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Runners and walkers are invited to take part in the Coming Back Together (CBT) reunion’s Chancellor’s 5K Run, Walk and Roll on Friday, Sept. 15. The event is a fundraiser for the Undergraduate Black/Hispanic Endowed Scholarship, which is part of the Our Time Has Come Scholarship Fund.

Alumni attending the triennial CBT reunion and all members of the campus community can join in the event, which starts at 7:30 a.m. on the Shaw Quad. Check-in and on-site registration begin at 6:30 a.m. next to the Orange Grove, outside Carnegie Library. Registration is $10 and $5 for students.

The first 250 registrants will receive a T-shirt. The event will also include post-race refreshments. There will be a clock at the finish, but the race is untimed. Strollers are welcome, but will be asked to line up at the back of the race start.

A representative of the Chancellor’s Office will attend. Syracuse University Senior Deputy Athletics Director and Olympic gold medalist Herman Frazier will also attend the event.

“All are welcome to join this invigorating morning event to connect with alumni who will be back on campus for CBT,” says Rachel Vassel, assistant vice president, Office of Program Development, which organizes CBT. “This is also a special way to give back to the University and help provide for future generations of students of color.”

CBT welcomes the University’s Black and Latino alumni to return to campus to engage with the University, current students and one another. CBT 2017 will be held Sept. 14-17.

The Chancellor’s CBT 5K Run, Walk and Roll is sponsored by Summit Federal Credit Union and Wegmans.

Limited parking is available in Quad 1 and Quad 4 Lots.

For more information, contact Mark Jackson, executive director of program development, at 315.443.7219 or mjacks09@syr.edu.

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On Sept. 12, Syracuse University will screen “An Outrage,” a documentary film exploring the history and legacy of lynching and co-directed by Lance Warren ’04. The film will be shown at 5 p.m. in 220 Eggers.

Warren, a graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and his wife, Hannah Ayers, directed, edited and produced “An Outrage.” The film studies the scale and scope of lynching in the American South, and its many echoes today, through visits to lynching sites and encounters with descendants of victims and activists working to memorialize the killings.

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Colline Hernandez-Ayala is a partner at GTM Architects and leads the multifamily/mixed-use studio practice specializing in the planning and design of large urban redevelopment projects. She began her career as an architectural designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in Chicago, working on high-rise commercial structures. After several years working for other firms, she and two colleagues started JH Design Group. The firm’s work included the design of mixed-income replacement housing, retail and commercial projects. She is also a wife and mother of two boys, Nicolas and Noah ages 13 and 7. As a student at Syracuse, Ayala participated in Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the Student African American Society and C-STEP. She is a 1989 graduate of the School of Architectureand is a lead donor of an endowment benefiting black and Latino architecture students at Syracuse University.

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The world comes to Syracuse University, and during the fall semester the music of the world can be heard as well.

The world music concert series Performance Live begins at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Setnor Auditorium with a West African drum and dance performance by Biboti Ouikahilo and Wacheva. The performance is free and open to the public as well as all performances in the series.

These concerts are organized by Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures  in the College of Arts and Sciences in conjunction with her course Performance Live. The course provides an introduction to world musical cultures and basic concepts about music and performance through direct experience with tradition bearers through concerts and workshops.

“This semester our discussions center on how national and ethnic identities are performed, and how belonging is negotiated through performance in multicultural societies like our own,” says Hutchinson.

Performance Live also  provides the only world music concert series in the city of Syracuse.

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With the 12^th Coming Back Together (CBT) reunion set to begin on Sept. 14, it is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of the University’s many African American and Latino alumni. The triennial event also allows black and Latino alumni to return to campus, engage with the University, current students and one another, and see how the campus community has changed and evolved.

Launched in 1983, Coming Back Together (CBT) became the first reunion of its kind in the country, strengthening Syracuse University’s reputation as a leader in diversity and inclusion. The initial concept for CBT started with a group of alumni in New York City, including Gwynn Wilcox ’74. Wilcox, a partner in the New York law firm Levy Ratner, has been involved with CBT since its inception, having helped plan the first reunion in 1983 with the late Wayne Brown ’78, Walter Braswell ’71 and Alfreda Mayer ’78, under the direction of Robert Hill, who led the Office of Program Development at that time.

“A couple alumni from New York City started an alumni club called the Friends of Syracuse University, and the goal was to give back to students and recognize the fact that Black and Latino alumni can contribute to the University and have a lot to offer,” says Wilcox, an alumni co-chair for CBT 2017. “The concept eventually expanded into what is now known as Coming Back Together.”

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Three women physicians, as students, doctors and faculty members, faced discrimination of many kinds. These powerful pioneers, Sharon Brangman, Patricia Numann and Ruth Weinstock, created programs that earned the highest levels of national distinction and acclaim. Their work and their names are now legendary—in geriatric medicine, in the treatment of breast cancer and in diabetes research and treatment. Their stories and the lessons to be learned from them are the focus of “Triple Triumph,” a new work published jointly by Syracuse University Libraries and Syracuse University Press.

CBT attendees are invited to a preview panel discussion on Friday, Sept. 15, from 1-2 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library. Brangman, internationally eminent geriatrician and African American SU alumna, and Numann, who opened the field of surgery to women, will be on the panel. Attendees will receive an advance copy of the publication and have the opportunity for discussion with the panel. The full publication can be viewed online here.

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Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate for the first time in the 2017-18 academic year on Wednesday, Sept. 6. During the meeting, Chancellor Syverud extended support to all members of the University community impacted by Hurricane Harvey and the impending Hurricane Irma.  He also spoke on the University’s position regarding the change in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program announced by the federal government on Sept. 5. Read more at SU News.

Last week, new and returning students arrived on campus to kick off the 2017-18 academic year. As they settle in, they, along with the entire campus community, will notice expanded and new initiatives aimed at enhancing diversity and inclusion campuswide. Read more at SU News.