When it comes to sustainable construction materials, there’s no contest: mass timber buildings require less heavy equipment, save on labor costs and take less time to install than concrete and steel. By utilizing mass timber, the construction industry can utilize green building practices without compromising efficiency.

That was the message of “Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future,” a lecture delivered by , and ��of Kent State University. Presented on Sept. 30 at the , the lecture was part of a national tour showcasing Mirando and Onsarigo’s research at Kent State’s .

Mass timber refers to a class of engineered wood products (EWPs) that are often used for wall, roof and floor construction. Because commercial-scale mass timber construction projects are on the rise across the United States, Professors Mirando and Onsarigo highlighted the importance of educating the next generation of professionals about these green building materials.

The lecture featured data from one of the tallest mass timber buildings in the United States:�� in Cleveland, Ohio. A mixed-use structure with 300 apartment units and ground-floor commercial space, the project was uniquely efficient because of the use of mass timber materials such as Glued-Laminated Timber (GLT) beams and columns, as well as Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) slabs. The real estate developer reported that construction time was about 25% faster than typical concrete or steel construction.

“Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future” also included a weeklong exhibit in Link Hall where students could examine real-life examples of mass timber building materials, including dowel laminated timber, nail laminated timber, and connections and assemblies used in mid- and high-rise construction projects. The “Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future” national exhibition tour is funded by the (SLB) headquartered in Portland, Oregon.��, department chair of civil and environmental engineering, and Reed Kelterborn, director of education for SLB, delivered welcoming and opening remarks.

The visit from Kent State University faculty was organized by��, associate teaching professor and undergraduate civil engineering program director, and , civil and environmental engineering professor emeritus. “We were thrilled to host Drs. Mirando and Onsarigo’s national touring exhibition on the construction management aspects of the mass timber building industry, and to highlight the benefits of mass timber as a sustainable construction material to the Engineering, Architecture and Construction (EAC) community here in Central New York,” says Professor Shi. “Interest in mass timber buildings is rising rapidly throughout the country. Skilled labor and seasoned professionals are in great demand. This state-of-the-art exhibition and lecture can help bring our students up to speed and get them ready for the next generation’s EAC industry.”

“In addition, we are training students to design and build more sustainable and resilient infrastructure to approach the immense challenges of climate change and natural disasters,” Professor Davidson adds. “Mass timber can be one of the most effective construction materials to meet these challenges.”

Students in engineering, architecture and other disciplines who are interested in the topic of sustainable building materials may also want to register for the��, which will be held in Syracuse this coming March.

They were also witnesses to major political events, such as President Richard Nixon stepping down after the Watergate scandal and President Gerald Ford taking office (and being memorably lampooned the next year on new television program “Saturday Night Live”). At Syracuse University, a less known yet still consequential development occurred.

That year, the department that became����was born.

On July 1, five College of Arts and Sciences departments came together to become “one new department under the chairmanship of Louis W. Roberts,” according to a press release from the time. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures unified the former individual departments of classics, German, linguistics, Romance languages and Slavic languages and literatures to create, as then-Dean Kenneth Goodrich noted, “a needed synthesis of the traditional and the progressive in the field of foreign language and literature education.”

Excerpt from the 1974 news release creating LLL’s forerunner (Photo courtesy of the Special Collections Research Center)

The department’s name was changed under Dean Robert Jensen to “Languages, Literatures and Linguistics” in 1995 to recognize the breadth of world languages and cultures being taught and the strength of the linguistics program.

As part of celebrating its 50 years as a multilingual, multicultural department, the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) is hosting a film series this semester, including a discussion evening on Oct. 30. “Film is a critical medium through which students can develop cultural and linguistic competencies,” says , professor of Spanish and LLL chair.

The films span genres, cultures and times, reflecting the department’s commitment to global perspectives and the exploration of language through art.

The film series includes the following screenings:

October

• “” (Italy, 1994)—Oct. 9, 5:30 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (France, 2023)—Oct. 10, 7 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (France, 2011)—Oct. 17, 7 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (Lebanon, 2018)—Oct. 18, 2 p.m., 341 Eggers
• “” (Italy, 1975)—Oct. 23, 5:30 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (France, 2012)—Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (Taiwan, 2010)—Oct. 28, 7 p.m., 113 Eggers
• —Oct. 30, 5:30-10 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium:
  • “There’s Still Tomorrow” (Italy, 2023)
  • “Perfect Days” (Germany, Japan, 2023)

November

• “” (Germany, 2012)—Nov. 4, 6:45 p.m., Kittridge Auditorium
• “” (Italy, 2023)—Nov. 14, 6:30 p.m., Kittredge Auditorium
• “” (Soviet Union, Japan, 1977)—Nov. 21, 11 a.m., 107 Huntington Hall
• “Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission” (Korea, 2019)—TBD

For more information about the film series, contact��Gail Bulman.

Other events celebrating LLL’s 50th anniversary in 2024 included the annual Wor(l)ds of Love Valentine’s Day poetry festival in February, Women across the World events in March, theater and musical performances, an LLL majors and minors’ celebration and the department’s annual Culture(s) on the Quad in April.

Spring 2025 event dates will be announced at a later time.

The University has launched a new initiative, “,” to enhance civic engagement and civil dialogue during the 2024-25 academic year. The initiative, led by Gretchen Ritter, vice president for civic engagement and education; Margaret Talev, Kramer Director of the ; and Tina Nabatchi, director of the Maxwell School’s , will focus on developing essential skills such as active listening, communication across differences, critical thinking and advancing mutual understanding.

The inaugural event, “,” will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center. University community members, representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, will engage in facilitated dialogue on important issues related to democracy, civic engagement, economic opportunity and the political climate. The event will feature a moderated discussion among experts, followed by small group conversations led by trained facilitators. This approach will help inform students about important election issues, encourage civic engagement and build confidence in civil dialogue.

If you are a student interested in attending and participating in the event, please . The doors will open at 5:45 p.m., and a light dinner will be provided.

To support these small dialogue groups, the����is also seeking facilitators. Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to serve as facilitators for these small-group discussions, ensuring that all voices are heard and that conversations are respectful and productive. Those who have not facilitated group conversations before will be asked to participate in a three-hour training and all volunteer facilitators will be asked to participate in preparation meeting. Complete this to become a facilitator.

For more information, visit the .

Chancellor Syverud speaks at the opening of the University’s new center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. (Photo by Shannon Finney)

The opening of a new Syracuse University center in Washington, D.C., was celebrated by members of the University community at a special event Sept. 24.

“This city is a place our students want to be. It’s a place they want to live. And it’s a place they want to build their futures and careers after they graduate,” said Chancellor Kent Syverud. “Our students studying away here benefit from Syracuse’s academic strength and deep connections in policy, government, media and law.”

The center, located at 1333 New Hampshire Ave. in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, will serve students, faculty, staff and alumni. Building on an already thriving presence in the nation’s capital, the center will enhance the University’s global influence and impact.

Mike Tirico ’88, host and play-by-play commentator with NBC Sports, hosted the event. Speakers included Chancellor Syverud, Interim Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Lois Agnew, and Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation J. Michael Haynie.

The centerpiece of the event was a panel discussion examining the changing landscape of collegiate sports and public policy. Margaret Talev, Kramer Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship, moderated the discussion. Panelists were James Phillips, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Felisha Legette-Jack ’89, Syracuse University women’s basketball coach, and Tirico.

From left: Mike Tirico, Felisha Legette-Jack, James Phillips and Margaret Talev participate in a panel discussion on the changing landscape of collegiate sports and public policy on Sept. 24. (Photo by Shannon Finney)

Expanded Opportunities

The Washington, D.C., center houses the and serves as a home base for study away programs offered by the , and , through which hundreds of students live, learn and work in the city every year. Washington is home to more than 15,000 alumni, many of whom connect with students as teachers, mentors and internship supervisors.

The center will support the continued growth of study away programming across the University’s schools and colleges, as envisioned in the academic strategic plan, “.”

“We now begin a new chapter in that already successful story,” Provost Agnew said. “This space is more than just a building. It is Syracuse University’s academic home in one of the most important cities in the world. It will serve as a hub for students, faculty and staff, positioning them as change makers and thought leaders on some of the most important issues of our time.”

Students joined alumnus broadcaster Mike Tirico (sixth from left, front) and Newhouse School Director of Washington Programs Beverly Kirk (fourth from right) to celebrate the opening of 1333 New Hampshire Ave., the University’s new dedicated space in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney)

The center will also enhance the work of the (IVMF), which has a satellite office in the building. Haynie noted that IVMF has contributed more than 1,750 research publications, engagements and products for public benefit, with much of that work focused on the federal level.

“I am confident that with a permanent presence in Washington, the institute’s impact will grow considerably and accrue to the benefit of those who have worn the nation’s cloth and their families,” he said.

The center includes classrooms, student lounges, conference and interview rooms and a multipurpose space, as well as satellite offices for the and the Division of Advancement and External Affairs. It features the Greenberg Welcome Center, named for alumnus and Life Trustee Paul Greenberg ’65, whose philanthropy supported the 1990 opening of Greenberg House, the University’s first outpost in Washington.

Gordon Parks, “Mrs. Jefferson,” from the series Fort Scott Revisited (Photo courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation)

“Homeward to the Prairie I Come” features more than 75 of Parks’ images, examining his wide-ranging artistic ideas. The exhibition not only includes Parks’ documentary photography such as the series Paris Fashions, Fort Scott Revisited and The Redemption of the Champion��(featuring images of Muhammed Ali), but also his thoughts on photography as a fine art medium and his engagement with celebrated paintings and sculptures.

Most significantly, the photographs instigate cultural change by challenging viewers to imagine a more inclusive culture than the one they know: a world where Black skin represents ideal beauty, where an African American athlete embodies the exemplary hero and where an artist of African heritage has a place within the lineage of excellent artists in Western art history.

“This exhibition leverages the power of art to catalyze dialogue about the wide range of issues that Parks engaged with in his photography, from systemic racism to the labor and ethics of the global fashion industry to ideas of celebrity and home,” says Melissa Yuen, the ���ܲ���ܳ�’s interim chief curator.

Interim director of the museum Emily Dittman says, “Gordon Parks was a visionary interdisciplinary artist whose work had a lasting impact on the world. His dedication to continually tell the stories of individuals that were—and still are—too often hidden and overlooked is clearly evident and inspiring throughout his artistic work.”

In this spirit, the museum is taking steps to creating an accessible, diverse and multilingual space for all communities and families. The interpretive text in the exhibition is bilingual, providing both English and Spanish text for visitors, large-type text will be available and a family guide is provided to help youth and families explore the exhibition. An open access digital exhibition catalog for the exhibition will be available for visitors in the reflection area, as well as reading materials on Gordon Parks and his multifaceted career. The exhibition will be accompanied by a dynamic slate of public programming, all free and open to the public.

Co-curated by Aileen June Wang, Ph.D., curator, and Sarah Price, registrar, at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, the tour is organized by Art Bridges. The exhibition and related programs have been made possible by generous support from Art Bridges, the Wege Foundation and the Humanities Center (Syracuse Symposium).

About the Artist

Parks, one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, was a humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice. He left behind an exceptional body of work that documents American life and culture from the early 1940s into the 2000s, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights and urban life. Parks was also a distinguished composer, author and filmmaker who interacted with many of the leading people of his era—from politicians and artists to athletes and celebrities.

Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912, Parks was drawn to photography as a young man when he saw images of migrant workers taken by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers in a magazine. After buying a camera at a pawn shop, he taught himself how to use it. Despite his lack of professional training, he won the Julius Rosenwald Fellowship in 1942; this led to a position with the photography section of the FSA in Washington, D.C., and, later, the Office of War Information (OWI). Working for these agencies, which were then chronicling the nation’s social conditions, Parks quickly developed a personal style that would make him among the most celebrated photographers of his era. His extraordinary pictures allowed him to break the color line in professional photography while he created remarkably expressive images that consistently explored the social and economic impact of poverty, racism, and other forms of discrimination.

Featured Events

• Opening Reception and Keynote—Sept. 6, 4-6:30 p.m.; keynote: 4-5 p.m., 160 Link Hall; reception: 5-6:30 p.m., Syracuse University Art Museum
• The Duke Ellington Orchestra presented in partnership with the Malmgren Concert Series—Sept. 22, 4 p.m.; Hendricks Chapel, with reception to follow at the Syracuse University Art Museum
• Community Screening of “Shaft” (1971), directed by Gordon Parks—Oct. 4, 7 p.m.; The Westcott Theater, 524 Westcott St., Syracuse
• Community Day—Oct. 5, noon-4 p.m.; Syracuse University Art Museum
• Art Break: Gordon Parks with Nancy Keefe Rhodes—Oct. 16, noon;��Syracuse University Art Museum
• Celebrating the Legacy of Gordon Parks—Nov. 9, noon-4 p.m.; Syracuse University Art Museum;��1 p.m.: Art Break with contemporary photographer Jarod Lew; 2:30 p.m.: screening of “A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks” (2021)
• Gordon Parks Community Gathering/Showcase—Dec. 7, timing TBD;��Deedee’s Community Room, Salt City Market, 484 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Visit the for event information. Members of the media may contact Emily Dittman, interim director of Syracuse University Art Museum, for more information or to schedule a tour.

[Featured image: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, “Mrs. Jefferson,” from the series Fort Scott Revisited, 1950, printed in 2017, gelatin silver print, 20 x 16 inches. Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.373. Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation]

The is free and open to all Syracuse-area veterans, including Syracuse University student, faculty and staff veterans who are not enrolled in VA health care and want to learn more about eligibility and how to sign up.

Attendees will have the opportunity to:

• Enroll in VA health care (with a copy of DD214 and photo identification).
• File a claim with the Veterans Benefit Administration.
• Obtain a Veteran Health Identification Card (with photo identification).
• Learn how the (Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxic Acts) expands health care benefits for veterans who served in the Vietnam War, Gulf War and post-9/11 eras and were exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange and other toxic substances. The PACT Act also extends eligibility to survivors of these exposed veterans.
• Engage with VA professionals.
• Visit with a variety of local community resources.

Representatives from the University’s and will be in attendance. MVLS students will guide attendees and facilitate interactions with partner organizations. For more information, contact Emma.Avellino@va.gov or egkubala@syr.edu.

2023 Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering (Photo by Angela Ryan)

The Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering is an event held on campus to welcome all incoming and returning students, faculty and staff for the 2024-25 academic year, and for all to show respect for the Indigenous people on whose ancestral lands Syracuse University now stands. Schenandoah is a citizen of the Oneida Nation and a Wolf Clan Faithkeeper, as well as . The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is comprised of Six Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora.

This year’s featured speaker, Wakerahkáhtste Louise McDonald Herne, is a Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council. Wakerahkáhtste presented at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and lectures regularly at universities throughout Canada and the United States on Ratinonhsón:ni philosophies and self-determination regarding the rights of women. Wakerahkáhtste has been the Distinguished Scholar in Indigenous Learning at McMaster University Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (MIIETL) and received an honorary doctorate from State University of New York at Canton. Her most recent work includes a feature in the award-winning documentary film, “Without a Whisper: Konnon:kwe” about the Ratinonhsón:ni women’s influence on the women’s rights movement.

Diane Schenandoah, Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan, Oneida Nation, speaks at the 2023 Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering. (Photo by Angela Ryan)

“This land is sacred. We welcome visitors to be part of this sacred place. Part of our teaching is that no one can own the land, so it’s important to remember that Syracuse University is part of a much bigger picture,” says Schenandoah. “It’s important to acknowledge and recognize that there are Indigenous peoples still here and we are standing in the capital of the Haudenosaunee territory.”

At the gathering, speakers and dancers will welcome a new academic year. Hot scones and strawberry drink will be offered. The hot scones are derived from traditional breads and the strawberry drink consists of strawberries, maple syrup and water. “This is significant because strawberries are the leaders of the plants and maples are the leaders of the trees. In this way we honor them,” says Schenandoah.

Schenandoah encourages students, faculty and staff to participate in the Haudenosaunee Welcome Gathering. “We are sharing our culture because the Earth is calling to us to pay attention, we require collective healing, and most importantly, we are inviting our community to live in gratitude,” she says.

For more information on this and other Hendricks Chapel programs and services visit .

For those heading to the show, here is the know-before-you-go information to make your travel and concert experience as smooth as possible.

Concessions/Merchandise

Cash is not accepted at any concession locations, the box office or merchandise stands. Major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Wallet) are accepted. For those who just can’t resist buying a tour poster or T-shirt, there will be an outdoor tent located outside of Gate N prior to the show selling artist merchandise. Once the show begins, additional merch booths will open inside the venue as concourse traffic eases.

Clear Bag Policy

As with all events at the JMA Dome, a clear bag policy will be enforced. Each fan is allowed one clear bag and one small clutch or purse, with exceptions for medically necessary items. Please visit the����for additional information. Being aware of the policy ahead of time will help expedite entry into the venue.

Parking

For those who purchased a parking pass in advance for the Sept. 7 show, it is still valid for this show.

If you are a member of our campus community planning to attend the concert, your existing campus parking pass will be honored in University Avenue Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage, University Avenue North and South lots and the Irving Avenue Hill lot, as space allows.

All parking is cashless. Customers may pay via credit card (including tap and pay), or through Google Pay or Apple Pay. Have payment ready for the lot attendants, to ensure an efficient flow of traffic.

Pay parking is available at several locations around campus, including:

• : These lots will open at 1 p.m. Permit only, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place, which will begin running at 4 p.m.
• : This lot will open at 1 p.m. Cost is $30 per car, and includes free shuttle service to and from College Place, which will begin running at 4 p.m.
• Limited available in �����Ի���: $35 per car, please note that garages close two hours after the event ends
• Accessible parking for those with a nationally-recognized handicap placard or license plate will be available at the�� for $30 per car, which includes free shuttle service to and from Gate A of the JMA Wireless Dome

Those who haven’t purchased a parking permit in advance are encouraged to use the Brighton Avenue exit off 1-81 and take Ainsley Drive to the Skytop Lot.

Ticketing

Those “Born to Run,” “Born in the USA” or who simply want to do “The E Street Shuffle” for a couple of hours are in luck, as tickets are still��, starting at $60.50 including fees.

As a reminder, those who purchased tickets for the September 7, 2023 show are still valid for the April 18, 2024 show.

To avoid delays at the gate, make sure to download your mobile tickets before you arrive to campus.

For those with general admission tickets for the pit, please enter through Gate D.

Campus Travel Before and After the Concert

Regular shuttles to South Campus and other campus and Centro shuttles will continue to run during and after the event, though arrivals and departures may be delayed due to the large amount of vehicular traffic in the University area.

Syracuse University’s Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) will make a temporary change to campus traffic patterns following the conclusion of the concert.

As the concert ends, PTS and the Syracuse Police Department will close Comstock Avenue to all traffic except parking shuttles, which will travel between the College Place bus stop, the Colvin Street and Comstock Avenue Lots and the Skytop Lot.

The concert is anticipated to end between 10:20 and 10:50 p.m., and at that time, PTS will direct all traffic away from Comstock Avenue between Waverly Avenue and East Colvin Street. As a significant crowd is expected for the concert, this will allow for the efficient exit and transportation of the concert attendees from the shuttle stop at College Place to their parking lots on South Campus. The road will reopen as soon as the concert shuttles are cleared. More information about parking is available on the��.

• Tuesday, March 5, 6 p.m.,��Women’s lacrosse vs. Stony Brook
• Tuesday, March 19, 3 p.m.,��Women’s lacrosse vs. Albany
• Wednesday, March 20, 7 p.m.,��Men’s lacrosse vs. Duke
• Wednesday, March 27, 4 p.m.,��Women’s lacrosse vs. Loyola
• Tuesday, April 2 through Saturday, April 6: Monster Jam set-up and event (some parking in West Campus lots will be restricted during set-up)
• Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m.,��Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

Access to Campus for Academic Purposes

Home lot parking permits will be honored for most events. If further restrictions are required for specific events, Parking and Transportation Services will notify affected permit holders well in advance of the event.

Accessible parking for academic purposes will be provided in the lot designated on the face of the permit.

Parking and Transportation Services asks for your support of these procedures so that we may provide academic access for the entire University community. If you have any questions or need to coordinate additional academic access, please contact Dee Bailey at debailey@syr.edu or by phone at 315.443.5319.

A student receives a red envelope at a 2023 Lunar New Year celebration held on campus. (Photo by Angela Ryan)

While many people here in the U.S. celebrated the start of a new year when the Gregorian calendar flipped from Dec. 31 to Jan. 1, as many as 2 billion people from Asian cultures around the globe joyfully observe the Lunar New Year—sometimes also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival.

On Feb. 10, we will bid farewell to the Year of the Rabbit and usher in the Year of the Dragon, which according to the Chinese Zodiac represents nobility, confidence and strength. Lunar New Year celebrations last up to 16 days and can include such various customs as gathering with family, preparing traditional foods, artistic performances and the gifting of red envelopes to pass on good fortune and blessings to the younger generations.

For international students on campus looking for a little taste of home or for anyone who simply wants to celebrate a new beginning based on the lunar calendar, check out the following selection of Lunar New Year events being held on campus.

Feb. 2: Chinese Union Spring Gala

On Friday, Feb. 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. the campus community is invited to Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center for a celebration hosted by registered student organization (RSO) . The gala features 15 student performances showcasing pop music, dancing and traditional Chinese folk song, and culinary delights offered in collaboration with a local top-tier Chinese restaurant.

“Gathering together to commemorate the festival is crucial for alleviating homesickness and fostering a sense of togetherness,” says Chinese Union President Ruohan Xu ’24.

Feb. 5-9: Food Services Pop-Ups

Campus dining centers will host pop-up events all week celebrating the Lunar New Year with a selection of dumplings, egg rolls and authentic sauces served during lunchtime! The schedule is as follows:

• Monday, Feb. 5: Graham
• Tuesday, Feb. 6: Shaw
• Wednesday, Feb. 7: Sadler
• Thursday, Feb. 8: Brockway
• Friday, Feb. 9: Ernie Davis

Feb. 8: Newhouse School Lunar New Year Celebration

Students in the Newhouse School of Public Communications will hold a tabling event inside Food.com on Thursday, Feb 8, from noon to 1 p.m. Anyone passing through the building is welcome to stop by to enjoy a treat of Asian snacks and candies provided in red envelopes!

Feb. 9: School of Architecture Lunar New Year Celebration

On Friday, Feb. 9, a will be held in Slocum Hall from 5:15 to 7:30 p.m., organized by international students in the School of Architecture and Dean Michael Speaks.

The Slocum Hall atrium will be transformed into a festival-like atmosphere where students can take a break from the pressures of studio life and engage in activities such as knot tying, zodiac study, paper cutting and a photo booth. Dumplings, spring rolls, fried rice, chocolate coins and traditional candies will be served.

Also of note, a series of short presentations about East Asian culture and architecture by architecture faculty will begin at 5:30 p.m. A recording of this video will be made available following the event.

Feb. 9: Asian American Journalists Association Dinner

Another RSO, the Syracuse chapter of the , will host a Lunar New Year dinner that is open to all! The event will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the I3 Center of Newhouse 3.

Feb. 10: Chinese Students and Scholars Association New Year Gala

On Saturday, Feb. 10, the RSO (CSSA) will host its annual Chinese New Year gala, a tradition dating back to the group’s founding in 2000. From 6 to 10 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine Student Center, patrons can enjoy a variety of singing and dancing programs and games to invite happiness in the new year.

“We host this event to give Chinese students studying in the United States the warmth of home, but also to promote our Chinese culture to students from other countries,” says CSSA President Jiayi Xu ’27. “It is also a platform for students to show their talents and skills in after-school life.”

Feb. 10: Orange After Dark/Center for International Services Lunar New Year Celebration

The campus community is invited to the Panasci Lounge and 304 ABC Schine Student Center from 9 p.m. to midnight for the Orange After Dark/Center for International Services Lunar New Year celebration. The evening includes such activities as a calligraphy workshop, origami workshop, Chinese coin decorating, Kahoot trivia, a Lunar New Year selfie station and more! Traditional Chinese food and refreshments will be provided. Please if you plan to attend.

Share Your Lunar New Year Photos With Us!

However you decide to celebrate—whether at the events mentioned above or elsewhere—send your photos to SU News! Email newsphoto@syr.edu and we’ll share a selection of Lunar New Year pictures in the weeks to come.

Christina Chi Zhang (Boghosian Fellow 2023-2024)

Christina Chi Zhang

Christina Chi Zhang, the eighth Harry der Boghosian Fellow at Syracuse Architecture, will teach the visiting critic studio, “A Seed for a Song: Urban Seed Libraries as Memory Vessels,” where students will learn about a city and its recent history, and design for its people with sensitivity and care.

As place-makers, how do we make hopeful and benevolent spaces in a post-traumatic city? Spending years in darkness before it germinates and grows, a seed is a powerful metaphor for resilience and hope in difficult times. In Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the city that endured the longest siege in the history of modern warfare, seeds are rich in meaning; they carry generations of indigenous knowledge, represent wartime memories, and invite people to collectively care, imagine and plant a new landscape.

Traveling to Sarajevo and working with local collaborators Kuma International and Smirna Kulenović, students will learn to translate rigorous on-site research into sensitive design solutions by designing a series of small-scale “seed libraries” located on the public streets of Sarajevo. These urban seed libraries will not only showcase and transmit seeds of indigenous plants, but also collect and tell oral histories about these plants, and provide spaces for gathering, sharing, and other public activities. Through this design exercise, students will explore architecture’s power to tell stories, connect, and heal.

Zhang’s fellowship research will culminate in the form of a symposium and exhibition in fall 2024.

Gary Bates (Make Make) and Albert Williamson-Taylor (AKT II)

Gary Bates (left) and Albert Williamson-Taylor

and will teach the visiting critic studio, “BIG Harlem,” which is framed around housing, workspace, environmental justice, health equity and economic development and proposes a deliberate transgression of the status quo, afforded by the absence of client, budget and program.

The studio will begin by reinterpreting programs, reclaiming the drawing and designing for scenarios yet to be considered. Students will look to learn from aspects of Harlem’s history that are rarely addressed: the profound efforts of those who have worked to revitalize the community and will investigate the rise, fall and reinvention of community development corporations in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

Beyond the traditional lens of redlining, flight, deindustrialization, abandonment and disinvestment, the studio will start where CDC’s left off in the 1980s, replete with their failed efforts to attract the middle class in this new context of the creative destruction of Harlem and the recapture of the urban core. In this context, the studio will attempt to resurrect the radicalism that informed the formation of community development corporations, and propose a step change, from HOUSING as an architectural construct to LIVING as a social framework.

Laura Salazar and Pablo Sequero Barrera (salazarsequeromedina)

and will teach the visiting critic studio “Platform Surfside: The Resilient Case Study House” that foregrounds the design of a single-family residence in Surfside, Florida, as a case study house illustrating strategies for coastal resilience in response to sea-level rise.

Laura Salazar (center) and Pablo Sequero Barrera (right)

As one of the most recognizable, culturally valuable and environmentally vulnerable landscapes in the world, the present and escalating effects of climate change confronting the built environment on Surfside—a town in Miami-Dade County on a coastal barrier island in the northern extension of Miami Beach—are exemplary for coastal communities everywhere. Much of the landscape of metropolitan Miami has been artificially constructed, and its continued existence hinges on further infrastructural adaptation and mitigation systems at the territorial scale.

Beginning with this studio, the School of Architecture plans to launch a yearlong campaign around coastal resilience in collaboration with the Surfside community, generously supported by School of Architecture alumnus and Surfside resident Roy Raskin ’95. While the scope and complexity of the challenge is overwhelming, the campaign plays out over a sequence of smaller design projects that serve to produce awareness and incite actionable efforts in the community.

In this spring studio, students will design practical, single-family housing models that embody known resilient, adaptive principles that consider the performance of their houses under storm and sea-level rise conditions. As the project progresses in scale and specificity, a kit-of-parts will be derived from the design process as a constructive system or a catalog of forms, which could be redeployed to other coastal communities.

Complementing the development of the project, students will travel to Surfside twice over the course of the semester where they’ll explore the site conditions, the community and its surroundings, experience the architectural history of Miami as a lineage to which the Case Study House must respond to, and have the opportunity to verify the validity of adaptive design principles and design strategies by sharing the production of their mid reviews with local collaborators and regional manufacturers.

T+E+A+M

Adam Fure, Meredith Miller and Thom Moran (standing left to right) and Ellie Abrons (seated) of T+E+A+M. (Photo by Hugo Yu)

will teach the visiting critic studio, “Screen Space / Green Space,” where students will use the representational tools of scenography, virtual production and livestreaming to design an architectural proposition for an existing building in Detroit.

Avoiding demolition of buildings has become an urgent task for the field of architecture. Historical restoration and adaptive reuse are common strategies to preserve signature older buildings, but many buildings, especially those that may be seen as unremarkable, or that have fallen into severe disrepair, require more radical approaches to preservation.

This studio builds on T+E+A+M’s recent pedagogical experiments exploring the relationship between existing material conditions and digital representation, and their deepening expertise in repurposing buildings in disrepair. Working with an existing building site in Detroit, students will design on-site architectural interventions, digital spaces, production studios (green screen environments) and the mediated interactions that produce this hybrid architectural experience. During the semester, students will travel to Detroit to see and document the site and tour historical buildings and see the unique ways in which artists, architects and developers are imagining new uses for old buildings.

T+E+A+M will give a on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 5:30 p.m. in the atrium of Slocum Hall.

“Navigating Civil Dialogue in the Context of the War in the Middle East” will be held Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 10:30 a.m. ET via .

Tarek El-Ariss (left) and Susannah Heschel

The professors—, James Wright Professor and chair of Middle Eastern Studies, and , Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor and chair of Jewish Studies—will share insights and relate details about the ways they have sought to educate and listen to students in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. The pair recently discussed their approach to these issues in an .

Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer will offer opening remarks. , Kramer Director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship, will serve as moderator.

The event, sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs, is open to the University community. A Q&A session will follow the discussion, which can be on Nov. 28 at 10:30 a.m.

Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided. For more information, contact Sarah McAndrew at provost@syr.edu.

Danielle Cantor (center left) and David Falk (center right) answered questions from sport management students during a presentation moderated by Michael Veley (far left) and Dennis Deninger (far right). “I love being able to connect with students,” Cantor said.

With a massive 6-foot-10 frame and deep voice, former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson was an imposing figure and “my toughest critic,” says , the renowned sports agent who represented Thompson.

“I know I was afraid of him,” said a smiling , executive vice president and partner of Falk Associates Management Enterprises (FAME), which was co-founded by Falk.

As Cantor rose through the ranks at FAME, Falk made sure she had a seat at the table whenever they met with Thompson. Eventually, Cantor knew she had gained Thompson’s trust when at the end of one meeting, he turned to her and asked, “What do you think?”

As a key member the FAME team, Cantor (far left) became the first female National Basketball Players Association-certified player agent.

It was yet another moment in her trailblazing career when Cantor realized she was indeed making progress in the male-dominated sport industry. Now, as the first female National Basketball Players Association-certified player agent, Cantor enjoys sharing stories about her journey with young women and men who want to work in sports.

Cantor and Falk, who has long been recognized as one of the sports industry’s leading figures and most talented innovators, visited the Oct. 26 and spent more than three hours speaking with students from classes taught by , director and chair of sport management, and professors , and .

Their main theme was women in sports, but they touched on a variety of topics, including Thompson’s impact on Falk (“He was the most influential man in my life,” Falk says); how Cantor landed a four-year, $85 million contract for her first client (Malcolm Brogden) that doubled the contract he was previously offered; and, of course, Falk’s most famous client, Michael Jordan.

“I love being able to connect with students,” Cantor said. “You never really know how it’s going or how they’re feeling because we’re doing so much talking, but then they line up and want to talk after class to say, ‘This is amazing and thank you so much for being here and we learned so much.'”

“That’s what it’s all about, being able to share real-life experiences and real-life stories as opposed to just theories that you read about,” she added.

Cantor said she was impressed with the students’ questions. One of them came from Samie Haber ’24, who is interested in ecommerce and digital merchandising with a sports apparel company. She asked Cantor for advice on how to get started as a female in the business world.

“She said it’s about connections and told me to have Professor Deninger give me her email and she would help me with those connections, which is very helpful,” Haber said. “It was interesting to hear about her experience from a woman’s perspective, and I feel like together they were able to provide a lot of insight for us.”

In 2017, Sports Business Journal wrote a “Game Changers” that highlighted her ascent to the NBA’s first female player agent. Cantor said she hadn’t paid much attention to the gender issue, but that story helped her understand her impact on the industry.

“That was a turning point in that a lot of work that I would do after that became about helping young women in sports and making sure there are more opportunities for everyone to be in positions of power,” Cantor said.

200 White Hall was filled with sport management students for the presentation.

During their presentations, Cantor and Falk discussed the evolution of those opportunities and highlighted what has worked—and what hasn’t—for women’s sports and female athletes in terms of creating a product that consumers want to buy.

“My biggest takeaway was that women are getting more involved in sports, and I think that’s very important because of how things were in the past and we want to progress into the future,” Haber said.

In 2010, a gift from Falk and his wife, Rhonda S. Falk ’74, at Syracuse University. Falk, the co-founder of FAME who earned an economics degree from Syracuse, says he enjoys returning to campus and engaging with the future leaders of the sport industry.

“I’m really proud of what Michael Veley has created over the last 18 years (with sport management),” Falk said. “It’s a unique program because it’s structured to be experiential, like with what we had today (with the presentations). We have amazing professors, the quality of the students is so high, and I’m so proud that it’s something that bears my name.”

Opening ceremony for Latine Heritage Month (Photo by Marilyn Hesler)

From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, the campus community came together to celebrate Latine Heritage Month through a series of performances, networking, sporting events and more.

Hosted by Multicultural Affairs, students, faculty and staff participated in opportunities to learn about the history, culture and contributions of Americans whose ancestry can be traced to over 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.

These photos capture highlights from several of the events.

Opening Ceremony (Photo by Marilyn Hesler)

Opening Ceremony (Photo by Marilyn Hesler)

Information Fair (Photo by Marilyn Hesler)

Information Fair (Photo by Marilyn Hesler)

Torneo de Fútbol (Photo by Julie Herman)

Torneo de Fútbol (Photo by Julie Herman)

Torneo de Fútbol (Photo by Julie Herman)

Fiesta Latina (Photo by Diana Garcia-Varo ’23, G’24)

Fiesta Latina (Photo by Diana Garcia-Varo ’23, G’24)

In Case You Missed it: Three current students—Evelina Torres ’25, German Nolivos ’26 and Janeice Lopez G’25—share what their cultural heritage means to them, how they’ve discovered a cultural home on campus and why they wanted to get involved in planning Latine Heritage Month celebrations.

Moderated by , associate professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, the panelists include professors Amal Jamal (Tel Aviv University) and Dov Waxman (University of California, Los Angeles).

Jamal and Waxman will discuss the recent developments in the conflict between Hamas and Israel, placing these ongoing events in brief historical perspective. The panelists will also consider the conflict’s possible outcomes, its effects on domestic and global politics, and the role of the U.S. and other regional/international actors.

About the Speakers

Yael Zeira (moderator), associate professor of political science, Syracuse University����

Zeira examines the causes and consequences of public opinion and political behavior in authoritarian and conflict settings, with a regional focus on the Middle East. She wrote “The Revolution Within: State Institutions and Unarmed Resistance in Palestine” (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and has published in journals that include Comparative Political Studies and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Her work has been supported by the Project on Middle East Political Science, New York University, Stanford University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, among others.

Dov Waxman (panelist), The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Israel Studies and director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles��

Waxman’s research focuses on the conflict over Israel-Palestine, Israeli politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Israel relations, American Jewry’s relationship with Israel, Jewish politics and contemporary antisemitism. He frequently gives media interviews and public talks on these topics. He is the author of four books, including his latest, “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press, 2019).

Amal Jamal (panelist), professor of political science, Tel-Aviv University

Jamal is full professor in the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University and served as the head of the department from 2006-09. He is currently the head of the Walter Lebach Institute for the Study of Jewish-Arab Coexistence and editor-in-chief of the leading Hebrew political science journal, The Public Sphere. His research fields include political theory, political communication, civil society, democratization and civil liberalization, social movements, postcolonial studies, the cultural industries and minority nationalism. Jamal has extensively published on these topics in four languages (English, German, Hebrew and Arabic). His recent publications include the book, “Reconstructing the Civic: Palestinian Civil Activism in Israel” (SUNY, 2020).

Bryan Dewsbury

Dewsbury has a compelling personal narrative about how he fell in love with teaching and became engaged in research about what he terms “deep teaching.” While his field is biology, his approach to engaging all students applies across disciplines, as demonstrated by the recently published “Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching,” which he co-authored, and his 2020��PLOS ONE paper, “.”

Keynote Address

Dewsbury will give a on Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Commons, 114 Bird Library. In this talk, the role that a liberal, inclusive and equity-minded higher education can play in creating and sustaining a socially just society will be reexamined. The behaviors, attitudes, mindsets and strategies that create classrooms where students are prepared to be active participants in an evolving democracy will be considered. Strategies for participants’ own relearning and consideration will also be discussed.

Faculty Workshop

For faculty interested in experimenting with his approach, Dewsbury will lead a workshop the following day. “” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Lundgren Room, 106 Life Sciences Complex.

About Dewsbury

Bryan Dewsbury is an associate professor of biology at Florida International University where he also is associate director of the STEM Transformation Institute. He is the principal investigator of the Science Education And Society program, where his team conducts research on the social context of education. Dewsbury is a fellow of the John N. Gardner Institute and the RIOS (Racially-Just Inclusive Open Science) Institute.

In addition to co-authoring the book referenced above, Dewsbury is the author of the upcoming book, “What then shall I teach? Rethinking equity in higher education.” He is the founder of the National Science Foundation-funded Deep Teaching Residency, a national workshop aimed at supporting faculty in transforming their classroom to more meaningfully incorporate inclusive practices. Dewsbury conducts faculty development and provides support for institutions interested in transforming their educational practices pertaining to creating inclusive environments and, in this regard, has worked with over 100 institutions across North America, the United Kingdom and West Africa.

Pathways to Deep Learning is a collaboration of the and the as part of the Focus on Teaching and Learning series.

The dialogue will occur at an all-day symposium, “Monumental Concerns.” It is being presented by University artist in residence Carrie Mae Weems H’17 and the University’s Office of Strategic Initiatives in conjunction with the Syracuse University Art Museum.

“Lincoln Memorial, 2015-2016” ©Carrie Mae Weems (Photo courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York)

The symposium will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Watson Theater, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center, 316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse. The symposium is free and open to the public; guests are asked to . Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) will be available both days.

An opening presentation featuring Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman from the For Freedoms Collective will be held Friday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Shaffer Art Building’s Shemin Auditorium. A reception will follow in the , also located in Shaffer Art Building.

The discussion will focus on:

• the role of monuments in contemporary society and their contested histories;
• the pros and cons of monument adjustment, removal or displacement;
• why racial conflicts erupt over the meanings and representations of monuments and how they can be addressed; and
• how the emotional and nationalistic role that monuments often play can be acknowledged, even while advocacy occurs for more inclusive historical framing.

Among the participants will be Weems; Willis Thomas; Gottesman; Paul M. Farber, director of Monument Lab in Philadelphia; Idris Brewster, executive director of Kinfolk and an artist using artificial intelligence to create interventions in public spaces; Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh; and Julie Ehrlich, director of presidential initiatives and chief of staff with the Mellon Foundation.

“The October convening brings together some of the leading thinkers and practitioners around monuments in the United States. In delving into the many histories that these public artworks commemorate, we will be addressing important and timely issues,” says Melissa Yuen, interim chief curator at the Syracuse University Art Museum. “It is our hope that the event will be the first step in helping us to build community and create a sense of belonging across the University in ways that will allow us to have productive conversations about these difficult topics.”

Below, Weems addresses why it is important to have this discussion, and how it can help move us forward.

Update Sept. 7: The concert has been postponed due to artist illness and will be rescheduled for a future date. Ticketholders will receive further information from concert organizers.

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen and his legendary E Street Band will perform on campus for the third time Thursday, making a stop in Syracuse at the JMA Wireless Dome on the second U.S. leg of their marathon 2023 tour. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early to avoid delays at entry and download their tickets to their mobile device prior to entry. Springsteen has no opening act and is anticipated to take the stage promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Those “Born to Run,” “Born in the USA” or who simply want to do “The E Street Shuffle” for a couple of hours are in luck, as tickets are still , starting as low as $51.20 plus fees.

This is the fifth major musical act to perform in the JMA Dome since significant “Phase 1” renovations of the facility were completed in fall 2020. Springsteen follows on the heels of recent performances by Paul McCartney (June 2022), Elton John (September 2022), the Red Hot Chili Peppers (April 2023) and most recently, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe (August 2023).

University Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer Pete Sala is thrilled to welcome an act of this caliber and credits the transformation of the JMA Dome—which continues its second phase through 2024—with being able to draw major acts to come play at Syracuse University.

“This is why Bruce is here,” Sala says of the renovations. “The air conditioning alone is a huge upgrade for these acts, but the overall shape of the facility is just phenomenal. We have a reputation out there in the business for being a really easy venue to work with. We treat people well because we want them to come back.”

For those heading to the show, here is the know-before-you-go information to make your travel and concert experience as smooth as possible.

Concessions/Merchandise

Cash is not accepted at any concession locations, the box office or merchandise stands. Major credit cards, debit cards and mobile payment (Apple Pay, Android Pay and Google Wallet) are accepted. For those who just can’t resist buying a tour poster or T-shirt, there will be an outdoor tent located outside of Gate N prior to the show selling artist merchandise. Once the show begins, additional merch booths will open inside the venue as concourse traffic eases.

Clear Bag Policy

As with all events at the JMA Dome, a clear bag policy will be enforced. Each fan is allowed one clear bag and one small clutch or purse, with exceptions for medically necessary items. Please visit the for additional information. Being aware of the policy ahead of time will help expedite entry into the venue.

Parking

If you are a member of our campus community planning to attend the concert, your existing campus parking pass will be honored in University Avenue Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage, University Avenue North and South lots, and the Irving Avenue Hill lot, as space allows.

All parking is cashless. Customers may pay via credit card (including tap and pay), or through Google Pay or Apple Pay. Have payment ready for the lot attendants, to ensure an efficient flow of traffic.

Pay parking is available at several locations around campus, including:

• Comstock/Colvin Lots: $25 per car, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place
• Skytop Lot: $25 per car, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place
• Drumlins Country Club: $25 per car, includes free shuttle service to and from College Place; Drumlins will provide a light bar tailgate menu beginning on its property at 4 p.m.
• Limited availability in University Avenue Garage and Comstock Avenue Garage: $35 per car, please note that garages close two hours after the event ends
• Accessible parking for those with a nationally-recognized handicap placard or license plate will be available at the Skytop Lot for $25 per car, which includes free shuttle service to and from Gate A of the JMA Wireless Dome

Those who haven’t purchased a parking permit in advance are encouraged to use the Brighton Avenue exit off 1-81 and take Ainsley Drive to the Skytop Lot.

Campus Travel Before and After the Concert

Regular shuttles to South Campus and other campus and Centro shuttles will continue to run during and after the event, though arrivals and departures may be delayed due to the large amount of vehicular traffic in the University area.

Syracuse University’s Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) will make a temporary change to campus traffic patterns following the conclusion of the concert.

As the concert ends, PTS and the Syracuse Police Department will close Comstock Avenue to all traffic except parking shuttles, which will travel between the College Place bus stop, the Colvin Street and Comstock Avenue Lots and the Skytop Lot.

The concert is anticipated to end between 10:20 and 10:50 p.m., and at that time, PTS will direct all traffic away from Comstock Avenue between Waverly Avenue and East Colvin Street. As a significant crowd is expected for the concert, this will allow for the efficient exit and transportation of the concert attendees from the shuttle stop at College Place to their parking lots on South Campus. The road will reopen as soon as the concert shuttles are cleared. More information about parking is available on the .

Be Ready to Rock

When asked what it means to have The Boss return to campus after a 31-year hiatus, Sala says, “I can’t wait. You’re going to see some special stuff and it’s going to be a really good show … They’re going to do some things we’ve never done here before. So the crowd should have a really good time.”

In a panel-style conversation, students will hear from five experts who will share insights and perspectives on success strategies for Chinese international students.

“This is an unparalleled opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals and gain valuable insights from the knowledgeable panelists at our International Networking Summit,” says panelist and Whitman School alumnus Ze Zeng ’22. “This event offers the perfect platform to expand your network and stay on the cutting edge of how to be successful in the states.”

Students can . For more information or to request accommodations, contact Diane Crawford, executive director of institutional culture, Whitman School, at dmcrawfo@syr.edu.

Meet the Panelists

Yi Huang

, Ph.D. candidate in strategic management, Whitman School

Huang’s research focuses on corporate governance and strategic decision-making. A recent paper co-authored by Huang, titled “Curb Your Enthusiasm! Concentrated Institutional Ownership as a Check on CEO Overconfidence,” was presented at the 82nd annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Seattle. The paper emphasizes the importance of concentrated institutional ownership in mitigating managerial overconfidence and reducing acquisition-related agency problems.

Ling Gao LeBeau

, associate director of international student success at the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

LeBeau is a scholar practitioner in the field of international higher education and academic advising with years of experiences in teaching, advising, research and administration. LeBeau has served in various professional roles at five universities. She has served and currently serves on multiple leadership committees of the Association of International Education Administrators, NAFSA: Association of International Educators and the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA), and frequently presents and publishes on issues of international higher education and academic advising. LeBeau is the founder of the International Student Academic Success community for NACADA. She holds a Ph.D. in higher education and a master’s degree in language education from Indiana University Bloomington.

Eunkyu Lee

, professor of marketing and associate dean for global initiatives, Whitman School

Professor Lee is an accomplished professional with a diverse skill set and a focus on marketing management, distribution channel management and marketing strategy. He received an MBA and Ph.D. in marketing at Duke University. Lee served as assistant professor at Seattle University and The University of British Columbia before joining the Whitman School, where he has taught for nearly 30 years.

Yingyi Ma

, director of Asian/Asian American studies, professor of sociology and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Professor Ma is a Public Intellectual Fellow (2019-20) for the National Committee of U.S.-China Relations. She was an inaugural O’Hanley Faculty Scholar (2014-17) at the Maxwell School. Ma, a sociologist of education and migration, obtained a Ph.D. in sociology at Johns Hopkins University in 2007. Her book “Ambitious and Anxious: How Chinese Undergraduates Succeed and Struggle in American Higher Education” (Columbia University Press, 2020) offers a multifaceted analysis of the wave of Chinese college students across American higher education based on research in both Chinese high schools and U.S. institutions.

Ze Zeng

Ze Zeng ’22, Whitman School alumnus and current graduate student at the Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

Zeng currently studies at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business and is an incoming financial advisor for Georgia Financial Advisors. As an undergraduate student at Syracuse, he worked as a resident advisor, teaching assistant, office assistant and co-chair of international student concerns for Student Association. He was the director of a media consulting startup organization, WeMedia Lab, worked as an associate at the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries and completed two internships.

Zeng has been recognized by the D’Aniello scholarship, Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Inclusion scholarship, Whitman Dean’s Inclusive Excellence scholarship and the Orange Circle Award.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had declined a request to hold a moment of silence during the 2012 events to remember the late Israelis. As the athletes marched in, Costas told viewers that IOC President Jacques Rogge had led a moment of silence earlier in the week, before an audience of about 100 people at the athletes village.

“Still, for many, tonight with the world watching is the true time and place to remember those who were lost and how and why they died,” Costas said. After a brief pause, NBC cut to a commercial.

Talev (left), director of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship, helped moderate and participated in a panel discussion, “The Intersection of Entertainment and Democracy: Are We the Problem or the Solution?”

Costas shared the anecdote during a recent panel discussion held at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California, celebrating the launch of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship. Costas, who attended the S.I.��Newhouse School of Public Communications before launching his storied career and was awarded an honorary degree in 2015, was among the special guests who took part in the discussion, titled, “The Intersection of Entertainment and Democracy: Are We the Problem or the Solution?”

The event was held in the Los Angeles area, where the University boasts a thriving alumni population and academic programming, including . While it will be based roughly 2,700 miles away—in Washington, D.C.—the institute will address issues of pressing national relevance such as threats to the media and democracy, and the fight against disinformation. Announced in the summer of 2022, it is a partnership of and the .

“With the launch of the new institute and with the combined strength of the Maxwell and Newhouse schools, the University will play a vital role in leading dialogs that bring people together, helping to bridge the differences and divide seen and experienced in our country today,” Newhouse Dean told the panel audience of mostly alumni and friends of the University. “And while the institute will be based in Washington, D.C., I hope you can see that its work and impact will have a national, broad reach involving faculty and students and research and teaching, convenings like this and experiential learning opportunities.”

In addition to Costas, panelists included another alum—Danielle Nottingham ’99, co-host of NBC’s “California Live;” CNN correspondent David Culver; and, from the University, Lodato, and . Talev is the institute’s recently named Kramer Director, while Van Slyke is dean of the Maxwell School.

From left to right: Lodato, Talev, Costas, Nottingham, Culver, Jones and Van Slyke

Author, lawyer and CNN host Van Jones provided opening remarks focused on the virtues of listening, engaging others who have different perspectives and finding common ground.

The conversation explored the topics that give rise to the need for the institute—political polarization, mistrust in institutions including the media, and the role of entertainment news, disinformation and higher education.

Costas, who has been honored with 28 Emmy Awards, called 12 Olympics and covered multiple World Series, Super Bowls and NBA finals, explored the intersection of sports reporting and current events. In addition to his experience with the 2012 Olympics, he shared more recent occasions when he has taken time during his sports broadcasts to discuss current events and what some might view as thorny issues.

For instance, during a playoff game this past fall, he spent nearly a minute talking about the rationale behind the Cleveland Guardians’ name change from the Indians. And, during Sunday Night Football, Costas has spoken about the prevalence of brain trauma to athletes.

Of the latter, he said, “When I used that two minutes a handful of times to talk about the fact that football is as directly connected to brain trauma as smoking is to lung cancer, that got me on the wrong side of a lot of people: The NFL, my own network and people that just don’t want to hear it because they love football, you know?”

Costas said that while people turn to sports for entertainment—“to get away”—it can also be “the best place to make a good point to the largest possible audience if you do it concisely and at the right time.”

Jones (left) and Costas

Talev, a veteran journalist who served as managing editor for politics at Axios and was a CNN political analyst before joining the University this past summer, talked about the erosion of trust in institutions such as the military, the supreme court and higher education. Adding to that, she said, “Technology is giving us more opportunities to choose your own adventure and tune out the stuff you don’t want to hear.”

She asked Van Slyke to reflect on how that has impacted teaching at the University.

Van Slyke described a game he plays with students at the start of a semester: He asks them at first what they read in the morning—a question that often draws “furrowed brows” since most admittedly are reading their cell phones. Then he asks innocuous questions such as, how many are first-generation students, how many are from military families, how many are Yankees fans.

“When you go through this a little bit, all of a sudden you start to see people looking at one another, because what you’ve taken away is party identification,” he said. In the absence of that, it’s easier to find common ground, to have discourse.

Van Slyke shared that he and colleagues are challenged by the notion of evidence, given the current polarized climate in which people cite the sources that share in their beliefs, often at the expense of factual, credible information.

“We’ve lost any confidence in what evidence actually means,” he said, adding that he challenges students to consider things such as: “What are the facts? How did you collect the facts? Where did the facts come from? What did the data look like?”

During the hourlong conversation, panelists also talked about how to reach Gen Z—those born from the mid-1990s to the early 2010s. Nottingham shared how she felt compelled to join social media channels like Instagram, where she didn’t at first feel comfortable, to better connect with the demographic.

“I think that when we talk about dialog and how we move forward, and all these things, we have to look to the younger generations,” said Nottingham, a graduate of the . “They don’t see the world the way we see the world.”

Van Slyke later told Nottingham that while she may have joined with some trepidation, “the good news is other people are going to find you and they’re going to tag that with some legitimacy.”

He added that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ’80—a Maxwell alumna—recently shared a $1 billion plan to overhaul the state’s continuum of mental health care. He said he was pleased to see students take to Instagram on the issue, some sharing 40-year-old stories about the former network of institutions where the mentally ill were housed and often mistreated.

“The process is very different” for them getting the information, he added.

As the event came to a close, Costas noted the contrast in how NBC supported fellow Syracuse alumnus Mike Tirico ’88 to cover the 2022 Olympics, a decade after him. Tirico—a graduate of the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences as well as Newhouse—infused his reports with well-researched background and guest experts who spoke about the intense global scrutiny to the host country, largely for the mistreatment of ethnic minorities.

“You know, they laid it out. …They did something credibly,” he said. “They did it at the beginning. And then they got out of the way for the most part and let the competition play out. They did a very journalistically responsible thing.”

This evening, the JMA Wireless Dome will host the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with the concert scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. A large crowd is expected, and guests have been advised to arrive and park early to avoid delays.

In an effort to ease congestion, we ask that anyone who parks a vehicle on campus consider departing from their usual on-campus parking lots no later than 3 p.m. to avoid getting tied up in traffic.

If you are able to depart early and finish your work day at home, we’d appreciate you doing so. If you have any questions about your specific situation, please contact your supervisor at your earliest convenience.

If you are a member of our campus community planning to attend the concert, your existing parking pass will be honored in University Avenue Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage, University Avenue North and South lots, and the Irving Avenue Hill lot, as space allows.

Comstock Avenue to Close Temporarily This Evening

At the conclusion of the concert, those on and around campus should be aware of a temporary change to traffic patterns on Comstock Avenue. As the concert ends, the University’s Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) team and the Syracuse Police Department will close Comstock Avenue to all traffic except concert parking shuttles, which will travel between the College Place bus stop, the Colvin Street and Comstock Avenue lots, and the Skytop lot.

The concert is anticipated to end between 10:15 and 10:30 p.m., and at that time, PTS will direct all traffic away from Comstock Avenue between Waverly Avenue and East Colvin Street. This will allow for the efficient exit and transportation of the crowd from the shuttle stop at College Place to parking lots on South Campus.

The road will reopen as soon as the concert shuttles are cleared. Regular shuttles to South Campus and other campus shuttles will continue to run during and after the event, though arrivals and departures may be delayed due to the large amount of vehicular traffic in the University area.

Thank you for your flexibility, patience and understanding. More information about parking for upcoming events is available via �����鶹��Ʒ or the .

Sincerely,

Andrew R. Gordon
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer

Pete Sala
Vice President and Chief Campus Facilities Officer

Demonstrating its across the nation and making good on its promise to be the , Syracuse University will co-host a first-of-its-kind summit addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing veterans and the long-term sustainability of an all-volunteer armed services.

Hosted collaboratively by Syracuse and the University of Tennessee, the summit is being held during the 50th anniversary of the end of the military draft and the birth of America’s all-volunteer force—and at a time when both the military and higher education face significant challenges, including recruitment and enrollment, respectively.

The summit, titled “The All-Volunteer Force at 50: Higher Education and America’s Volunteer Military,” will be held Wednesday, April 19, and Thursday, April 20, at the , home to the (IVMF) and the (OVMA).

The two universities, both leaders on issues impacting military-connected students, will welcome more than two dozen collegiate presidents and chancellors, as well as senior government leaders and private sector partners, to campus to discuss how institutions of higher education and government can enhance collaboration and introduce innovative partnerships positioned to bolster access to in-service and post-service educational opportunities for military-connected learners.

“Syracuse University’s commitment to veterans, military-connected students and their families has long been woven into the fabric of this institution,” says Chancellor Kent Syverud. “That commitment dates back as far as World War I in the early years of ROTC programs, and continued in 1944 when former Chancellor William Tolley assisted with drafting the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, now known as the G.I. Bill, This summit as an extension of this commitment, and an opportunity to work with our peer institutions to find solutions to the challenges ahead. Our goal must always be to create and empower and ensure opportunities for the military community.”

Highlights of the summit will be keynote addresses delivered by several renowned military and military-connected leaders, including award-winning journalist, director and best-selling author Sebastian Junger and senior officials from the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.

The summit will also offer facilitated breakout discussions around such themes as building a continuum of human capital, empowering military-connected populations in higher education, and the workforce of the future.

Thursday’s session will begin with a fireside chat, “All-Volunteer Force at 50: Past, Present and Future,” featuring , University Professor and Phanstiel Chair in Leadership in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and Bernard D. Rostker G’66, G’70, senior fellow with the RAND Corporation. Additional discussion topics include the implications of the impending ‘’ on both the volunteer military and higher education and also a conversation focused on the role of education in preparing individuals and communities for the workforce of the future.

The April 19-20 convening will set the conditions for actionable next steps and subsequent engagement between higher education and the federal government, positioned to advance educational opportunities for veterans and military-connected students.

“We are at a moment in our nation’s history when both colleges and universities, as well as the American’s volunteer military force, shared challenges,” says Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation J. Michael Haynie, founder and executive director of the IVMF, who wrote on this topic in a . “It is imperative to have thoughtful dialogue about what’s at stake so that we can begin to identify real solutions that will collectively benefit the next generation of Americans motivated to both learn and serve; institutions of higher learning; and the safety and security of our nation.”

Under Chancellor Syverud, veteran and military-connected enrollment has increased at Syracuse University over 500% since 2014. The IVMF, which has served over 192,000 service members, veterans and military family members worldwide since its founding in 2011, includes a , a trusted national resource working to advance the policy and practice of supporting veterans and their families.

Additionally, the University’s OVMA is home to one of the longest-running Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs in the nation, the Office of Veteran Success and other support programs for veterans.

About Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private research university that advances knowledge across disciplines to drive breakthrough discoveries and breakout leadership. Our collection of 13 schools and colleges with over 200 customizable majors close the gap between education and action, so students can take on the world. In and beyond the classroom, we connect people, perspectives and practices to solve interconnected challenges with interdisciplinary approaches. Together, we’re a powerful community that moves ideas, individuals and impact beyond what’s possible.

Monster Jam: With Monster Jam taking over the JMA Wireless Dome, parking changes are set to be in effect on Saturday, April 8. All campus parking lots will be restricted to Dome event permits, so if you need to park for academic reasons, Syracuse University parking permits will be honored at the University Avenue Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage, and Harrison lot. For the event itself, your Syracuse University permit will be honored in the Comstock lot, Colvin lot and Skytop lot.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Concert: If you’re planning on attending the Friday, April 14 concert, please be aware that all campus lots will be restricted, and valid Syracuse University permits will only be honored at University Garage, Comstock Avenue Garage and Skytop lot. If you need to be on campus for academic reasons and are arriving after 2 p.m., please use the University Avenue or Comstock Avenue garages.

Block Party: For Block Party on Friday, April 28, the Quad lot will be closed to all Quad permit holders, with limited space available for those with accessible parking permits. Quad permits will be honored in the other campus lots on a space-available basis. The blue and orange shuttles will continue their route to the Quad lot.

Commencement Weekend: Lastly, for Commencement on May 13-14, please note that on Saturday, May 13, home lot parking permits for the Quad, Lyman-Hinds lot, Carnegie and Barnes will only be honored on a space-available basis due to Convocation activities. For Commencement on Sunday, May 14, parking lots will be restricted to special event passes until 1 p.m. Restricted parking locations include the Quad, Lyman-Hinds, Carnegie, Barnes Arch lot, Irving garage, Women’s North and Hillside. If you have a “home lot” permit for these locations and need to park on Sunday, parking is available on a space-available basis at University Avenue Garage, Comstock Garage, University North, University South and Harrison lot. The Comstock and Colvin lots, along with West campus parking locations, will not be restricted.

Through Easter, Passover, Ramadan, Ram Navami and more, all students, faculty and staff are invited to learn of these opportunities and support Syracuse University’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

The following is a summary of upcoming opportunities. Visit the for a full listing of Hendricks Chapel programs and services.

Baptist Chaplaincy

• April 7: Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)
• April 9:��Easter
  11 a.m.-Easter Sunday Service (Hendricks Chapel)
  12:15-1:30 p.m.-Easter lunch

Buddhist Chaplaincy

• April 15: Buddha’s Birthday
  6 p.m.-Celebrate the Buddha’s birthday! Contact JoAnn Cooke for more information at jmcooke@syr.edu

Catholic Chaplaincy/SU Catholic Center

• April 6: Holy Thursday
  7 p.m.-Mass of the Lord’s Supper (includes washing of the feet) followed by dinner available until 9 p.m. (Catholic Center)-Eucharistic Adoration**
• April 7: Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)
  3 p.m.-Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (Catholic Center)
  4:30 p.m.-Stations of the Cross (Catholic Center)
• April 8: Holy Saturday
  7:30 p.m.-Easter Vigil Mass (Catholic Center); includes baptisms, first communions, confirmations and renewal of baptismal promises
• April 9: Easter Sunday
  10:30 a.m.-Easter Sunday Mass (Catholic Center)
  1 p.m.-Easter Sunday Mass** (Hendricks Chapel)

**Mass is live-streamed on the SU Catholic Center YouTube page,��and will be posted to its Facebook page��at the conclusion of Mass.

For additional information, or to request accommodations, contact Campus Minister Danielle Drop at dadrop@syr.edu��or 315.443.2651.

Evangelical Chaplaincy

• April 6 : Maundy Thursday
  Noon-1:15 p.m.-Friendship Luncheon; includes chat about the significance of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday (Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel)
  Noon-Foot Washing (example) before the Friendship Luncheon, jointly sponsored by the Evangelical Chaplaincy and Lutheran Campus Ministry
• April 7 : Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)

Hindu Chaplaincy

• April 7: Ram Navami Pooja and Welcome to Hindu Chaplain, Sanjay Mathur
  4-5:30 p.m.- (Hendricks Chapel)
  5:30-6:30 p.m.- (Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel)

Historically Black Church Chaplaincy

• April 7 : Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)

Jewish Chaplaincy/Syracuse Hillel

• April 5: First Night Seder
  6 p.m. (Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center)
  
• April 6: Second Night Seders
  6 p.m. (Syracuse Hillel, Winnick Center for Jewish Life)
  
  • Inclusive Multicultural Passover Seder
    Experience Passover with Syracuse Hillel, Jewish and non-Jewish peers from diverse backgrounds for a Passover seder with special attention to social justice themes.
  • Pajama and Coloring Passover Seder
    Come in pajamas for a comfy, fun-filled seder that will channel your inner child. (Think make-your-own puppets, color and sing with guitar).
  • Host Your Own Seder
    Syracuse Hillel will support you to host your own with a per-person reimbursement once you send us pictures!
• April 6-13: Kosher for Passover Meals
  Syracuse Hillel will offer two K-for-P meals per day throughout the holiday (Winnick Center for Jewish Life)
  Lunch:��11 a.m.-2 p.m.; no RSVP needed!
  Dinner:��4-7 p.m.; no RSVP needed!
• April 10: Special Mid-Week Passover Meal
  5:30-7 p.m.; no RSVP needed!

For additional information, or to request accommodations, contact Rabbi Ethan Bair at etbair@syr.edu��or��617.676.7997.

Lutheran Campus Ministry

• April 6: Maundy Thursday
  Noon-1:15 p.m.-Friendship Luncheon; includes chat about the significance of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday (Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel)
  Noon-Foot Washing (example) before the Friendship Luncheon, jointly sponsored by the Evangelical Chaplaincy and Lutheran Campus Ministry
  7 p.m.-Remembrance of the Last Supper; celebrate Jesus’ Call to Service and share a meal like the dinner He ate with His disciples (Koinonia House at the Parsonage, 100 Berkeley Drive)
• April 7: Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)
• April 9: Easter Sunday
  5:30 p.m.-“ALLELUIA Christ is Risen!”; join to celebrate new life in Christ at worship (Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel)
  7 p.m.-Easter feast; dinner reservations requested to help with planning, please email griina@syr.edu

For additional information, or to request accommodations, contact Rev. Gail Riina at .

Muslim Chaplaincy

Ramadan began at sunset on Wednesday, March 22. The first full day of fasting was Thursday, March 23, and there are 29 fasting days this year.

Iftars will take place in Hendricks Chapel’s Noble Room on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings during the holiday.

• April 4:
  7 p.m.-All are welcome; ! (Goldstein Auditorium)
• April 21: Eid al-Fitr
  9-10 a.m.-Celebrate with a service followed by an Eid brunch (Noble Room, Hendricks Chapel)

For additional information, or to request accommodations, contact Imam Amir Duric at .

United Methodist Ecumenical Campus Ministry

• April 7: Good Friday
  11:30 a.m.-; Christian chaplains will be offering blessings at this service (Hendricks Chapel)

With efforts led by the Black History Month Planning Committee and coordination by Multicultural Affairs, the monthlong celebration highlighted Black history, culture and rich traditions in alignment with this year’s theme of “Black Resistance: Building Bridges and Navigating Barriers.”

These photos capture highlights from several of the signature events planned. Thanks to all who participated!

State of the Black Hair Experience

Black History Month Kickoff Celebration

Annual Basketball Classic

Black and Brown Informational Fair

Trap N Paint

Black History Month Kickoff Celebration

Annual Basketball Classic

Black History Month Kickoff Celebration

State of the Black Hair Experience

Trap N Paint

Black and Brown Informational Fair

State of the Black Hair Experience

Annual Basketball Classic

Black History Month Kickoff Celebration

Black and Brown Informational Fair

(Photos by Scarlett Benson ’23, Jeremy Brinn, Qianzhen Li ’25, Emily McNeill ’23 and Angela Ryan)

WSYR-TV news reporter Iris St. Meran will emcee Sunday’s 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

“Iris St. Meran is a respected journalist, trusted community member, inspirational storyteller and thought leader,” says , dean of Hendricks Chapel. “As we prepare for our first in-person MLK Celebration since January of 2020, Iris St. Meran is the right person for this important time, and I am excited that she accepted the invitation to participate.”

The featured speaker at this year’s celebration is Rev. Phil Turner, pastor of Bethany Baptist Church. Turner’s theme is “Civil Rights and the City of Syracuse.”

The University’s celebration is the largest of its kind on any college campus, featuring performances, dinner, and the presentation of the Unsung Hero Awards.�� is free and open to all members of the University community.

As the University prepares to honor the message, mission and legacy of Dr. King during the 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 22, in the JMA Wireless Dome—the largest of its kind on any college campus—the celebration’s featured speaker, Reverend Phil Turner of Bethany Baptist Church in Syracuse, has spent countless hours researching Dr. King’s visits to Syracuse.

This year’s theme is “Civil Rights and the City of Syracuse,” and in devising his remarks, Turner has turned to the past, relying on the lessons and morals preached by King to Syracuse’s students and faculty during trips to Syracuse in the summers of 1961 and 1965 for inspiration.

“When Dr. King spoke, his words were so piercing because they came from truth, his inner light and compassion,” says Rev. Turner. “I want to communicate to the audience that there’s still hope for that unified American society that Dr. King spoke of. In America, our fixation on race, on power and on money causes us to miss the fact that what has always made America great, that which made our country what it is in the world, is its diverse population. That’s what caused America to stand out.”

Reverend Phil Turner, featured speaker at the 38th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Sunday, Jan. 22 (Photo by Amelia Beamish)

It’s a welcome task for Turner, who while remaining humble is proud to boast several similarities to Dr. King. Both men played instrumental roles in their church and in their communities. Both men share a birthday (April 15). Both men were passionate about lifting up their fellow Americans. And Turner was born in the same city (Memphis, Tennessee) where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

Dr. King first spoke on campus during a Summer Sessions Banquet lecture titled “Facing the Challenge of a New World,” in July of 1961 at Sadler Hall. Dr. King delved into the ideals America was built upon, and how the country was not doing its part to live up to the lofty standard it claimed to hold itself to.

There are tremendous similarities between this speech and Dr. King’s iconic “I have a Dream” speech, delivered in Washington, D.C., in 1963, including King telling the Syracuse audience “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice,” before introducing a central theme that would gain worldwide notoriety two years later, dreaming of a day when the vast potential of the American dream could be fulfilled for all its citizens:

Professor Charles Willie, left, with Martin Luther King Jr. during Dr. King’s visit to Syracuse University in the summer of 1965

“This will be the day when all of God’s children, black and white … (Christians), Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics …. will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty: We are free at last,” Dr. King told the audience.

Four summers later, Dr. King returned to campus for a second Summer Sessions Banquet lecture, “The Time is Always Right to Do Right,” inside the old dining hall inside Sims Hall.

Dr. King explored the destructive impact of segregation in northern cities such as Syracuse, lamenting how future generations of Black children would suffer as a result of the harmful ramifications of these policies, combined with the “utterly low quality of education” in the country. [].

These speeches play a vital role in the history of the City of Syracuse and serve as a stark reminder of how long the University has embraced the ideals preached by Dr. King, and how far the country still has to go to achieve King’s ultimate vision, according to Turner.

A Friend of the Underdog

Growing up in the Jim Crow south, Turner considered himself a “friend of the underdog,” oftentimes sticking up for children who were picked on by schoolyard bullies.

“I’ve always been in my natural element when I was striving for justice and equality, even as a child. I’ve always been disturbed when I see someone else getting treated unfairly. That’s an area of passion for me, the concern for equality and for human life, regardless of who the person is. As we see the divides that plague our country, I am inspired by the great commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. That is the answer to our dividedness, but to be the agent of change requires courage,” Turner says.

Turner vividly remembers an intense sense of patriotism when he and his classmates would sing songs like “America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee),” “God Bless America” and the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

That love for country dissipated after Turner witnessed acts of overt racism against Black people in Memphis, and further deepened when his family moved to Buffalo, New York, where the racist behavior transitioned from overt to covert hatred and discrimination. He became disillusioned over the realization that the principles this country was founded upon varied greatly based on one’s skin color.

While Turner admits coming to terms with that hypocrisy was difficult, it also sparked a lifelong passion: He dedicated himself to a life of service as a religious leader.

“What has given me a sense of purpose in my ministry is, instead of having my ability to love be depleted in the face of all this contention, anger and hatred in the world, my ministry has increased my ability to love and respect my fellow Americans above the hatred that exists,” Turner says.

Motivating People to Become Agents of Change

Since being elected as the 12th pastor of Bethany Baptist Church on Feb. 19, 2007, Turner has fought to expand his congregation’s impact through membership growth, facility renovations, increased access to transportation services and improved engagement with civic organizations and community organizers.

Turner led the development of a radio ministry, tutoring program and an annual festival that highlights African American heritage. Bethany Baptist Church also partners with the Syracuse City School District, sponsors clothing giveaways, and hosts numerous local and regional events.

Relying on Dr. King’s previous appearances on campus, Turner plans to deliver a message worthy of Dr. King’s vision, using his platform to motivate and inspire the MLK Celebration crowd.

“Hopefully, people will leave this celebration equipped with something that will help them become an agent of change in their communities, to move this world toward a place we want to live in, setting up our children and our descendants for a better world, the one Dr. King dreamed of.”

Tickets for the annual MLK Celebration dinner and program��.

From workshops, lacrosse demonstrations, ceremonies and speakers, there is an array of to celebrate, honor and raise awareness about Indigenous history, identities and traditions. It is also a time to renew commitments and educate the public about the challenges Native people have faced and how to conquer these challenges.

“For this year’s Native Heritage Month, we wanted to showcase the beauty and resiliency amongst Indigenous communities by having different workshops, discussions and films being shown on campus and in the surrounding community. We wanted to show the campus community that we are still here and thriving,” says Bailey Tlachac, program coordinator of the Native Student Program in Multicultural Affairs. “The campus community can expect an informational speaker series with Turtle Clan Mother Whatwehni:neh Freida Jacques, a history of lacrosse��and demonstration with Syracuse University Ombudsman Neal Powless and the Club Lacrosse team, and a closing social dance at the Skybarn on South Campus, among many other events, to celebrate Native Heritage Month!”

The month began with a discussion on , which focused on the injustices Indigenous people have faced and currently face. The month continues with the, a two-day event that teaches participants how to make a contemporary ribbon skirt. The workshop is led by Deb Stalk (Mohawk), a sewer for over 40 years. No experience is needed and each participant will receive a kit with all necessary materials. Registration is required, as well as a commitment to both days.

The month will also include a , host of , to discuss the history of the Native food system and how traditional foods aid emotional, physical and spiritual health. Other highlights during the month include an opportunity to hear from and participate in a , , of a short film by Terry Jones ’16, , , and the .

The month will close with a on Nov. 30. Visit the for a complete listing of events, details and registration information.

Everyone is encouraged to join the Native Heritage Month celebration and share photos or videos using #cuseNHM on your favorite social media platform.

For more information regarding Native Heritage Month or to request accommodations, email Tlachac or call 315.443.0258.

Story by Tessa Hodinger G’23, graduate assistant in Student Experience Communications

Ed Kashi “Uchapalli, India,” 2016 (Courtesy of the artist)

Featuring 15 photographs recently gifted to the museum by the artist, this exhibition considers Kashi’s practice of what he terms “advocacy journalism”. It highlights three projects, ranging in subjects from aging in America, to oil in the Niger Delta, to the global epidemic of chronic kidney disease. In each of these bodies of work, Kashi depicts individuals with great sensitivity and compassion. Through his creative framing and compelling method of visual storytelling, Kashi seeks to instill a sense of hope in the viewer.

Organized by museum interim chief curator Melissa Yuen, the special weeklong exhibition will be accompanied by programming, including a teaching workshop and a lunchtime lecture, both with the artist, in the pop-up exhibition space. All programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required for the teaching workshop and information is available on the .
This exhibition and related programs are organized in conjunction with the Newhouse School’s 2022 Alexia Fall Workshop and is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Engagement, Newhouse School of Public Communications and Light Work, and supported in part by the Robert B. Menschel ’51, H’91 Photography Fund.

About the Artist

Ed Kashi is a renowned photojournalist, filmmaker, speaker and educator who has been making images and telling stories for 40 years. His restless creativity has continually placed him at the forefront of new approaches to visual storytelling. Dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times, a sensitive eye and an intimate and compassionate relationship to his subjects are signatures of his intense and unsparing work. As a member of VII Photo Agency, Kashi has been recognized for his complex imagery and its compelling rendering of the human condition.

Kashi’s innovative approach to photography and filmmaking has produced a number of influential short films and earned recognition by the POYi Awards as 2015’s Multimedia Photographer of the Year. Kashi’s embrace of technology has led to creative social media projects for clients including National Geographic, The New Yorker and MSNBC. From implementing a unique approach to photography and filmmaking in his 2006 Iraqi Kurdistan Flipbook, to paradigm shifting coverage of Hurricane Sandy for TIME in 2012, Kashi continues to create compelling imagery and engage with the world in new ways.

Along with numerous awards from World Press Photo, POYi, CommArts and American Photography, Kashi’s images have been published and exhibited worldwide. His editorial assignments and personal projects have generated eleven books. In 2002, Kashi, in partnership with his wife, writer and filmmaker Julie Winokur, founded Talking Eyes Media. The nonprofit company has produced numerous award-winning short films, exhibits, books and multimedia pieces that explore significant social issues.

Special Events

Teaching Workshop
Oct. 24, 2-4 p.m.
Co-taught by Ed Kashi and Kate Holohan, curator of education and academic outreach, this workshop will provide Syracuse University faculty and graduate students with key information and pedagogical tools that will help them to teach with Kashi’s work as well as with related objects in the Museum’s collection. .

Lunchtime Lecture: Ed Kashi ’79
Oct. 25, 12:15-1 p.m.
Hear Kashi speak about his work. Space is limited to 25 people, first come, first served.��

Members of the media, please contact Emily Dittman, associate director of Syracuse University Art Museum, at ekdittma@syr.edu, for more information or to schedule a tour.

Leadership experts Amy P. Kelly (left) and Jack Slavinski will facilitate the Resilient Leadership and Change program on campus beginning this month.

The Resilient Leadership and Change program is designed to help participants cultivate positive mindset practices, strengthen emotional intelligence and communicate with agility. With input from members of the Women in Leadership Steering Committee, leadership experts, and customized a four-part workshop to engage and support Syracuse University faculty and staff. The session topics are as follows:

• Session 1: Cultivating Positive Mindset Practices
• Session 2: Strengthening Emotional Intelligence and Resiliency
• Session 3: Communicating With Agility
• Session 4: Creating Your Change Journey

This series is built to be taught as a system, with the training content layered and reinforced through each two-hour virtual session. Those interested in attending are asked to . Registrants will be contacted as dates are finalized. Please contact womeninleadership@syr.edu with any questions.

To learn more about the Syracuse University Women in Leadership Initiative visit .

Steering Committee members are Sue Ballard, vice president for alumni engagement; Candace Campbell Jackson, senior vice president and chief of staff to the Chancellor and chair of the Women in Leadership Steering Committee; Susan Cornelius Edson, executive senior associate athletics director/communications; Elisa Dekaney, associate dean for research, graduate studies and internationalization and professor of music education; Meghan Florkowski, director, WISE Women’s Business Center; Marie Garland, assistant provost for faculty affairs; Pam Gavenda, associate director, organizational development and training, Office of Human Resources; Catherine Gerard, associate director of executive education programs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; Marcelle Haddix, associate provost for strategic initiatives; Cydney Johnson, vice president of community engagement and government relations; Beth Myers, executive director, Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education and professor of inclusive education; Tina Nabatchi, director, Program for Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration and professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School; Dara J. Royer, senior vice president and chief marketing officer; Stephanie Salanger, director of communications, Institute for Veterans and Military Families; Sarah E. Scalese, senior associate vice president for communications; Michele Wheatly, special advisor to the Chancellor and professor of biology; and Jamie Winders, associate provost for faculty affairs.

From COVID-19’s transformative impact on people’s daily lives to the global reckoning against histories of colonialism and racism, norms are constantly evolving. The Syracuse University Humanities Center’s yearlong , entitled Conventions, explores the ever-changing political, social and cultural currents through a series of lectures, workshops, performances, exhibits, films, readings and more.

The Symposium’s theme, chosen by the��, features events intended to inspire critical thinking and encourage ethically based action through a humanistic lens.

According to Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and the Central New York Humanities Corridor, this spring’s events will help attendees confront and rework powerful norms and expectations that shape people’s lives and imaginations. “We hope the spring Symposium programming provokes open-ended thinking about what conventions we have come to accept, in our collective and personal lives,” says May.��Below is a selection of upcoming Symposium events.

Supporting Urban Communities During COVID

Community-based programs play a critical role in convening and forging solidarity among vulnerable urban communities.��, a program of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been a space devoted to cultural and community exchange, bridging the Hispanic communities of Syracuse University and Central New York for 10 years. But according to Tere Paniagua, executive director of La Casita and of the Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community at Syracuse University, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting isolation severed bonds developed through community-engaged programs at La Casita and similar organizations.

Zach Pearson (left), M.S.W. candidate in the Falk College’s School of Social Work, leads an open dialogue about mindfulness with teens enrolled in ECHOES, a program focused on drama, acting and self-expression.

“The fracture in our system seems to have deepened, disconnecting people from each other and disengaging communities from service agencies, youth programs and other resources available at no cost to residents,” says Paniagua. “The strategies that worked well to build community connections in the past are not as effective now.”

In response, La Casita is hosting —an open, candid dialogue among community organizers, artists, scholars, educators and students about how to address these fractures in Syracuse-area urban communities. They will discuss challenges that can hinder community support and the need to reassess traditional ways of engaging. The event is Feb. 24 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and will be held in person at La Casita, located at 109 Otisco St. in Syracuse, and will also be available virtually, .

The panelists will reflect on the experiences, inadequacies and successes of various community engagement initiatives as programs reopened to the public following the COVID-19 shutdown.

“The present circumstances within urban communities living in poverty demand more from agencies established to engage and serve,” says Paniagua. “The panel will consider social and cultural elements; the pandemic-related ruptures that have underscored disparity and inequity; and what changes are needed to achieve positive results.”

The event will be moderated by Paniagua, and panelists include:

• Bea Gonzalez, community organizer and the University’s former vice president for community engagement
• Fanny Villarreal, executive director, YWCA
• Elisa Morales, executive director, Spanish Action League
• Maria Emma Ticio, associate professor and chair, Spanish and linguistics
• Brice Nordquist, Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement
• Zachary Pearson, M.S.W. candidate, School of Social Work
• Lizmarie Montemayor, engaged humanities undergraduate research assistant
• Zakery Munoz, Ph.D. candidate, writing and rhetoric

Conventions of Care

Narratio Fellows at the summer workshop (Photo by Edward Grattan)

Since 2019, the�� has been inspiring Syracuse-area former refugee youth to share their stories in a way that is authentic and meaningful to them. The fellowship launches each summer with a monthlong intensive workshop where Fellows learn how to use artistic expression as a storytelling method. They work with artists-in-residence to explore and represent a full range of their own histories and experiences through different creative mediums.

With the 2021-22 cohort marking Narratio’s largest class to date, this year’s fellowship included two groups: A poetry cohort, led by Somali-American writer and community organizer Khadija Mohamed, herself a��, and a photography cohort led by Columbian-American photographer and filmmaker Stefano Castro in collaboration with�������Ի���National Geographic photographers Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing, who is also a professor at the Newhouse School.

Fellows will present their original poetry and photography at an exhibition titled “” on May 5 at La Casita. The exhibition will be connected to La Casita’s spring showcase celebrating youth art in Syracuse.

In alignment with the University’s Black History Month programming, as well as the national theme of “Black Health and Wellness” for Black History Month, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has partnered with the Barnes Center at The Arch to present the Black Health and Wellness Expo:

For more information about the Black History Month celebration, complete event details and additional events, visit the .

The campus will celebrate Black History Month with a variety of events and speakers. Presenters include, clockwise from top left, Melody M. Brown G’17; Emmanuel Hudson; Reighan Alston ’19; Shyla Powell and Jaleel Campbell.

As the month of February begins, the campus community is invited to celebrate Black History Month. The Black History Month planning committee, comprising students, faculty and staff, and led by Multicultural Affairs, Barnes Center at The Arch, Student Activities and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, have planned a centered on the theme of “Black Health and Wellness,” the national theme for Black History Month.

The month kicks off with a two-part opening celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Schine Student Center atrium will feature a from noon-2 p.m., and from 7-9 p.m., a featuring student groups and performers will take place in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. Emmanuel Hudson, TV personality and comedian featured on “Wild ’N Out,” will emcee.

“As we honor Black History Month, the planning committee has organized a robust calendar of events that focus on the multifaceted components of wellness. From creative expression, to recreational activities, to mental health, the schedule encourages our campus community to reflect, celebrate, connect and practice self-care. I encourage all students, faculty and staff to get involved throughout the month,” says Cerri Banks, vice president and deputy to the senior vice president.

Some additional events scheduled during the month include:

• “State of the Black…” Series featuring sessions focused on creative work, professional experiences and hair experience, including one event with local artist and Black Artist Collective founder Jaleel Campbell
  

  London Hill and Alexis James

• A weeklong Black Health and Wellness Expo, including a MOVE-IT Workout with group fitness instructor Reighan Alston ’19; an event with Barnes Center therapists London Hill, Alexis James and Shyla Powell on Supporting Black Mental Health Through Self Care; and a session with Karina Anderson, assistant director of the financial literature program in the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs, on The Challenge of Debt for Black Students and How to Manage It

• Karina Anderson

New this year, the committee has also organized a recognition to share appreciation with faculty and staff who identify as Black/African American and have made significant contributions to campuswide diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility work and to the betterment of the Black/African American community.

Campus community members may now until Feb. 18. Roses will be presented at the Celebrating Black Excellence Ceremony on Feb. 25.

For more information about the Black History Month celebration, complete event details and additional events, visit the .

This weekend marks another busy and exciting time on campus as we welcome parents and families for Family Weekend 2021. If you will be on campus, I hope you will partake in the many . For those who can’t attend in person, this is a good reminder to check in with your family and friends─schedule a call, participate in one of our virtual Family Weekend programs or plan a virtual game night or watch party together.

Before we look ahead to the many events and activities this weekend, today is our day to . You can stop by Schine Student Center and the Quad for swag giveaways, food and fun, and to learn more about Syracuse University’s annual day of giving. Hendricks Chapel is leading an exciting student organization challenge that could mean $5,000 for student organizations that rally the most supporters, too!

Weekend Activities Oct. 7-10 and Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Oct. 11

Below is a sampling of activities scheduled, spanning recreation, wellness, movies, discussions and much more. Please visit the for a complete list of events.

Following this weekend’s activities, I also encourage you to engage and explore the activities scheduled for on Monday, Oct. 11, including the hosted by the Native Student Program and Indigenous Students at Syracuse.

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Stay safe and well this weekend. And don’t forget to make your appointment for a flu shot this month!

Best,

Robert D. Hradsky, Ed.D.
Vice President for the Student Experience and Dean of Students

With the start of October this weekend, the fall season will be in full swing in Syracuse. I hope you have enjoyed participating in the many activities and opportunities offered on and off campus so far, and will continue to stay engaged and active even as we head into chillier weather.

As always, I encourage you to check the , and for ongoing opportunities to engage, connect, stay active and recharge during the week and each weekend. Below are just some of the opportunities available this weekend.

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Have a great weekend!

Robert D. Hradsky, Ed.D.
Vice President for the Student Experience and Dean of Students

“The LGBTQ Resource Center makes the campus a better place by providing resources such as mentorship, a reception that can answer any questions about anything health-related and is a space that advocates for you to be yourself,” shares Lamont Mason Jr. ’23. “Furthermore, the LGBTQ Resource Center welcomes all students and is happy to speak to anyone that needs to be heard.”

LGBTQ Resource Center History

Before many of our current students were born, the LGBTQ Resource Center was founded in 2001. For the past 20 years, the center has strived to foster safe spaces on the Syracuse University and ESF campuses, supporting LGBTQIA+ community members and raising collective awareness of LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences.

It began in 1997 when undergraduate student Jordan Potash proposed establishing a Rainbow Task Force to then-Senior Vice President of Students Affairs Barry Wells. Wells submitted the proposal to the Senate Committee for Student Life, believing its mission was relevant for the whole campus community. In 1998, the Senate Agenda Committee formed the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on LGBT Issues. Following recommendations from the ad-hoc committee, the University opened the LGBTQ Resource Center in October 2001. The center moved to its longtime home at 750 Ostrom Ave. in the spring of 2002, where it remained for 18 years before relocating to 132 Schine Student Center in 2020.

Continuing Potash’s legacy and goal of “[transforming] suffering to hope, silence into voice and marginalization into the community,” from his speech at the LGBTQ Resource Center’s 15th anniversary celebration in 2016, the center hosts the annual Potash LGBTQ+ History Month Speaker Series. The speaker series features prominent speakers and artists from the LGBTQIA community. To recommend speakers and artists for the Potash LGBTQ+ History Month Speaker Series, email the LGBTQ Resource Center. Those interested in learning more about the history of the LGBTQ Resource Center should check out the new 20th Anniversary virtual timeline, set to be virtually revealed on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.

“I see the LGBTQ Resource Center as a safe space for all Syracuse University queer and trans students. Students can count on the LGBTQ Resource Center to be a place for support, comfort, validation, friendships or anything else a queer student needs to thrive,” shares Sarah Reinkraut ’23.

LGBTQ+ History Month and 20th Anniversary

Explore highlighted events below and the complete list on the .

• Chalk the Quad

Queer and Trans Solidarity List 2021

In addition to attending events, all are invited to . The list of names will be printed in the Daily Orange and shared virtually on the LGBTQ Resource Center website, as a public commitment to supporting and advocating for LGBTQIA+ community members.

“As we celebrate the LGBTQ Resource Center’s 20 years, it is a time for our campus community to openly recommit themselves to supporting and advocating for our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and questioning students and other community members,” says Jorge A. Castillo, director of the LGBTQ Resource Center. “Now more than ever, we need to make sure LGBTQIA+ students, faculty and staff know that there are many Syracuse University and ESF community members supporting their success, safety and general wellbeing.”

For more information or to request accommodations, contact the LGBTQ Resource Center by calling 315.443.0228 or emailing lgbt@syr.edu.

Written by Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience intern Cecelia Kersten ’23, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

“Timely and timeless” is how Vivian May, director of the Syracuse University Humanities Center, describes “Conventions,” the theme of this year’s . In the political sense, she says a convention can be a gathering or convening, as in political conventions or civil rights grassroots organizing. One recent example includes the #BlackLivesMatter movement against police violence for a more just, peaceful world for all, particularly for Black communities. Conventions also take up the concept of norms or expectations (that one follows or seeks to break or change), be they social, religious, familial, linguistic or artistic, among others.

May says this year’s Symposium theme is particularly fitting during the pandemic, as the health crisis has altered ideas of what is (or should be considered) normal in everyday life, how people want to live their lives, and how to inhabit and support a global community across conventional divides and boundaries.

The Syracuse Symposium, now in its 18th year, will investigate and reflect on conventions through a series of lectures, workshops, performances, exhibits, films, readings and more. Hosted by the��, the series is intended to broaden people’s views, address humanitarian issues and encourage ethically based action. Symposium’s annual theme is chosen by the��, whose members review proposals and select each year’s final lineup of events and activities.

Kicking Off With ‘Heart of the Barrio’

Symposium’s season begins with the on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. ET at La Casita Cultural Center, a hub of experiential learning for Syracuse University students. It is also a place of participatory research and cultural heritage preservation for Latinx scholars, artists, community organizers and educators. This in-person/virtual event includes a guided tour of the exhibit, which focuses on the .

Tere Paniagua, executive director of La Casita and the Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community in the College of Arts and Sciences, says that the anniversary programming and exhibition transcend narrow cultural categorizations of Latinx cultures and focus on the individual and collective strengths and talents of those who have contributed to the Center’s richness over the past decade.

Students and alumni facilitating a dual language reading program with children at La Casita.

Nearly 200 students each year from 24 different academic programs across the University participate in co-curricular work, from course-related research to service-learning projects. One community engagement project, also supported by the Humanities Center, is La Casita’s annual children’s publication. The book features original drawings and stories by the children (ages 8-12) in La Casita’s dual language youth program, with writing workshops led by students.

“The student volunteers and children immerse themselves in explorations of ideas and writing for publication,” Paniagua says. “For many of these children growing up in disadvantaged circumstances, this is a moment when their work and creativity are recognized and validated by their community, teachers and families.”

La Casita was also part of last year’s Syracuse Symposium, “,” which included the “” exhibition.

Other Symposium Highlights

The 19th annual��, on Sept. 23, 24 and 25, will showcase trailblazing feature documentaries about social justice issues around the world.

Symposium Q&A

Vivian May

Vivian May, who in addition to being director of the Humanities Center also directs the Central New York Humanities Corridor and is a professor of women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, offers insight into this year’s Symposium.

What do you hope people attending any of this year’s events will take away about conventions?

We hope Symposium’s broad engagement with the humanities and the theme will provoke open-ended thinking about what conventions we have come to accept, in our collective and personal lives. In our classes, as researchers, and with and in our wider communities, the humanities can help us confront and rework powerful norms and expectations that shape our daily lives and our imaginations. The power of collectivity, of convening as a community, and thinking about how best to forge coalitions, build connections and yet not silence differences or ignore disparities, is also something I hope is part of what this year’s programming sparks.

Can you talk about what��this year’s��Symposium��graphic��says about conventions?

It is intended to convey a sense of community or gathering together (circling), but also openings for departing or diverging from one’s community—hence, some of the fish turn away or are swimming outward from the group.

With last year’s events being virtual because of the pandemic, did you find that you were able to reach a wider range of audiences? Will you continue to offer some events virtually going forward?

Yes! Our impact and imprint for programming grew expansively, with participants from across the nation and around the world engaging with our work. Online format events continue to be more inclusive, for those with health immunity issues right now, and are “greener” in many ways, as we face a global warming crisis. Of course, there are intimate and more personal connections that can be lost online, so a mix of offerings and approaches, to meet various needs and remain inclusive and broadly welcoming, is how we anticipate future seasons will unfold.

This is the 18th symposium, each year with a different theme. What factors go into choosing the theme each year?

Our interdisciplinary board, comprising faculty and staff from across the University, thinks carefully about selecting a concept that has many valences and possibilities, offers different ways to be interpreted and applied, and that is relevant across generational, disciplinary, cultural and historical contexts.

How has the symposium changed or evolved over the years?

One significant change, starting in my second year as director, was that, given growing interest and demand, we shifted to a two-semester season, to support more offerings and spread out opportunities across the year for students and faculty to engage with all our partners’ compelling ideas and activities—from film and drama to exhibits and lectures to workshops and other hands-on offerings.

At the same time, the initial impetus—to work from and around a concept, and invite our campus partners and participants to plumb its possibilities—remains a constant.

For more information about the Humanities Center or any of this year’s Symposium events, visit the��.

Earth Day will be celebrated on April 22. Sustainability Management is collaborating with the Student Association Sustainability and Community Engagement Committees; the Department of Earth and Environment Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences; the New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education (NYCSHE); the SUNY Student Assembly; and Bard College to bring an assortment of events to the campus community.

Environmental Justice in Syracuse Virtual Panel
Tuesday, April 6, 6 p.m. ET

The Student Association Sustainability Committee and Community Engagement Committee will host a discussion with local leaders about environmental injustices that occur in and around Syracuse. The panel includes:

• Deka Dancil, president of the Urban Jobs Task Force;
• Neil Patterson, assistant director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment;
• Catherine Landis, associated faculty at the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment; and
• Thomas Perreault, professor and chair of the Department of Geography and the Environment in the Maxwell School.

Students, faculty and staff interested in the event may .

Solve Climate By 2030 Panel Discussion
Wednesday, April 7, 6 p.m. ET
Sponsored by Bard College, NYCSHE and the SUNY Student Assembly

Students, faculty and staff are invited to join a regional panel discussion about how an ambitious Green Recovery based in state and local action can put us on the way to solving climate change by 2030. A panel of thought leaders will provide their perspective on what a Green Recovery in New York would entail, the one most impactful action that can be taken and how students can advocate for change. or for more information contact gogreen@albany.edu.

Waste-Free Menstrual Cycle Education and Menstrual Cup Giveaway
April 8, 15 and 22

The Student Association Sustainability Committee will table in the Schine Student Center to sign up participants for their menstrual cup giveaway. The Committee will be giving away 20 menstrual cup goodie bags, which include a menstrual cup, compact sanitizer, washing solution and bag. The tabling event will also provide information about having a waste-free menstrual cycle.

Lunch and Learn: A Look Behind the Scenes of Campus Recycling
Wednesday, April 14, 12:30 p.m. ET

If you are interested in what happens to your recyclables on and off campus, join Sustainability Management for a virtual Lunch and Learn to learn what really can be recycled, why it can be recycled and how it gets recycled. This session will reinforce Sustainability Management’s goals for increasing recyclables on campus and reducing contamination before it is sent to the recycling center. These figures also determine the ranking of the University in the Campus Race to Zero Waste—an annual recycling and waste reduction competition where colleges and universities compete from across North America. Sign up for the Lunch and Learn on the .

‘Cooking for the Planet’ Plant-Based Cooking Class
Tuesday, April 20, 6 p.m. ET

Join Meg Lowe, sustainability coordinator, and Claudia Cavanaugh, sustainability student intern, for an interactive, virtual cooking class. Learn about how a plant-based diet will help save our planet while making a delicious coconut curry. The class is free, open to the campus community and limited to the first 20 people who . Registrants will receive an email with the link to join and can pick up their ingredients at the Carriage House, 161 Farm Acre Road, on the day of the event.

‘David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet’ Screening and Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 22, 4 p.m. ET

On Earth Day join Sustainability Management and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences for a free screening of the documentary “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” on Zoom. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion at 5:30 p.m.; participants can join the entire event or watch the movie on their own time and tune in only for the panel discussion.��

“A Life on Our Planet” serves as Attenborough’s “witness statement” through which he shares concerns for the current state of the planet and hopes for the future. Many are familiar with Attenborough as a faceless narrator, but in this film, you will go on a journey with him as he traces his 60 plus years as a naturalist, showing you the planet’s past and present biodiversity and the degradation humans have caused over the years.

Join the post-film panel discussion with Syracuse University Earth and Environmental Sciences professors, including:

• Professor Suzanne Baldwin, a geologist who investigates the rock record to reveal how the Earth has evolved over geologic time;
• Professor Melissa Chipman, a paleoecologist who uses lake sediments to study interactions between past climate, wildfires and permafrost thaw in the Arctic; and
• Professor Sam Tuttle, a hydroclimatologist who studies the movement and storage of water throughout the Earth system.

Pollinator Kit Giveaway
Wednesday, April 28, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

As a , Sustainability Management and the Bee Campus USA working group will be in the Schine Student Center on April 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to hand out Pollinator Kits! Stop at the table to pick up a free kit and learn why planting pollinators is important. The Pollinator Kits include everything needed to plant herbs that help pollinators and can be transplanted to your garden or repotted to fit in your space. No registration is necessary.

For more information about sustainability at Syracuse University, visit the and follow @SustainableSU on , ��and .

Writer, speaker and playwright Wajahat Ali will lecture on “A Caravan of Unity in the Age of Hate: Building a Multicultural Coalition of the Willing” on April 15.

Celebrated nationally in May, honors and celebrates Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success. Syracuse University honors the month in April while the campus community is still together.

“Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month is especially significant this year with the rise in Anti-Asian sentiment throughout the country,” says Huey Hsiao, associate director of multicultural affairs and the Kessler Scholars Program and AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee co-chair. “Bringing these events to the campus community, I believe, is going to create an important wave of awareness and a desire to educate oneself more about the AAPI community.”

Events celebrate and offer educational opportunities surrounding AAPI culture, heritage, histories, cultural diversity, contribution and often underreported challenges of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

“We wanted to be very intentional in our discussions around intersecting AAPI identities,” says Nicholas Lee G’21, AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee co-chair. “Our overall goal for this month is not only encouraging students to examine and make sense of their identities but also to figure out ‘Now that I’ve made sense of my identity, where do I go from here? How can I be a better advocate for my community?’ This is what we hope students will be able to take away from this month.”

The AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee, the and cross-campus partners have combined their efforts to develop thought-provoking and relevant events for the campus community. Explore the complete list of events, learn more and register on the .

• Thursday, April 1, 5 p.m. ET:
• Monday, April 5, 12:30 p.m. ET:
• Wednesday, April 7, 7 p.m. ET:
• Friday, April 9, noon ET:
• Friday, April 9, 8 p.m. ET:
• Thursday, April 15, 7 p.m. ET:
• Saturday, April 17, 7 p.m. ET:

“The inclusivity and AAPI voices amplified during the month is truly empowering,” says Kimberly Ng ’21, president of Asian Students in America (ASIA) and AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee member. “It is a space that allows for our shared AAPI experiences as a community while dissecting into our own individual connections to our cultural heritage.”

For more information or to request accommodations, please contact Huey Hsiao, by calling 315.443.9676 or emailing huhsiao@syr.edu.

Story by Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience graduate assistant Alana Boyd G’21, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Meg Lowe and Syeisha Byrd hold a box of vegetables they picked at Pete’s Giving Garden on South Campus. Photo by Marilyn Hesler

Hendricks Chapel’s Office of Engagement Programs and the Office of Energy Systems and Sustainability Management are teaming up again to offer students an opportunity to combine common food pantry items with ingredients from Pete’s Giving Garden to make a fast and delicious meal.

Sustainability Coordinator Meg Lowe and Director of Engagement Programs Syeisha Byrd will host three separate virtual cooking classes for students to cook along via Zoom. All ingredients needed for this follow-along cooking class will be supplied, free of charge, to the students who participate.

Lowe and Byrd are encouraging students to get comfortable with common pantry ingredients found in both campus pantries, while utilizing vegetables grown in the campus garden over the summer.

Participation is limited to the first 20 students who sign up per class. All participants are asked to sign up by Sept. 27 for the cooking class on Oct. 4.�� Find future virtual cooking class dates, deadlines and registration forms on the event registration page at .

• Thursday, Oct. 1, at 7 p.m.
  • Taco bowl
• Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
  • Instant noodles with a twist
• Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.
  • Harvest flatbread

Meg Lowe is a graduate of the Culinary Nutrition program at Johnson and Wales University and has a few tips up her sleeve to help students in their culinary endeavors. Syeisha Byrd runs both the Hendricks Chapel and South Campus food pantries. Lowe and Byrd both help to manage Pete’s Giving Garden.

As the country continues to address racial tensions, polarized perspectives and heinous acts of violence, members of our campus community are hurting, enraged, exhausted and confused. To increase dialogue and understanding around these critical issues, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the Office of Human Resources, has developed an intensive series for supervisors as they engage their staff members in conversations that encourage inclusion. is a discussion series for staff supervisors that will be held July 6, 8 and 10 from 11 a.m. to noon.

Due to the desire to engage all participants in active dialogue, the capacity for this series is limited to 25 attendees, and registrants should expect to attend each of the sessions. is required. Once the maximum registration has been reached, others who are interested will be added to a wait list.

The dialogue series will be led by Senior HR Business Partner Delphia Howze, who has extensive experience in diversity and inclusion management. “We want to ensure that our staff supervisors have resources and spaces that support efforts to engage in high-stake conversations with their colleagues and team members,” Howze says. “We know that people have an overwhelming desire to be a part of productive D&I conversations but are afraid of saying the wrong thing. We want to provide a safe space aligned with foundational resources that will help people feel more comfortable with having very difficult and necessary diversity and inclusion dialogue.”

“As the nation, and our own campus community, continues to address issues regarding anti-Blackness, race and racism, there is a great need for dialogue within our departments and divisions,” says Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Keith A. Alford. “These conversations are sometimes difficult and while many may have the desire to have empathic dialogue with their co-workers, they hesitate to do so for a variety of reasons. This series was created to encourage supervisors to open themselves for the ensuing growth that accompanies these important and needed discussions about race. The series will better equip supervisors in their work with staff around this piece and support future growth in this area as well.”

Additional details regarding the supervisor series can be found on the .

Seretta C. McKnight

The Black Celestial Choral Ensemble (BCCE) at Hendricks Chapel has served as an important part of the Syracuse University community for over 40 years. The Rev. Dr. Seretta C. McKnight ’80, founder of the BCCE, will join Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol for a virtual conversation on Thursday, June 25, at 7 p.m. ET.

Operating in the tradition of African-American gospel choirs, the��BCCE��provides students at Syracuse University with an opportunity to partake in spiritual enrichment and worship, enjoy a culturally relevant Christian community and share faith through collective song.��McKnight and Dean Konkol’s discussion will focus on the living legacy of the BCCE at Syracuse University, and how gospel choirs can serve as change-agents for social justice.

This will be the fifth installment of “Matters that Matter: A Conversation Series from Hendricks Chapel,” a virtual series hosted by Hendricks Chapel on Facebook Live, which brings local and national thought leaders together in conversation to discuss critical matters facing society. Learn more at .

This conversation will broadcast on Facebook Live on . This event is free and open to all Syracuse University and greater Syracuse community members. For questions, please contact Hendricks Chapel at chapel@syr.edu.

To support the BCCE, please consider a gift to the .

The events are a performance by and conversation with Dexter McKinney ’08, G’13, titled “Transcending Race and Adversity,” on Tuesday, Jan. 21; a poetry event, “Sheroes of Poetry,” on Friday, Jan. 24; and a performance by Sonny Kelly, titled “The Talk,” on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock

The MLK Celebration will be held on Sunday, Jan. 26, in the Dome. Civil rights leader the Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spiritual home of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be the featured speaker.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be available for the event.

“The annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration seeks to honor the life and legacy of a leader who brought hope and healing to our world,” says the Rev. Brian Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, and a member of the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee. “By providing additional opportunities we will continue our important and collective work, so we may foster and support an inclusive and accessible campus community for all.”

The additional events offer campus community members further experiences for greater understanding of the complex themes of race, inequality and justice in our society. The performers will share their compelling stories and hope to provide audience members insight and inspiration.

Kennedy Hagens ’21, co-chair of diversity affairs, Student Association, encourages the campus community to attend the events. “These events continue the dialogue about racial equality and work toward educating the campus community about the dimensions of race and justice in our society,” Hagens says.

“It will be a great opportunity to celebrate culture and community on campus,” says Lujane Juburi ’22, co-chair of diversity affairs, Student Association.

Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3

Dexter McKinney

“When They See Us” actor, global entrepreneur and consultant, and teacher Dexter McKinney will share his inspiring story of how he managed to transcend race and adversity in the City of Syracuse while making his dreams come true.

Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee and the Office of Community Engagement, McKinney’s performance will provide audience members with a view into the life of a young, African American man, the challenges and adversity he has faced and their ties to race, and how that adversity transformed his life and has helped him transform the lives of others.

McKinney, who grew up on the South Side of Syracuse, earned a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees from Syracuse University. He has worked in Congress, at Nike and in the Office of the Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney. He has appeared in roles in television, theater and film, including Netflix’s critically acclaimed miniseries “When They See Us.”

McKinney will perform “Transcending Race and Adversity,” which will be followed by an interview and an audience Q&A session.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided. To request additional accommodations, contact diversity@syr.edu.

“Dexter McKinney’s story has meaning for everyone. Overcoming racial adversity is no small feat,” says Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Keith A. Alford. “Likewise, spoken word poetry by women promises to take us to new levels of understanding. All MLK events will raise our consciousness about racial equality.”

Friday, Jan. 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Community Black Box Theatre, Community Folk Art Center

“Sheroes of Poetry” brings together a dynamic group of women to share their unique, yet shared, stories in poetry-form.

“Sheroes of Poetry” brings together a dynamic group of women to share their unique, yet shared, stories in poetry form. They will explore our understanding of how race, and being a woman of color, is viewed in society.

Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee and the Office of Community Engagement, “Sheroes of Poetry” challenges audience members to open themselves to the lived experience of others and reimagine how women of color should be viewed in this world.

Please for this event as space is limited. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served at 6:30 p.m.; the program will begin at 7 p.m.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. To request additional accommodations, contact diversity@syr.edu.

Tuesday, Jan. 28, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Grant Auditorium, White Hall

Sonny Kelly

The Talk is a one-man performance by that draws on the voices of ancestors, elders, youths and intellectuals to engage in the difficult conversations that we must have with our children as we prepare them to survive and thrive in a divided America. This eclectic theatrical experience weaves together storytelling, interactive theater, literature, a dynamic embodied performance and a multi-media production to engage audiences in conversations around reconciliation.

Kelly is a master of storytelling, acting, Shakespeare, theater arts, poetry, spoken word, group facilitation, interpersonal communication, performance studies, training and teaching. He captures the attention and imaginations of audiences of all ages with the power of words.

With more than 20 years of experience as a professional actor, over a decade of youth work and a master’s degree in communication studies, Kelly knows the smart way to tap into the minds of students and workers of all ages.

A talk-back session will follow the performance.

The event is sponsored by the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), the 35th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Planning Committee and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

“These MLK events facilitate the kinds of difficult conversations that help a university community honor one another’s life experiences,” says James Haywood Rolling Jr., dual professor of art education and teaching and leadership in VPA and the School of Education and the chair of art education, and VPA’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion. “VPA initiated the effort to bring Sonny Kelly to campus in order to prompt more ‘talk’ about difficult matters.”

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided. To request additional accommodations for “The Talk,” contact James Haywood Rolling Jr. at jrolling@syr.edu or 315.443.6779.

“From quickly obtaining digital tickets to increasing accessibility, transitioning to the My Tickets Portal helps further strengthen the campus community and enhance the student experience,” says Dave Sargalski, director of the Office of Student Activities. “We look forward to eliminating the need to wait in line for tickets in addition to reducing our environmental footprint.”

My Tickets Portal Highlights

During the first digital ticket purchase, individuals will be prompted to create an account and are encouraged to use their Syracuse University email address. The My Tickets Portal will automatically apply appropriate pricing for accounts using a Syracuse University email address. Community members may use a preferred email address. Tickets may only be purchased with a Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover card through the My Tickets Portal. Complete instructions are available on the .

Athletic and Regal Cinema tickets will not be available through the My Tickets Portal. To purchase Regal Cinema tickets, please email the Student Box Office at boxoffice@syr.edu or call 315.443.4517. To purchase Athletic tickets, please call the Dome Box Office at 1.888.366.3849 or visit the .

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For more information or questions, please contact Kim Green, supervisor of the Student Box Office, at boxoffice@syr.edu or by calling 315.443.4517.

Ashley Iaconetti ’13

The Syracuse University chapter of Women in Communications (WIC) will host Ashley Iaconetti G’13 of ABC’s “The Bachelor” fame on Monday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. (Update, Dec. 2, 2019: This event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3.)

Iaconetti appeared on season 19 of “The Bachelor” with Chris Soules, seasons 2 and 3 of “Bachelor in Paradise” and the kickoff season of “The Bachelor Winter Games.”

She earned a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from the , and later served as president and CEO of E&S Media Creations LLC. She is now a correspondent for “Access Hollywood” and a host on “Clevver TV” and “Clevver TV News.” She also co-hosts “The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast” with fellow “Bachelor” veteran Ben Higgins, and the “I Don’t Get It” podcast with her sister, Lauren Iaconetti, and Naz Perez, former producer of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”

“Coming back to Syracuse to discuss my career and experiences since graduating in 2013 is such an��honor,” says Iaconetti. “I credit my education at Newhouse for so much of the success I’ve had thus far. I��certainly didn’t take the prototypical path post grad, but I’m incredibly excited to speak with students��about crafting a career the unconventional way, [and] chatting about fun ‘Bachelor’ details and life in Hollywood. Plus, I’m really excited to take my husband to Dinosaur BBQ and get a patty melt at the��Varsity.”

“Women in Communications is absolutely thrilled to be hosting Ashley, and I know SU students are just��as excited as we are,” says WIC president Morgan Trau. “I know it will mean a lot to students to hear Ashley speak about how her experiences at Newhouse have propelled her forward in her career in communications. Ashley does it all: runs her own video production company, records two different podcasts weekly, reports for multiple news sites and publications and lets a camera follow her around for months at a time. At our event, she will be giving us a peek into her busy life.”

The event is free and open to the campus community. For more information, or if you require accommodations, contact Trau at (216) 970-6118 or��mrtrau@syr.edu, or Chelsea Stern at (856) 577-0302 or��cbstern@syr.edu.

About Women in Communications

WIC at SU is a Newhouse-affiliated professional organization that aims to bring together and empower��young women as they enter the workforce.

The fitness centers are just one of many ways to be well at the Barnes Center at The Arch.

This Friday, Sept. 13, history will be made on Syracuse University’s campus with the official opening of the , the state-of-the-art health, wellness and recreation complex. Campus community members are encouraged to attend a 3:45 p.m. ceremony and open house to celebrate the University’s commitment to transforming the student experience for generations to come.

Differentiating itself from any other college wellness system, the Barnes Center includes an integrated wellness team delivering student-centered, inclusive care and programs that approach health and wellness holistically, encompassing mind, body, spirit and community.

The opening celebration will begin with an official ceremony and unveiling outside of the Barnes Center. Veteran sportscaster Sean McDonough ’84, recipient of this year’s George Arents Award, will emcee the event. Chancellor Kent Syverud and Board of Trustees Chairman Emeritus Steven W. Barnes ’82 will offer remarks about the continued momentum the Barnes Center brings to create an unsurpassed student experience.

After the ceremony, attendees are invited to enter the Barnes Center for a donor recognition event, led by Izmailia Sougoufara ’20, peer educator, as well as an open house featuring:

• Free commemorative giveaways will line the halls of the Barnes Center, including fitness socks and reusable travel cups.
• Smoothie samples from Otto’s Juice Box, the student-named juice bar within the Barnes Center.
• It wouldn’t be a celebration without cake! Carrot and vanilla cake in the shape of the Barnes Center will be served.
• The Health Hub, an interactive outreach program designed to promote wellness and encourage a healthy campus community, will be staffed by peer educators.
• Pet therapy will be in full swing and open to all in the Walters Pet Therapy Room until 6 p.m.
• Set aside time to try out a massage chair, use biofeedback tools or experience one of the other stress-reducing activities in the Crowley Family MindSpa.
• The new recreation area of the Barnes Center at The Arch will be on full display with lots of activity, including demonstrations of how spaces are used by students.
• The campus community is invited to view photos from the Archives, sharing history of the building over the years.

For those unable to attend the event in person, please tune into the livestream on the official .

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided during the ceremony. For more information, please contact the Office of Special Events at 315.443.4631��or by email at��specialevents@syr.edu.

Filling the Dome turf with over 50 exhibitions, attendees can look forward to stations such as therapy dogs from PAWS of CNY, a climbing rock wall, meditation and Zen garden spaces, an e-sports center, and a mindful eating station.

Included in the exhibitions are health and wellness student organizations that will have interactive stations set up. Learn from and support Students Advocating Sexual Safety and Empowerment, Syracuse University Outing Club, Active Minds, Student Buddhist Association, Syracuse CHAARG and more.

Pacfica, a mobile application designed to help users learn techniques for managing stress and improving emotional well-being, will also be at the expo. Launching this semester, all Syracuse University students, faculty and staff will have access to a premium subscription to the Pacifica app. Features of the app include mood and health tracking, meditation and relaxation exercises, goal setting tools and more.

The expo is one of three health and wellness requirements for new students. While launched as part of the First-Year Experience Initiative, the event is open to all Syracuse University students, faculty and staff with valid SUID. Tickets are not required.

For the event, students should enter at Gates E and F. Faculty and staff should use Gates A, B and C. Accessible entrances are located at Gates A and C. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided during Harris’ talk.

Follow @BeWellSU on , and for updates, and engage with the event using #BeWellSUExpo.

For more information or questions regarding the Be Well SU Expo, contact newtosu@syr.edu.

Contact: Kim Green
Schine Box Office
315.443.4517
kigreen@syr.edu

Contact: Kim Green
Schine Box Office
315.443.4517
kigreen@syr.edu

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The full-day international summit focuses on the theme of “Our Own Icons!” and aims to engage participants in reflective discussions about the representations of disability, both implicit and explicit, in mainstream popular cultures. The����features a plenary panel of comic artists and thinkers who are disability rights activists; workshops on cosplay, comics and collaborative design; an inclusive photo booth; art exhibits; and much more.

Calling Utopia

This year, the Disability Student Union and Disability Cultural Center are co-sponsoring a concert with pop rock band from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Schine Underground. It will be live-streamed, captioned and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted. A Q&A session with the band will follow the concert. The will be active on April 22 during the morning panel (10 to 11:30 a.m.) and concert. Participants are also welcome to Tweet .

Calling Utopia is a pop-rock band hailing from Millicent, Australia, and features sister-duo Sarah and Jessica Renehan. The band formed in 2008 and released its debut album, “XIII” in 2010. Accompanying the sisters for the concert are bassist Samuel Roux, ACCESS college coordinator for Onondaga Community Living, working in collaboration with Syracuse University, and drummer Harry Pitsikoulis, a sophomore, majoring in television, radio and film in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and minoring in music.

The band also wrote and performed the theme song for the (United Kingdom). The sisters, after learning about the Department of Ability, were eager to contribute to creator Dan White’s effort. Like White and wife Aimee’s 10-year-old daughter, Emily (leader of the Department of Ability), Sarah Renehan was born with hydrocephalus. Emily was also born with Spina Bifida. In 2011, Renehan founded The Brain Drain Project; she and her brother, artist , created the superhero comic . The Renehan sisters and the White family will meet in person for the first time in Syracuse.

For additional details, including registration information, visit the “Cripping” the Comic Con .

The conference includes regional steel bridge and concrete canoe competitions, as well as a Mead technical paper presentation competition. Winners of the competitions will earn scholarship money for their institution’s undergraduate civil engineering program.

The 2014 Syracuse University Steel Bridge team

Participants from higher education institutions across New York state will be in attendance, including the University at Buffalo, Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY Canton, SUNY Polytechnic and the U.S. Military Academy-West Point. Universities from Canada will also be in attendance, including the University of Waterloo, Ecole de technologie superieure and Polytechnique Montreal. Syracuse University will also host students from Dalian University in China, who have never attended an ASCE conference.

“Hosting this conference has been an exciting challenge,” says ASCE student president Josh Saxton ’17. “Coordinating with the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the University as a whole, has been an invaluable experience to the other co-chairs and myself. Having the conference at SU gives us an opportunity to showcase our engineering program and how far our ASCE section has grown over the past couple of years.”

Below is the complete schedule of 2017 ASCE Upstate New York Regional Conference competitions. For additional information, contact co-chairs William Guida and Rachel Murello.

Steel Bridge Competition, Carrier Dome and Link Hall Room 105

In this competition, teams build a 1:10 scale model bridge about 19 feet in length. Each team designs and fabricates their bridge beforehand and constructs it, piece by piece, in a timed setting at the competition. After the bridge is built, weight is applied to test it for deflection—the amount the structure moves when subjected to a load. Each bridge is judged on its efficiency, lightness, stiffness, construction speed, economy and display.

• Oral Presentations, Thursday, April 20, 6:30 to 9 p.m., Link Hall Room 105
• Judging, Friday, April 21, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Carrier Dome
• Competition, Friday, April 21, 8:30 a.m to�� 4 p.m., Carrier Dome

Concrete Canoe Competition, Jamesville Reservoir, Carrier Dome and Link Hall Room 105

Here, teams put canoes that are literally made with concrete to the test. Constructed over the course of the academic year, the canoes must withstand being “swamped” (i.e. filled with water) to see if they can resurface. Teams also face off in canoe races.

• Judging, Friday, April 21, 9 a.m. to noon, Carrier Dome
• Oral Presentations, Friday, April 21, 3 to 5 p.m., Link Hall Room 105
• Swamp Test, Saturday, April 22, 6 to 8 a.m., Jamesville Reservoir
• Races, Saturday, April 22, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jamesville Reservoir

Mead Paper Presentation Competition, Link Hall Room 105

In technical paper and presentation, student teams will address the topic “Is it ethical for university engineering faculty to teach technical subject matter to engineering students without obtaining professional licensure?”

• Presentations, Friday, April 21, 6 to 10 p.m., Link Hall Room 105

About ASCE

ASCE is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. Founded in 1852, the Society was created to disseminate information among engineers who were building the roads, canals, bridges and railroads of a young nation.

The objective of ASCE is to enhance the welfare of mankind through the advancement of the science and profession of engineering. In response to these goals, more than 6,200 members voluntarily serve nearly 600 different technical, administrative and coordinating committees. Another 300 participate on 36 other professional committees. Including the activities of sections, student chapters and international student groups, as well as the national and local committees, ASCE groups average 100 meetings throughout the country every day.

Educational activities extend to college campuses through more than 300 student organizations. These organizations sponsor meetings, educational outreach, conferences, student competitions, social events and other activities to help future engineers become better prepared for their careers. Numerous scholarships and awards are made available for deserving students of civil engineering.

For more information, visit .

“This event will be enlightening for current students, especially for those studying in the Asian/Asian American Studies program,” says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and director of the Asian/Asian American Studies program in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research and the inaugural O’Hanley Faculty Scholar. “The real world experiences of our alumni can help students better understand the issues they are learning and discussing in the classroom, such as the model minority myth and bamboo ceiling issues.”

Yingyi Ma

The panel is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Office of Program Development, Asian/Asian American Studies, Lambda Phi Epsilon and Asian Students in America.

“We are proud to play a role in bringing this panel to campus,” says Rachel Vassel, SU assistant vice president of program development. “Aligned with the mission of our office to develop culturally relevant alumni engagement opportunities, we look forward to creating more opportunities like this panel for our Asian American and Pacific Islander alumni to get involved with our students in the future.”

This year’s panelists:

Victoria Chan ’09 (College of Arts and Sciences)��

Since 2000, Chan has been involved with nonprofit performing arts programs, working with the Britney Spears Foundation, American Idol, 50 Cent’s G-Unity Foundation, Jackie Chan’s Charitable Foundation and Usher’s New Look Foundation. After earning a master’s degree in professional counseling and college student affairs, Chan took on her current role as assistant director of student conduct at Emory University.

Ben Fang ’15 (Newhouse School)

Fang is a community editor for the Queens Ledger/Brooklyn Star Newspaper Group, covering community news, local politics and breaking news. During his time on campus, Fang served as the president of Asian Students in America (ASIA), an editor in chief of ALINE Magazine and a member of the AAPI Heritage Month planning committee.

Jane Hong ’16 (Newhouse School)

After graduating, Hong went to work in news production at ATTN:, an issues-based media company. Since then, she has covered the lack of diversity in Hollywood, the need to end whitewashing in entertainment, and the myth of the Asian/Asian Americans model minority. While at SU, Hong was involved in a number of organizations, including the Student Association, the Korean American Student Association and Liberty in North Korea.

Sharon Lee ’14, G’15 (School of Information Studies)

A Boston native and now a Dallas resident, Lee is an opportunity explorer. She is currently at Microsoft. As a student at SU, Lee was active in AAPI Heritage Month, ASIA and the Hong Kong Student Association because of her passion to learn more about her identity and heritage.

Recognized nationally in May, celebrates Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history as trailblazers in the AAPI community. In collaboration with students, faculty and staff across campus, AAPI Heritage Month consists of programs and events that educate the community about the experiences, cultural diversity, contributions and often-underreported challenges of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

For more information on the Paving the Way panel, or other AAPI Heritage Month events, contact Huey Hsiao at huhsiao@syr.edu.

ACE Assessment Counseling and Education Center Nutrition Falk College Faculty and Students In Labs

The Falk College Research Center will host the inaugural Falk Student Research Celebration April 17-20 to highlight Falk students’ research collaboration and their dedication to advancing research knowledge. Posters will be on display beginning April 17 near the second-floor student lounge and the Falk Café on 2 in the Falk Complex.

As part of the Falk Student Research Celebration, a panel of student researchers will address questions about getting involved in research and presenting research at conferences. The panel discussion will take place in Room 104, Falk Complex, April 19 from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m.

For more information, contact Amy Dumas in the Falk College Research Center at adumas@syr.edu or visit .

“Participating in community service means a lot to me,” says OrangeSeeds member Kevin O’Donnell, a first-year student in the Newhouse School and the Whitman School. “Engaging in community service makes you realize that you are a part of something bigger and that your actions really have an impact.”

This year, The Big Event’s community relations committee is partnering with 14 organizations, including Meals on Wheels, Sarah’s Guest House, Wilson Park and Habitat for Humanity. Past Big Events have taken place at such sites as the Westcott Community Center, the Salvation Army, Dr. King Elementary School and Thornden Park.

OrangeSeeds volunteers for the 2016 Big Event.

“I think the best thing that each of us can do individually is do our part to give back to the community that has given us a home, and the easiest way to start is to volunteer our time,” says O’Donnell.

The Big Event kickoff and check-in begin at 9 a.m. in Shemin Auditorium in the Shaffer Art Building. A complimentary light breakfast will be provided, along with a free T-shirt for the first 150 volunteers. Transportation to the service projects is provided following the kickoff.

To participate in this year’s event, all students must before the April 14 deadline.

For more information or to request accommodations, contact OrangeSeeds at orangeseeds@syr.edu.

Christine Jolls

Christine Jolls will deliver the Third Annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in Maxwell Auditorium.

The lecture, “Lawmaking in a Behavioral Economics World: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Present and Future,” is free and open to the public; .

To view the lecture via live stream, visit the day of the event.

Professor Jolls is currently the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor at Yale Law School and director of the Law and Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economics Research. Previously, she served as a law clerk��for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Jolls received a law degree from Harvard Law School and earned a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. Her 2011 book, “Behavioral Economics and the Law,” focused on the early evolution of behavioral economics both outside and within legal policy analysis and describes the central role of behavioral economics in such analysis today.

Her research and teaching concentrate focus on the areas of employment law, privacy law, behavioral law and economics, and government administration.

The Volcker Chair was endowed by Robert Menschel, senior director at Goldman Sachs Group and trustee emeritus of Syracuse University. “The critically important field of behavioral economics, although relatively new, has quickly become central to policy makers and corporate leaders in their decision making,” observes Menschel, the author of “Markets, Mobs, and Mayhem:�� A Modern Look at the Madness of Crowds.”�� “Paul Volcker is the nation’s preeminent economist who epitomizes the very best thinking in this area.”

Volcker’s distinguished career includes eight years as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Carter and Reagan; four years as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and two years as chair of President Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. In addition, he served as Undersecretary of Treasury for international monetary affairs and was chairman of the New York investment banking firm, J. Rothschild, Wolfensohn & Co.

Leonard Burman, the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, hosts the Paul Volcker Lecture and Symposium. Burman, in collaboration with colleagues in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research, where he is a senior research associate, organizes an annual conference or lecture��on a public policy topic drawing on the insights and perspectives of behavioral economics. In addition, graduate students, in public administration and economics, organize a companion research symposium featuring scholars working at the cutting edge of research in behavioral economics and public policy.

The full-day international summit focuses on the theme of “Our Own Icons!,” and aims to engage participants in reflective discussions about the representations of disability, both implicit and explicit, in mainstream popular cultures.�� The event features the United Kingdom’s Department of Ability and our very own Access Avengers, two teams of superheroes with disabilities.

“I am thrilled and honored to welcome and introduce our distinguished international guests during this fifth annual and unique celebration of disability arts and music at Syracuse University,” says Diane Wiener, director of the Disability Cultural Center. “I am especially excited to have our youth ambassadors with disabilities from across the planet meet one another and interact with our students, faculty, staff, and community partners. One of the main goals of this symposium is to raise awareness of disability as an experience of cultural identity and pride. Always, we aim to do so by celebrating relationships and alliances, by building inclusive, intersectional and accessible coalitions.�� And, yes, of course—we also hope to have a great time.”

The includes a live-streamed captioned American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted panel of comic artists and thinkers who are disability rights activists, a variety of workshops (all interpreted in ASL), and a live-streamed captioned ASL interpreted concert featuring Australian pop rock band Calling Utopia. Additionally, the event features breakfast and dinner buffets with inclusive food, art exhibitions, vendors and information tables, an accessible photo booth, a quiet and “low stim” room, and a gaming room. The evening prior, attendees are also invited to join the DCC and Orange After Dark for an encore inclusive, screening of Disney/Pixar’s “Finding Dory” with open captioning and audio description on Friday, April 21, at 10 p.m. in Schine 304s.

To request additional accommodations, complete the by Friday, April 14.

“Cripping” the Comic Con is hosted by the Disability Cultural Center, with support from the Disability Student Union, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, the Slutzker Center for International Services, the Center on Human Policy, the Office of Student Activities, and the Office of Disability Services.�� The event is free, open to the public and includes free parking.�� For more information, visit the “

Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) is bringing powerhouse guest speakers to the 15th annual on Tuesday, April 25, to inspire an anticipated audience of hundreds at SKY Armory in Syracuse. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and features a full day of speakers and opportunities for networking. Women business leaders share insights, lessons and best practices that empower others to follow in their footsteps, or carve a path of their own. The WISE Symposium is a collaboration of the , The Events Company and SKY Armory.

The WISE Symposium benefits the (WBC), which offers mentoring and consulting services to women entrepreneurs, as well as networking opportunities. The economic impact of women entrepreneurs continues to rise each year; in 2015-16, the WISE WBC counseled 128 local clients (with a combined gross revenue of more than $136 million) and trained 1,001 women entrepreneurs.

“Through both education at Syracuse University, my first real job and running endlessly on the snowy Syracuse roads, I received great inspiration and the courage to break barriers both in business and in sports,” says keynote speaker Kathrine Switzer, ’68, G’72. “I look forward to telling much of that story to other women at the WISE Symposium and encouraging and empowering others in their own entrepreneurship.”

The WISE Symposium has created a more intimate setting than previous years (attendance will be limited to 350 people) for learning and conversing with other entrepreneurs. The conference will offer breakout sessions and general sessions so attendees can select topics of interest. The theme of the event is “Igniting Spirit and Intention.”

Symposium sessions:

• Keynote presentation by Syracuse alumna Kathrine Switzer: “Breaking Barriers: Yours, Theirs, Ours”
• “Dream, Believe, Pursue: Real life stories of local women entrepreneurs who turned their dream into million-dollar companies”
• “Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone”
• “Playing All Out From Within”
• “Bigger Game Leadership”
• “WISE Latina Workshop”

Among the featured speakers:

• was the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon. She has been honored widely for her achievements, including being inducted into the U.S.A National Women’s Hall of Fame for creating positive social change. The ramifications of her work are both joyful and profound, changing forever the face of sports, health and opportunities for women around the world. Switzer is relentless in her efforts to empower millions of women beyond the finish line through the recently created nonprofit “261 Fearless Inc.”
• is a film festival and live events producer; keynote speaker; and facilitator for conferences, festivals, workshops, retreats and board meetings. Prior to joining the March on Washington Film Festival, she served as vice president of programs for Count Me in for Women’s Economic Independence, designing and leading business pitch competitions and multi-day events promoting and supporting entrepreneurship for women around the country. Bey brings her powerful presence, rich subject matter and engaging delivery to audiences exploring the principles of business leadership and personal empowerment.
• is a tech-loving social entrepreneur who identifies deeply with the Horace Mann quote “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” Having kicked off her career at ad giants Google and Publicis, VanderMeer now combines the findings of her research and her corporate knowledge of client management and offshore operations to employ women in need at WORK+SHELTER, an ethical cut-and-sew factory she founded in New Delhi, India.
• , ’05,��is a health and performance coach who has helped hundreds of people��perform at their best. Her strategic approach to goal achievement leaves people armed with the knowledge, skills and essential mindset required to create change. Before coaching in the areas of leadership, influence, communication and high performance, Fox enjoyed a successful career as a health and wellness coach and personal trainer. Her brilliant techniques inspire others to be better and do more so that life can be lived by design, not default.

For a full list of speakers, click .

Throughout the day, an interactive Business Expo will be open; companies will showcase their products and services. The winners of the Ann Michel Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year and WISE Faces of Success (presented by Y94) will be honored at a brief ceremony during the event.

For tickets, click . Discounted pricing is available for students.

The WISE Symposium is organized in conjunction with the and was launched by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship, located in the Whitman School, which has provided critical event support since the symposium’s inception in 2003. WISE fosters the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities of women from all walks of life and sponsors events to promote entrepreneurial thinking among women in the Central New York region.

For more information, contact Lindsay Wickham, Falcone Center events and communications manager, at 315.443.3550 or lwickham@syr.edu.

Any full- or part-time Syracuse University faculty, staff or instructor is eligible to submit up to three pieces of artwork in the categories of painting, ceramics, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography, collage/assemblage, fiber art, glasswork, computer art, metalwork and mixed media. Criteria for submission are listed on the , which is due by April 24. Submissions are due April 27 at��the Strates Lounge on the lower floor of Hendricks Chapel��between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m.

On My Own Time at Syracuse University opens with an in-house exhibition on April 28 in the Noble Room of Hendricks Chapel. It will be open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through May 17.

A panel of professional artists assembled by will serve as judges. Artwork selected by the panel will be featured in a public exhibition at the Everson Museum this fall. Visitors to the on-campus exhibition will be able to vote for a “Best of Show” piece. The winner of this and other categories will be announced at a closing reception on May 17.

Volunteers Needed

If you want to help with the show,�� are needed��to check in art on April 27, set up the show on April 28, and other duties on May 17.

For questions about On My Own Time, call Lucille Murphy, human resources shared services representative, at 315.443.4042 or email��lumurphy@syr.edu.

Now in its 44^th year, On My Own Time (OMOT) brings visibility to employees’ artistic and creative skills through a community arts program to bring visibility to the creative skills of people employed in local businesses and organizations and the Everson Museum of Art.

“The LGBT Resource Center is excited to invite people from SU, ESF and the city of Syracuse to our 15^th annual Rainbow Banquet. This event is an opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of LGBTQ people, celebrate the beauty of LGBTQ communities, and mark the 15^th anniversary of the Resource Center’s founding,” says Tiffany Gray, director of the LGBT Resource Center.

Graduating students who wish to be recognized at this year’s event must complete the by Tuesday, April 11.

In addition to recognizing the 2017 graduating students, the event includes presentation of the annual Rainbow Recognition Awards, which recognize those who have made a significant contribution to LGBTQA+ communities and embody the LGBT Resource Center’s four core values: accountability, awareness, community and social justice. Rainbow Recognition Award nominations are due by Sunday, April 9, and can be submitted via the online nomination form.

This year’s event includes a banquet dinner, keynote address, music and dance floor. Keynote speaker is Reina Gossett, an Activist Fellow at Barnard College’s Center for Research on Women, renowned speaker and trainer, and filmmaker. Most recently, Gossett co-directed and co-produced the short film “Happy Birthday, Marsha!,” chronicling the life of trans activist Marsha P. Johnson.

American Sign Language interpretation and Communication Access Realtime Translation will be provided. For more information, or to request accommodations, please email lgbt@syr.edu or call 315.443.3983.