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SU announces commencement dates for each school, college Daily Orange File Photo Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University will hold three commencement ceremonies on one weekend in May, a university official announced Thursday.  The university decided to hold three ceremonies due to the number of student responses to a survey on commencement participation, said Steve Bennett, senior vice president for international programs and academic operations, in a news release. All g...

Syracuse University sets times for triple-header commencement ceremonies in Dome Updated Apr 29, 2021; Posted Apr 29, 2021 This file photo shows Syracuse University students in the Carrier Dome for their commencement ceremony in 2019. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.comDennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse University has released final plans and times for its triple-header commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, ...

Students, faculty pursue sustainability projects after receiving SU grant Avery Schildhaus | Contributing Photographer Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. An annual Syracuse University research grant has allowed students and faculty members to pursue sustainability-related projects this year. SU’s Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability grant was established alongside SU’s Climate Action Plan. The plan, which the university introduced in 2009, aims to completely eliminate SU’s n...

SU language programs under-resourced, students and professors say Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor Some of SUs foreign language programs experience low enrollment and cannot yet offer a full four-year curriculum. Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. When she was exploring colleges, Lulu Maachi was looking for campus opportunities that could prepare her for a career in Japan. That’s one of the reasons she decided to attend Syracuse University. Maachi, a junior information studies and t...

NOW Magazine 42 42 people viewed this event. Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Zoom discussion with artist, Hiba Abdallah, and archivist, Tamara Rayan. Moderated by curator, Sandy Saad-Smith the discussion will touch on some of the most compelling issues around the nature and meaning of the archive. Looking at the archive as a conceptual and physical space in which memories are preserved and history decided, the...

Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials Isabel Espinal, University of Massachusetts Amherst, contributed a chapters to the book

SU’s WiTec club to host workshops on cryptocurrency and blockchain Emily Steinberger | Photo Editor Facebook Subscribe to our newsletter here. Syracuse University’s Worldwide Innovation Technology Entrepreneurship Club is planning to host an online introductory cryptocurrency and cloud workshop on April 9. Red Hat, a software production company owned by IBM, is sponsoring the workshop, which is set to take place from 2 to 5 p.m. The event aims to teach students the basic fundamentals of cry...

Deaf-defying When I was a baby forty nine years ago, it was my grandmother who spotted I was deaf. The door would slam and I never responded. My mum, Avice, took me to get tested and was told I would never get a job and would have to learn sign language to communicate. She was advised I should go to the school for the deaf in Cabra but instead she took the view I should have the same opportunities as any other child and so sent me to the mainstream school in Sligo where my father taught. My mot...

2008  Publications 2020 Beyond free primary education: Pathways to academic persistence in Kenyan free education system. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary , Elementary,7 Early Childhood Education. DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2020.1840606, 2020 Prevalence and predictors of receipt of weight loss advice among a nationally representative sample of overweight and obesity Kenyans. African Health Sciences,20(2),903-911. , 2020...