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Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program within the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its annual Take the Mic Poetry Slam on Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The poetry slam is a competition that includes students from Syracuse University, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Le Moyne College and Onondaga Community College. Poets recite original material for up to three minutes. After two rounds, judges score poets on their originality, stage presence, content, delivery and time. Trophies are awarded to the first-, second- and third-place poets.

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The LGBT Resource Center will host its 15^th annual Rainbow Banquet on Wednesday, April 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Students, staff, faculty and community members are invited to celebrate the end of the academic year and recognize this year’s graduating class. Free tickets are available now at the Schine Box Office. Learn more about the event at SU News.

Acclaimed spoken-word poet Gabriel Ramirez comes to Syracuse for a public performance on affirmation as a form of resistance. The performance will be held at 7 p.m. April 19 in Maxwell Auditorium.

His work has been featured in Huffington Post, Vibe Magazine and at a TEDxYouth Conference. Ramirez uses powerful language to tackle controversial subjects such as white privilege and what it means to be Afro-Latino.

For more information, visit the Humanities Center website.

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Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor and chair of political science at the Maxwell School and a Provost Faculty Fellow for internationalization, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2017-18 academic year.

Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program is designed to strengthen colleges and universities by identifying and preparing faculty and staff for senior positions in higher education administration. Boroujerdi, who was nominated by Provost Michele Wheatly, was one of 46 Fellows to be selected for the 2017-18 cohort through an intensive nomination and application process. Read more at SU News.

As part of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, members of the campus community are invited to an insightful discussion with Syracuse University alumni on Friday, April 14, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 500 of the Hall of Languages. The Paving the Way series connects current students with alumni as they recount their college and career experiences and offer advice for success. Read the full article at SU News.

Four Syracuse University professors, led by John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of science teaching, have received a three-year, $999,719 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Read more at SU News.

Following the success of February’s teach-in, “Sustaining Action: A Teach-In” is organized under a new theme: Building Inclusive Communities Through Social Action. This is the second in a series of teach-ins that addresses policy changes and issues affected by the Trump-Pence-Ryan agenda. Read more at SU News.

The LGBT Resource Center presents Trans Week of Liberation April 3 through April 7.  The week of events aims to affirm and celebrate trans communities and experiences.

The Trans Week of Liberation keynote event, #BlackExcellenceTour, is Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in Life Sciences 001.  The keynote features CeCe McDonald and Joshua Allen, Black, trans feminine activists. Their talk will focus on intersectional racial and gender justice and their vision for radical social change, revolutionary love and liberation that centers those who are the most marginalized.  American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. For a list of events, visit SU News.