9 in collaboration with the Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center.

All University students who are interested in the creative process of cartooning, or want to learn more about taking characters from conception to reality are invited to register for this hands-on workshop, which occurs on the sixth floor of Bird Library.

Armstrong is the creator of the “JumpStart” comic strip and is acknowledged as one of the most circulated contemporary and nationally celebrated cartoonists. Participants will hear how Armstrong creates his own characters, and will discover strategies for drawing and storytelling. Capacity is very limited and pre-registration is required for this workshop, which includes a free lunch with Armstrong.

The registration deadline is March 3. If you require accommodations or have dietary needs, please email us.

The following frequently accessed materials previously held at Carnegie are currently available at Bird Library and can be accessed directly by Libraries’ users:

• New books are available on the first floor in the new books display
• Photography books and print periodicals are on the second floor
• Select additional titles from Carnegie and the reference collection are on the fourth floor

The book stacks at Carnegie Library remain closed due to repair work needed. For questions about accessing materials, you can  from the Libraries or your .

The Thursday, Feb. 9, event is limited to 20 faculty participants who will be provided a hard copy of the book. Those seeking priority consideration should by Thursday, Jan. 12. Selected participants agree to read the book and participate in the discussion. “Notice of selection will be made by Friday, Jan. 13, and participants will be instructed on how to obtain the book,” says Marcelle Haddix, associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Feb. 9 reading event is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Faculty Commons, 548 Bird Library.

In addition, the Syracuse-based Central New York Community Foundation is featuring the book’s author on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m.

The virtual event is being held to mark the National Day of Racial Healing and in coordination with the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, the Community Foundation of Rochester and the Community Foundation of the Greater Capitol Region. To attend, pre-register at the Central New York Community Foundation’s .

The has been hosted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation annually since 2017 to provide an understanding that racial healing is at the core of racial equity. More information is available on the .

, the University Professor and Director of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the , will honor contemporary disability culture, delivering a presentation addressing the less-than-nuanced history of normalcy and how such a concept has been constructed from the Victorian era until modern times.

A panel discussion featuring University faculty, staff and students will follow, addressing the topic of disability arts and culture.

The talk will occur on campus in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library, and online via Zoom. . American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided, and light refreshments will be served.

“If the history of disability teaches us anything, it’s that disability life stands for freedom and not oppression,” Kuusisto says.

This free event is sponsored by the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach and the in the Burton Blatt Institute, with the support of the , the , Atrocity Studies, the , the , the and .

International Day of Persons with Disabilities was originally proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly to promote an understanding of disability issues around the globe while increasing awareness of how the inclusion of disabled people in every aspect of life benefits everyone.

Up to that point, libraries were dark spaces where students conducted their research or prepared for an upcoming exam, usually studying by themselves.

That all changed with the addition of Bird Library, which featured seven floors with more than 212,000 square feet, at a cost of $13.8 million when it debuted.

At the time it opened, Bird Library’s south entrance had an original bridge leading to the second floor.

When Bird Library opened on Sept. 5, 1972, the building was an architectural marvel. The main (north) entrance was on the Waverly Avenue side of campus, while there was a bridge that guided visitors to the library’s south entrance, on the second floor along University Place on what is now known as the Einhorn Family Walk.

Thanks to Bird Library, Syracuse University was ahead of the curve in providing students with bright, friendly gathering and study spaces. The University had improved upon the idea of what purpose a library should serve, allowing Bird Library to act as a social space as much as a headquarters for studying.

It didn’t take long for students to flock to Bird, turning it into the hub of research and study sessions on campus. was studying French language, literature and culture and English as an undergraduate student when Bird Library was being built.

Originally, Opar had considered a career teaching French, but felt more drawn to other ways of engaging with students. Opar had worked as a library student assistant throughout her undergraduate career, including three years and one summer in the Slocum Fine Arts Library. Upon completion of her undergraduate degrees, Opar was hired as a graduate assistant to oversee the operation of the newly created Architecture Reading Room, which was first housed on the fourth floor of Slocum Hall.

Among her duties as an undergraduate library assistant, Opar staffed the Fine Arts circulation desk, helped patrons locate materials and answered basic queries. She also worked at times in the Carnegie Library, covering exit control.

Having helped move books from the branches into Bird Library, Opar had inside knowledge of how different it was from the older libraries.

“That first day that Bird Library opened was special. Bird was this brand-new building that was done in the architectural style of the time, almost like a library fortress with a drawbridge or a pedestrian bridge allowing patrons to enter on the second floor. Bird Library was the beginning of having libraries as a social space, a bright spot where students could gather and study. They created a much more attractive space,” Opar says.

Bird Library Ahead of Its Time

Patrons utilizing the reference desk at Bird Library when it opened in 1972.

Within the first two months of the Fall 1972 semester, library users spiked from 1,500 to 7,000, showing the need this new space was fulfilling on campus.

The transition to Bird took a village to pull off. Serving as the University’s primary library, Bird took on more than one million volumes of research items—along with millions of other items ranging from manuscripts to microform—that previously were housed in Carnegie Library, the library annex and other branch libraries.

Opar was called upon to work on the moving crew responsible for transporting the contents of the Fine Arts branch library from Slocum Hall to Bird Library, logging countless evening hours packing up books and ensuring they were properly organized in their new home.

Barbara Opar ’73, G’74, architectural librarian.

“Bird Library was everything Carnegie Library wasn’t. Back then, you didn’t go to the library to hang out. Carnegie had these big study areas throughout, but Bird gave students comfortable study spaces. That was a big difference. Bird was a more open and uplifting space, with bright colored chairs and beautiful oak furniture. People were very much pleased with Bird when it opened. It became a popular place for students to meet, study and hang out,” Opar says.

A Lifelong Commitment to Serving Students

Today, Opar has spent almost 50 years as the architectural librarian on campus. She spends roughly half of her time in Slocum Hall, just like she did as a student employee, helping students with their reference and resource questions, while assisting with library acquisitions, reserves, the working drawings collection and any other faculty support issues pertaining to the library system.

Opar, who says she was one of the youngest people Syracuse University Libraries ever hired when she was given the job almost five decades ago, never thought forward to her longevity as a librarian on campus.

“My purpose has not changed. I’m always here for the students to help answer their reference questions. I still like doing reference work, I enjoy working with our students and I enjoy the public service nature of the job. But I never would have believed I would work for the Libraries for 50 years. Syracuse University is my home and it has been my life all these years,” Opar says.

On Sept. 14, 2022, the University celebrated 50 years since Bird Library’s opening. Opar has been a member of the campus community since 1969 and served on the planning committee that organized campus-wide celebrations for the library’s anniversary.

Bird Library serves as the busiest academic building on campus, drawing more than one million visitors annually (pre-COVID-19). Besides acting as the preferred study space on campus, Bird Library is also home to Syracuse Abroad, the Center for Learning and Student Success, Blackstone LaunchPad, the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement, the Digital Scholarship Space, Faculty Commons, the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Women in Science and Engineering and the Special Collections Research Center.

Diane and Bob Miron

Within the Miron Learning Commons, the campus community has access to information services, responsive collections, knowledgeable staff and accessible spaces. It offers a safe and welcoming environment that encourages intellectual exploration, enables the creation of new knowledge, catalyzes collaboration and advances the University’s teaching, learning and research mission. The Miron Learning Commons is equipped with public workstations, printers and a variety of seating options that include individual workstations, tables and chairs, and soft seating.

Also within the space is the Joel and Barbara Zelnick Assistive Technology Room; Department of Public Safety, Information, Check Out and Technology service desks where staff are available to assist users; Blackstone LaunchPad for entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives; Peter Graham Scholarly Commons for scholarly or academic events; Pages Café; and exhibit cases featuring a variety of themed content throughout the year.

Diane Miron and Life Trustee Robert J. Miron ’59 are generous supporters of Syracuse University and the Syracuse University Libraries. The Mirons have supported many academic programs, University initiatives and athletic endeavors over the years. The Diane and Bob Miron Fund for Academic Success in the Libraries supports academic and student success initiatives within the Libraries, including but not limited to entrepreneurship efforts like the Blackstone LaunchPad, student services, technology enhancements and the creation and maintenance of student spaces.

Diane Miron serves on the Libraries Advisory Board. She is a graduate from Kean (then Newark State) College and holds a degree in elementary education and an honorary doctorate degree. Diane taught elementary school for 25 years, then became a teacher advisor on using technology and cable television in the classroom. Robert Miron ’59 retired as chairman and CEO of Advance/Newhouse Communications, where he oversaw the company’s cable television interests with more than two million subscribers.

Bird Library’s Anniversary Celebration to Include:

• An original model of Bird Library, created by architect Russell King ’52 of King and King Associates
• University Archives exhibit display featuring architectural drawings, photos and other materials from the design, build and opening of Bird Library
• Learning Commons display featuring popular cultural items from 1972
• Professor Rick Burton ’80, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management in Falk College, and Scott Pitoniak ’77, authors of Forever Orange: The Story of Syracuse University will share campus history and highlights from 1972
• Remarks from David Seaman, current University Librarian and Dean of the Libraries, and also Interim Dean of the School of Information Studies
• Photo opportunity with a green screen background consisting of Bird Library photographs
• Trivia questions from 1972 and Bird Library displayed on the digital screens
• Commemorative buttons and sticker giveaway
• Anniversary cake and refreshments.

Reflecting on 50 Years of Bird Library

Designed by Syracuse architectural firm King and King Associates, Bird Library boasts seven floors and more than 212,000 square feet, and cost $13.8 million to build. Funding for the building came from Ernest Stevenson Bird ‘1916, George Arents H’33, the Federal government under Titles I and II, the University and many other donors.

Chancellor William Pearson Tolley was in office in 1969 when the groundbreaking for the building took place and presented the dedication address at the building’s formal dedication on April 6, 1973. Chancellor Melvin Arnold Eggers was in office when the building was opened in 1972.

Patrons utilizing the reference desk at Bird Library when it opened in 1972.

“The significance of this building is the increased opportunity it provides for learning. It is a new opportunity for the city and the county, for business and industry, for old and young, for everyone in the community as well as university students and members of the faculty. It is a community resource of the highest importance. It adds a new dimension to the cultural life of our city. It opens doors of opportunity to learn that we have not had before. . . . This is a learning center designed for people to use. . . This is a building that makes real the spirit of learning. Here one comes to understand the University’s threefold aim to conserve, transmit and advance knowledge and learning,” Chancellor Emeritus Tolley reflected during his dedication remarks.

As part of the move, more than one million volumes and millions more other items—including manuscripts, pamphlets and microform—were moved from the collections at Carnegie Library, the library annex and branch libraries. The following year, stress tests were conducted to ensure the building structure could withstand the weight of the books.

Library users increased from 1,500 to 7,000 in the first two months after Bird Library opened. Today, Bird Library is the busiest academic building on campus, with more than one million visits annually (pre-COVID-19).

In addition to the general collections and resources, Bird Library is home to several other campus-wide resources including: Syracuse Abroad, Center for Learning and Student Success, Blackstone LaunchPad, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement, Digital Scholarship Space, Faculty Commons, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Women in Science and Engineering and the Special Collections Research Center.

Gadhok is an Indian artist known for her storytelling abilities about societal concerns rarely explored and addressed by the mainstream media. From a very young age, she found solace in expressing herself through the creative medium of paintings and craft work. This led to her pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in fashion design and image designing from Pearl Academy, where she furnished the technical skills of photography and image composition.

Gadhok’s interest are topics that explore taboos related to women’s physical body and their sexuality, the omnipresence of gender and class discrimination in day to today life, and the beliefs that are passed from one generation to another in the name of traditions and culture. Her practice encompasses primality photography and narrative film making, along with painting, and mixed media work aimed at bridging the social divide that exists in our society. Her work has received accolades, recognition and awards at the school and international film festival level.

For more information about the Biblio Gallery, contact S. Ann Skiold, librarian for visual arts at Syracuse University Libraries. To apply to submit an exhibition, .

Women’s History Month is an annual celebration of contributions women have made throughout history in the United States. The observance of Women’s History Month originates from a weeklong celebration organized by school districts in Sonoma, California, in 1978.

As the celebration became widespread, the National Women’s History Project campaigned for the national recognition of women. This proved to be successful: to correspond with International Women’s Day, the week of March 8th was declared Women’s History Week by President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Seven years later, congress passed an additional law, designating March as “Women’s History Month.”

Visit the Syracuse University Libraries for .

“My work shows a mysterious, quiet atmosphere. I secretly pass by these insects, flowers and trees, observing the lonely and beautiful beings, while speculating on their lives. I appreciate their brief encounters with me. They are like a sedative, making me stop and breathe,” says Xuan Liu, a third-year master of fine arts in illustration student in the .

Xuan Liu (left) and Ann Skiold

It is almost as if time has frozen, making me feel the rhythm of life and the environment. I follow these plants, insects, and cells to feel the cycle of life, the impermanence and eternity of life — Xuan Liu.

For more information about the Biblio Gallery, contact S. Ann Skiold, M.F.A., MLIS, librarian for decorative and applied arts, design, art history, film, photography, and Spanish and Italian at Syracuse University Libraries, or apply to submit an exhibition via the

Winter break is concluding, and soon the Spring 2022 semester will be underway. Over the last several weeks, the University continued to advance our early efforts to transform the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center and create a new faculty center. Now that our community is together again, we are writing today to share important updates about this ongoing work and next steps.

Faculty Commons in Bird Library

We are in the process of establishing the Faculty Commons in Bird Library. Located on the fifth floor in Bird Library (room 548), this 5,000-square-foot space will be available exclusively to faculty to gather, work and meet. This space will open as a fully outfitted Faculty Commons in the summer but is equipped with temporary furniture and some equipment for use this semester. We encourage faculty to take full advantage of this dedicated space, which includes meeting rooms and individual workspaces. will also be open to serve students, faculty and staff visiting the library.

Space Continues to Be Available in Goldstein

While work continues at the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, the second floor will continue to be available to faculty for by-reservation dining (reservations can be made by calling 315.443.3605), special events and gathering space. To schedule a special event with catered dining, please contact Catering Services at 315.443.3605. Goldstein continues to be an outstanding space to host guest lecturers for meals, meet with prospective faculty and gather among yourselves.

Club 44 Availability

In partnership with the stadium staff, we are pleased to announce that Club 44 will now be available for catered faculty lunches (six or more people). We are excited to offer this space to our faculty community and are working to finalize the reservation process, menu options and dining opportunities. More information will be shared directly with our faculty in the coming weeks as we work to align staffing levels and continue to navigate COVID. In the meantime, and are available for daily dining. And the is available for faculty hosted events; contact 315.443.3605 to coordinate your event.

Convening a Task Force

Lastly, team members in Academic Affairs, Auxiliary Services and Facilities are working to convene a formal task force, consisting of faculty, staff and administrators, to begin the process of determining the needs, aspirations and desires of faculty as it relates to a faculty-oriented facility. As previously stated, our goal is to create a state-of-the-art faculty center that fosters a comfortable, collegial and collaborative environment that meets the current and future needs of our diverse faculty cohort. We are excited about this work and look forward to collaborating with our faculty community. Jamie Winders, associate provost for faculty affairs, is currently developing a team of faculty from across campus, and by Feb. 7, we expect to announce the composition of the task force and lay out the timeline and feedback processes.

In the meantime, members of our community with immediate feedback or ideas can email provost@syr.edu.

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed ideas and to those of you who will engage in the process in the days ahead.

Sincerely,

Gretchen Ritter
Vice Chancellor and Provost

Pete Sala
Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer

At the request of students through feedback channels in the library and online, free coffee and tea will also be available from 4 p.m. to midnight Sunday, Dec. 12, through Thursday, Dec. 16, in Pages Café in Bird Library. The coffee and tea is generously provided by Syracuse University Dining Services.

September 22
Sage on the Stage: Research Methods

Conducting original research serves as a cornerstone of graduate studies. At the same time, many students are developing their teaching skills. As you transition your academic pursuits into a professional path, learn about key skills needed to successfully develop both your research and CV. The session will delve into as well as some of the Libraries’ other resources to support graduate students as researchers, instructors, and students.

October 20
Wellness, Online and In Real Life

We’re all bombarded with a constant stream of disconcerting news and other information. Now more than ever, it’s important to be aware of what’s going on in the world, but we need to make sure that the information we consume is empowering rather than overpowering us. Join us to learn tips and strategies for developing and maintaining a healthy “information diet” and learn about other resources to achieve optimal wellness.

November 16
Meet Mendeley and Zotero, Citation Management Software for Beginners

Join us for a virtual hands-on introduction to using and citation management software to organize citations in your academic writing.

For questions or further information about any of the workshops, contact at grcolosi@syr.edu.

The Book Drop outside of Bird Library will be moved to a location between Bird Library and the Schine Student Center while construction is taking place. With the exception of noise and some temperature fluctuations in the building, the construction project will not impact Bird Library operations.

• Help international students, as well as faculty and staff who work with them, understand the landscape and regulations around starting a venture in the United States.
• Help startup ventures understand guidelines around how to build teams with international students, and campus resources available to support.
• Help startups and local companies recruit top talent among Syracuse University students from around the world.
• Help students on visas and new graduates on visas navigate a future path to starting a venture or working in the United States.

One out of every five students at Syracuse University is international, and students from 112 countries are among the nearly 4,000 members of the LaunchPad.  Many are interested in pursuing venture development and charting a path to launch a business and their livelihood in the United States.  In fact, 51 percent of America’s billion dollar startups were founded by immigrants. Diverse cultural perspectives and insights make for better informed and more engaged global citizens, in keeping with one of Syracuse University’s core values.

Unfortunately, the process of pursuing a venture in the U.S. is complicated, particularly for international students and new Americans. This workshop will help Syracuse University international students better understand venture planning, and assist mentors, faculty members and service providers in offering better guidance to international students.  It will help startups and established ventures understand how to build a team with international talent and how to work with international students, particularly those here on F-1 or J-1 status. The workshop will feature experts who can help participants understand both the guidelines and options available.

For more information or to RSVP, email LaunchPad@syr.edu.

About the Presenters

Anna Putintseva focuses on Business Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions and Immigration Law. Anna’s international business experience provides support and guidance for clients with international presence and those seeking to expand their business overseas. In addition to transactional work, Anna also advises clients on a large spectrum of immigration law issues, including navigating investors and developers through various aspects of the EB-5 program, helping employers and foreign nationals with preparation of employment-based petitions, advising faculty members, researchers, medical and other professionals on applying for immigrant and non-immigrant work status in the U.S., and dealing with other immigration law issues.

Rebecca Cohen practices in Employment, Labor and Discrimination and Immigration Practice Groups. With expertise in labor and employment law and employment based immigration, she is able to provide representation to both employers and employees on issues that span a broad range of workplace concerns. As a certified mediator, she brings a collaborative, solution-focused approach to her law practice. Rebecca works with clients to help minimize potential liabilities by anticipating and addressing employment issues and helping to set policies that ensure compliance with relevant federal and state laws and regulations. She provides assistance with employment contracts, employee handbook and policy development, unemployment claims and severance and release procedures and agreements. Rebecca focuses her immigration practice on employment based visas. With a lifelong appreciation for the unique talents that foreign citizens contribute to American culture and to our economy, she is passionate about helping her clients successfully navigate the visa process. She also assists clients with dual citizenship matters.

About the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries

The in Bird Library is Syracuse University’s innovation hub, connecting the entire University’s resource-rich ecosystem with a global network that provides support for aspiring entrepreneurs, inventors and creators. The program serves faculty, staff, students, and alumni across disciplines who are interested in innovation, invention, entrepreneurship, venture creation, and taking ideas from concept to commercialization. The program supports a key pillar of Syracuse University’s Academic Strategic Plan to create an innovation ecosystem across the institution that prepares participants to be trailblazers in an entrepreneurial world

A series of events for graduate students are being held at Bird Library this spring.

“Speed Dating the Research Experts”: Monday, Feb. 17, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Room 114

Meet with librarians and campus research experts who can help you navigate your graduate program, while mingling with fellow graduate students over free food and drinks. Come chat and network with a variety of research experts who specialize in library resources, research funding, copyright and author’s rights, data services and more. Limited to the first 60 registrants. Register at: .

“Finding Funding and Grant Opportunities”: Wednesday, March 4, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Room 004

Need money for your research? Grab dinner and join Christina Leigh Docteur (director of proposal support services in the University’s Office of Research), Simona Rosu (associate director, STEM graduate careers), and Emily Hart (science and technology librarian) to learn about the University’s resources for identifying funding opportunities. Bring your laptops and keywords in mind to describe your project needs (the who, what, why and how), and leave with navigation tips and potential opportunities. Limited to the first 40 registrants. Free food will be provided. Register at: .

“Ready, Set, Publish!”: Monday, April 6, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Room 114

Thinking about publishing your research? Join librarians for a workshop to discuss topics including selecting high quality journals and identifying predatory journals, author rights and copyright. Learn tips for responsible research conduct and maximizing your research impact. Free food will be provided. Register at: .

Syracuse University Libraries will host student acoustic guitarists in December.

For questions, contact the Syracuse University Libraries Arts Programming Team at rsfoxvon@syr.edu.

A discussion by senior Gaelyn Smith on representations of Black identity in the film industry. A presentation by junior Matt Disbrow on the study of IQ, reaction times and the expression of autism spectrum disorder. And a look by fifth-year architecture student Hanneke Van Deursen at the concept of the Filipino “dream house.”

These are just a few of the research and creative projects by students that will be presented during several “Orange Talks”—short “TED-style” talks—and a poster session Friday, Nov. 15, at Bird Library. The Orange Talks will be held from 4 to 4:45 p.m. in Room 114. The poster session and reception will be held 4:45 to 6 p.m. in Room 550.

The Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement

The campus community is invited to attend the Orange Talks, which will include five-minute presentations by five students, and the poster session, which features projects by about 30 students, all from a range of disciplines. The Orange Talks will be emceed by Julia Riley, a senior biochemistry and neuroscience student.

Many of the student presenters are funded by grants from The (SOURCE), which fosters and supports diverse undergraduate participation in faculty-guided scholarly research and creative inquiry. There’s broad representation from the schools and colleges displaying a rich variety of research areas.

The talks and poster session gives students a chance to present their projects and focus on the broader significance of their work in a concise and compelling format, says Kate Hanson, director of The SOURCE.

“Designing a five-minute talk or a poster asks the student to tell the story of their research clearly and without jargon,” Hanson says. “Also, it’s a moment of reflection for the students and their faculty mentors and an opportunity to celebrate all their hard work.”

The SOURCE Advisory Council members will be providing feedback to the presenters. Organizers hope event attendees will provide constructive feedback.

This is also an opportunity for other students interested in research to learn about student work and talk to research-active students about the experience.

Other topics as part of the talks and poster sessions include biochemistry research on protein saposin B; Spanish-language theater and social justice; enzymes and biofuels; plus-size fashion for Italian women; and the link between streamflow behavior and watershed characteristics in headwater streams, and many more.

All undergraduate students can apply for academic and summer grants from THE SOURCE up to $5,000 to pursue their creative and research ideas, under the guidance of a faculty member.

Students interested in applying for the next round of SOURCE grants can apply by Feb. 27 for funding during the summer of 2020 and the 2020-21 academic year. Students should register on The SOURCE website and come in to The SOURCE office in Bird Library to talk to a student research mentor if they are interested in applying. Any student conducting research, whether or not they need funding, is asked to register their activity on .

Library Tips & Tools for Successful Research
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 5:30-7 p.m. in Bird Library 114

Survey, Data, & Citation Management Tools
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:30-7 p.m. in Bird Library 114

Information Literacy for Teaching Assistants
Monday, Oct. 28, 5:30-7 p.m. in Bird Library 114

Next-Level Research: Workshop & Discussion Forum
Saturday, Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in Bird Library 004

Event details: This day-long workshop will support graduate students in the research or planning phase of their dissertation or thesis. Fellow graduate students and librarians will share strategies to enhance graduate research. Participants will learn how to locate new sources and identify places to find sources to expand bibliographies, discover strategies for managing sources, identify potential gaps in current research and exchange ideas with other graduate students who are in a similar phase in their research process.

The schedule and presentations will be customized based on the applications received and the needs identified. Potential topics could include, but are not limited to, advanced strategies for conducting literature reviews, citation and research organization strategies, locating the latest research on a topic and refining research questions.

There is no cost to participate. Space is limited to 30 registrants and application is required. Acceptance to attend will be determined by the description of the applicant’s research project, their current stage of research (those in the research or planning phase of their dissertation or thesis) and identified needs.

The new Syracuse Abroad space in Bird Library.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, Syracuse Abroad celebrated the grand opening of a new satellite office in Bird Library that makes it easier than ever for students to learn about global education. The new space, SyracuseAbroad@Bird, has soft launched since mid-August and is now officially open, marking a new era of opportunity for all students interested in studying abroad.

With the new space, Syracuse Abroad becomes an integral part of Bird library, one of the busiest locations on campus, now providing students with an easy, accessible, centrally located source of information on education abroad.

Erika Wilkens, assistant provost and executive director of Syracuse Abroad, could not be happier with the new office location. “We are delighted to have a new home in Bird Library, which has become an important hub for study, research, entrepreneurship and now, global learning on campus. We welcome students to drop in anytime to find out more about the exciting opportunities to study, intern, conduct research and explore abroad.”

A Place for Students

Developed in collaboration with Bird Library, SyracuseAbroad@Bird is a space for students to explore study abroad options and experience intercultural engagement. This new office has been a work in progress since Nov. 2018. Maria del Mar Aponte, the campus outreach manager for Syracuse Abroad, has worked closely with the library to get the space up and running. “We hope this location serves as a welcoming space for any and all questions students may have regarding study abroad,” Aponte says. “As an office, we are elated at the opportunity to meet students where they are and streamline the process of studying abroad.”

Get Your Questions Answered Before Oct. 1 Deadline for Spring Study Abroad

With the spring application deadline quickly approaching on Oct. 1, students can visit SyracuseAbroad@Bird to receive helpful tips, advice on programs of study and guidance throughout the application process. Syracuse Abroad program advisors are on hand to help every student find the right international opportunity to help meet their specific academic, personal and professional goals.

Students can visit this new location for general advising meetings or simply drop in to ask questions. SyracuseAbroad@Bird is open for operation Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. In addition to the Syracuse Abroad office at 106 Walnut Place, this location is a relaxing spot for students to speak candidly with Syracuse Abroad staff and learn more about global education.

This interim space will be shared with the LGBT Resource Center, which moved there this semester, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Once the renovation is complete, these offices will co-locate in the Schine Student Center, furthering their work in inclusion and intersectionality.

To enter Bird Library after 8 p.m., use the Waverly Avenue entrance instead of the entrance by the Einhorn Family Walk and access the library with an SU I.D. card.

Bentley the therapy dog at work

Starting Monday, April 23, and running through Thursday, April 26, the Center for Learning and Student Success, in partnership with Syracuse University Libraries and the Office of Health Promotion, will be holding an end-of-semester event to help students relax and prepare for finals.

Therapy dogs, professional chair massages, research and citation help with SU librarians, and tutor-led review sessions for selected classes will highlight the week. Snacks, including cookies provided by Insomnia Cookies, will also be offered each day. All activities will be held in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library.

Schedule of Events:

Monday, April 23
3-5 p.m.: therapy dogs (3-3:30 p.m.), research and citation help, snacks
5:30-7 p.m.: Tutor-led review session for MAT 284, Business Calculus

Tuesday, April 24
3-5 p.m.: chair massages, research and citation help, snacks
5:30-7 p.m.: Tutor-led review session for MAT 221, Elementary Probability and Statistics I

Wednesday, April 25
3-5 p.m.: Therapy dogs (3-4 p.m.), chair massages (4-5 p.m.), research and citation help, snacks
5:30-7 p.m.: Tutor-led review session for AST 104, Stars, Galaxies and Universe

Thursday, April 26
3-5 p.m. chair massages, research and citation help, snacks
5:30-7 p.m.: Tutor-led review session for ECN 203, Economic Ideas and Issues

Otto shows his enthusiasm for the upcoming ‘Cuse Market

’Cuse Market will take place Friday, April 20, from 2-4 p.m. on the first floor of Bird Library, where faculty, staff, students and alumni will display their new products and creative work, whether it is a product, service or tech. Part demo alley and part market bazaar, ’Cuse Market is an opportunity to browse health and wellness products, artisan goods, packaged foods, fashion and apparel, jewelry, furniture, 3D printed items, industrial designs and gadgets, and the latest technology apps, and to meet makers, artists, engineers, inventors, technologists and creatives.

This year’s event features several new twists:

• A “Wellness Pad”, from 2-3 p.m. in the Blackstone LaunchPad, features yoga and relaxation for entrepreneurs led by Rebecca Shaffer Mannion, a certified yoga instructor who is a faculty member in the ;
• The first ever ’Cuse Film Showcase, from 3-4 p.m. in the LaunchPad, featuring the best short films and animations by SU students, organized by Justina Hnatowicz ’19, a Blackstone LaunchPad Global Media Fellow and co-founder of 410 Pictures, an independent film and animation production company;
• A 2:30 p.m, a festive launch party for Necessity Apparel, a startup by another Blackstone LaunchPad Global Media Fellow.

More than 30 student startups have signed up to showcase their work, and there is still space for creative entrepreneurs and innovators to table at the event. If you are a member of the Syracuse University or SUNY ESF community and are working on creating something innovative, reserve a spot to bring your laptop, product demos and some marketing materials, and get noticed. This is also an opportunity to test a product and get customer feedback. Pre-registration is required by e-mailing LaunchPad@syr.edu.

The event will also feature campus and community resource providers and maker spaces to help connect with the local maker movement.

The event is presented by the Blackstone LaunchPad, which is part of Syracuse University Libraries.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic , with a global footprint, and , Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience. The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit .

Student Sarah Allam works on her installation for Bird Library’s pop-up art show.

An artist’s reception on Monday, March 26, from 1-3 p.m. will give visitors a chance to meet the 27 students who are creating works for the show. The reception will be in the Blackstone LaunchPad, the glass cube on the main level of Bird Library, and is open to the community.

LaunchPad staff worked with Learning Commons librarians to help students create proposals and vision statements, pitch them to their peers and library staff, receive feedback and revise their final proposals.  This process was the same as a professional public art call, and intended to teach students the skills required to be creative entrepreneurs. Artist statements will be on view with the works, explaining the thematic and narrative elements of each piece.

“As the busiest academic building on campus, with more than one million visitors a year, Bird Library will provide students with great visibility for their first public art show,” says David Seaman, dean of libraries and University librarian, “and we are keen to find additional ways to use library spaces to showcase the creative and academic achievements of the Syracuse University community.”

“The idea of the Reference Point puts the library at the heart of the creative process,” says .  “The library is often the first point of contact for researching a thought, and its web of references the creative divergent energy of discovery and discourse.” Hall is a public artist who works in studio arts, with a particular focus on sculpture. His work has been shown internationally, including Villa Favard, Florence; Stone Quarry Art Park, New York; Les Tombées de la Nuit, Rennes International Arts Festival, France; and Key Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight.

teaches lithography, intaglio, serigraphy and relief, and also serves as the director and master printer of Lake Effect Editions, the press of the printmaking intensive. Herbig exhibits nationally, participating in juried exhibitions in major cities across the country; and internationally, including exhibitions in Japan, Canada, China, Argentina, Spain, Pakistan, Taiwan, Brazil, Germany, South Korea and Poland. His work is in the permanent collections of many institutions.

Check Facebook for photos of the show:  @LaunchPadSYR.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic , with a global footprint, and , Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience. The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors and 100 minors offered through 13 schools and colleges; nearly 15,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit .

Monday-Thursday:

3-5 p.m. First Floor, near Tutoring space—Pop-up help with citations and sources,  snacks, therapy dogs, chair massage and other de-stressing activities

5:30-7 p.m. Jeopardy-style review for selected classes (Monday-ECN203, Tuesday-AST101, Wedensday-MAT221, Thursday-CHE106) Monday and Wednesday in 004 Bird, Tuesday and Thursday in 114 Bird (Peter Graham Scholarly Commons)

Sign up in Orange SUccess to guarantee your spot!

Sponsored by the Syracuse University Libraries’ Research and Scholarship department, the series explores how scholars in different fields engage digital technologies as the subject matter of their research, in their research methods, their collaborative work and the systems through which their research is disseminated and preserved. The program explores the ways in which the libraries, the University, and their technology infrastructure can support these modes of scholarship and sustain their future.

If you need an accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Patrick Williams at jpwillia@syr.edu by Nov. 8.

During this period, Bird Library will be open until midnight on Friday nights, open at 9 a.m. on both Saturdays and Sundays, and stay open until 3 a.m. on Saturday nights.

The initiative is sponsored by the Student Association, which is covering the costs of security and custodial services for the additional 18 open hours.

Otto hangs around with a couple of students flashing stickers for a product called Good Uncle at a previous ‘Cuse Market.

Each semester the LaunchPad invites faculty, staff, students and alumni to display their creative work, wh’ether its a product, service or technology. Part demo alley and part market bazaar, it’s an opportunity to browse ideas being invented at Syracuse University. From health and wellness products to artisan goods, packaged foods, fashion and apparel, jewelry, furniture, 3D printed items, industrial designs and gadgets, ’Cuse Market is a chance to show and sell to new audiences.

This year, ’Cuse Market is expanding with an emphasis on creative services. Are you a musician, photographer, artist, filmmaker, graphic designer, sound or lighting engineer? Are you a web developer, creator of a new mobile app, software platform or unique online product or service? The hunt is on for the next big thing. This is your chance to shine the spotlight on what you’re creating.

In addition to showcasing and selling goods and services, there will be “best in show” prizes in various categories, based on real-time audience voting.

This is also an opportunity to test your product and get customer feedback, as well as launch ideas. The event will also feature campus and community resource providers and Maker Spaces to help connect with the local maker movement.

The event is presented by the Blackstone LaunchPad, which is part of Syracuse University Libraries. The community is invited to meet campus creators and innovators who are showcasing their new products, services and technologies in Bird Library, the busiest building on campus, with more than 8,000 visitors a day.

This is always a popular annual event, so reserve your free display table early. If interested, please e-mail: LaunchPad@syr.edu.

The Impact Prize consists of two components:  an Impact Generator workshop series, and an Impact Prize Competition. The challenge is open to graduate and undergraduate Syracuse University students from all academic areas.

The Impact Prize kicks off with an event at 3 p.m. on Sept. 22 in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library.  The event will feature an overview of the program and remarks by von Dran. It will also open the online application process, which runs through Oct. 27.  Twelve teams from across campus will be selected to pitch at a Nov. 14 competition as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, and vie for $5,000 in awards to be allocated to the most promising, feasible solutions.

To jumpstart creative thinking about pressing social entrepreneurship challenges, Impact Generator workshops will be held on Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 5-6 at Bird Library. The goal of the workshops is to inspire students to think about big challenges in these areas, understand emerging issues and trends, and begin to brainstorm ideas for solutions. These interactive sessions will be led by local nonprofit leaders who are change-makers in:

• energy, the environment and sustainable solutions
• arts, culture and education
• community revitalization, poverty and empowerment
• healthcare, nutrition and human services

The Impact Prize is not limited to the categories covered in the workshops, but is an open call for products, services or technologies that can become practical and sustainable solutions to pressing global or local societal challenges.

Von Dran has a special interest in entrepreneurship. Before joining the iSchool, she served as an assistant professor of management at the . She is the widow of Raymond von Dran, who was dean of the iSchool from 1995 until his death in 2007.  Shortly after, Gisela established the Raymond F. von Dran Fund at Syracuse University, and directed that fund to support the RvD initiative which funds the iPrize student entrepreneurship competition each spring. The new Impact Prize competition will serve as a gateway to the annual iPrize competition, as well as other global social entrepreneurship competitions on the Syracuse University campus, such as the .

The Impact Prize initiative is being managed by the first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar, Kennedy Patlan ’18, a triple major in advertising, citizenship and civic engagement, and women’s and gender studies in the , the and the , respectively. The Engagement Scholar position was created as a part of the LaunchPad’s goal to grow social enterprise ventures across the campus innovation ecosystem.

For more information, see .

Marcel Breuer, Grand Central Tower, 1968. Graphite, ink and gouache on illustration board with trace overlay, 42in x 30.5in. Courtesy Marcel Breuer Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries

Buried somewhere in the universal archive of architectural projects lies a massive catalogue of unbuilt proposals: a treasure trove of “what ifs” and visions of what could or might have been. Though seemingly inert and consigned to the past, these proposals have the potential to inspire those who contemplate and design for the present and the future.

In 2013, the A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angles hosted “” an exhibition co-curated by Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell, based on the pair’s  of the same name. Goldin, an architecture critic, and Lubell, an architectural writer and editor, featured more than 100 proposed projects that never came to fruition, painting a dramatic picture of what might have been.

The speculation continues and moves to the east coast with “ curated by Goldin and Lubell, which opened this month at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows, New York City. Christian Wassmann is the exhibition designer. “Never Built New York” runs through Feb. 18, 2018.

A selection of Marcel Breuer drawings from the at Syracuse University Bird Library has been sponsored by Syracuse Architecture and Bird Library, and is included in the exhibition.

The exhibition invites visitors to explore “the alternative paths New York City could have traveled” and “encourages us to think beyond the present tense and push the boundaries of what the future of the metropolis holds.”

In conjunction with the exhibition, Goldin and Lubell are teaching a “Never Built New York” course this fall to Syracuse Architecture students studying in the school’s New York City studio program at the Fisher Center.

Marcel Breuer, Grand Central Tower, 1968. Pencil on transparent drafting paper, 41in x 45in. Courtesy Marcel Breuer Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries

“This is an exceptional opportunity for our students,” says Dean Michael Speaks. “Greg and Sam not only have incredible insight on New York City architectural history, but also the unique energy and challenges faced by the design community at the core of this urban center.”

In their book, Goldin and Lubell write “On close scrutiny, the catalogue of unbuilt New York projects demonstrates just how hard it is, when a designer conceives of something new or outside the orthodoxy, to realize that innovation. In most other cities, this cold fact might be taken for granted; but in New York, where ceaseless creativity and aspiration are the norm, it is surprising how many potentially brilliant buildings are confined to the archives, and how many city plans have been erased, in some cases even before they were made public.”

The “Never Built New York” exhibition promises to provide backward reflection and forward inspiration for designers and non-designers alike.

The Library Associates of the Syracuse University Libraries will present this unique lecture and reception in Bird Library, which is free and open to the public.

This action-packed adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 classic novel follows the dashing young D’Artagnan and his three companions, Athos, Aramis and Porthos, as they fight for the honor of their queen. Carefully guarded secrets, lavish swordfights and sweeping romances all develop as the musketeers duel their way into glory.

Syracuse Stage’s 45th season opens with “The Three Musketeers” on Sept. 20. The show is one of two co-productions with the ’ Department of Drama, along with the “The Wizard of Oz,” which opens on Nov. 29.

Prior to joining Syracuse Stage, Hupp was the producing artistic director of the Arkansas Repertory Theater in Little Rock for 16 seasons. From 1989-1999, he was artistic director of the acclaimed Jean Cocteau Repertory in New York. Hupp also served on the board of the Theatre Communications Group, a nonprofit theatrical organization in New York, and has served as a panelist and on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts. He graduated from Dickinson College and completed a two-year certificate program at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York.

If you need an accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Bianca Caiella Breed at bcaiella@syr.edu by Sept. 28.

All sessions will be held in 550 Bird Library from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Click on the title below to register for each class.

• Sept. 26: Explores the basics of Qualtrics, highlighting some of the more common tasks and options. Learn how to document and back up a survey.
• , Oct. 3:Examines the different types of questions available in Qualtrics. Learn how and why to change the default values, labels and variable names, as well as how to do some basic question validation.
• , Oct. 17: Learn how to use skip and display logic to direct what respondents see, as well as randomizing questions and possible responses.
• , Oct. 24: Learn to use “carry forward” to display selected responses in follow-up questions, use “piping” to display data in questions and response text, and create data calculated from two or more questions.
• , Oct. 31: Explore the many uses of Survey Flow—randomizing respondents, creating embedded data, customizing the end of your survey and more.
• , Nov. 7: Discuss the various methods of getting your survey to your respondents, creating and using contact lists and, if time permits, asking for contact information in an anonymous survey.
• , Nov. 14: Learn how to do some basic reporting in Qualtrics.

For more information, contact Research Data Services at datasvcs@syr.edu.

Stephen Kuusisto

Syracuse University Libraries is pleased to announce a series of free noontime poetry readings this semester called Lunch Time Poems. Hosted by poet Stephen Kuusisto, professor in the cultural foundations of educations department in the , the series will feature noted poets from the Syracuse community. All events are open to students, staff, and the general public.

Modeled on a popular program at the University of California at Berkeley, Lunch Time Poems is an informal brown bag event designed, as Kuusisto says, “to offer us some food for thought in the middle of our busy days—just bring your lunch and your appetite for words.”

All readings will take place at noon in Bird Library’s Peter Graham Scholarly Commons. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided.

The series will kick off on Friday, Sept. 22, with poets Jackie Warren Moore and Kuusisto.

Additional readings will feature SU’s Michael Burkard and poet David Weiss on Sept. 29, Bob Herz and Patrick Williams on Oct. 13, and Georgia Popoff and Phil Memmer on Oct. 20.

Elizeya Quate (Edmund Zagorin), left, and John Colasacco

Elizeya Quate is the pseudonym of Edmund Zagorin, a writer and performer based in the Bay Area. Raised in Tenleytown, Distric of Columbia, and educated at the University of Michigan, Quate’s first book, “The Face of Our Town” (KERNPUNKT Press, 2016), is a fun series of interconnected stories about interconnectedness.

Colasacco’s books include “Antigolf “(Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2015), “The Information Crusher” (Spuyten Duyvil, 2016), “TWO TEENAGERS” (Horse Less Press, 2016) and “The Wagners” (Transfr Books, 2017).

If you need an accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Patrick Willliams at jpwill03@syr.edu by July 27.

Juan Juarez and Deborah Dohne, faculty for ARI 101: First Year Divergence, assigned students to create a piece for a specific site in Bird Library. Student work will be in place for three days, where it can be appreciated by all visitors to Bird Library and also critiqued by their faculty and class peers.

Students needed to formulate a vision in their proposals that was geared not only to meet their instructors’ requirements, but also the requirements of the host institution. Beyond being just another location, installing in Bird Library provided students with a realistic experience in public art. They learned how to successfully and safely install in a heavily-used space that wasn’t designed to be a gallery, and to work within building realities and rules, for example, limited access to power, no noise that would disturb study, and bright lighting.

Art in the Stacks in the Learning Commons is viewable during all hours that Bird Library is open. An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, March 7, at 4 p.m.