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Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition Now Open at Palitz Gallery
The ninth annual Wynn Newhouse Awards Exhibition runs through May 14 at Palitz Gallery, located in Syracuse University’s Lubin House at 11 East 61st St., New York City. The exhibition that was created to draw attention to the achievements of artists of excellence who have disabilities.
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Verbal Blend Hosts Campuswide Student Poetry Slam
Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program within the Office of Multicultural Affairs, will host its annual Take the Mic Poetry Slam on Friday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Schine Underground of Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Speaks at Syracuse University
On Wednesday, April 6, Caryl M. Stern, president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, visited campus. Stern’s visit included a talk with a group of campus and community members, hosted by the Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life, about the importance of saving and protecting the world’s children. Stern also spent the next morning with a group of Maxwell School students with deep interest in the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s response to the Syria crisis.
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Maxwell Model UN Team Awarded Top Honors at NYC Conference
For the third year in a row, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs received top honors for “Outstanding Delegation” at the annual Model UN Conference in New York City. The team, composed of 20 undergraduate students, won the top prize for its research and portrayal of the island nation of New Zealand, the country assigned by conference officials.
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Chancellor Syverud Provides Updates to Campus Community on Free Speech, Diversity Reports
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud updated the University Senate on feedback regarding the free speech report and the diversity and inclusion report on Wednesday, April 13, in Maxwell Auditorium. Chancellor Syverud also spoke about the status of several executive leadership searches during his address at the monthly Senate meeting.
Read his comments at SU News.
Symposium Speaker Will Address Diversity and Inclusion on University Campuses
Sunaina Maira of University of California-Davis will give a talk Thursday, March 24, titled “Inside/Outside: Decolonizing the Settler University.” The talk, which begins at 5 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium, is part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Ray Smith Symposium. This year’s symposium theme is “The Future of Graduate Education in the Humanities.”
Sunaina Maira Sunaina Maira A professor of Asian American Studies at UC-Davis, Maira will talk about the issue of inclusion and exclusion on college and university campuses today. She will draw from a critique of the imperial university she developed with Piya Chatterjee in their edited book “The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent.”
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La Casita Celebrates ‘Diversity in Reading’ in April
On Tuesday, April 5, La Casita will celebrate the publication of “What I Love About Me,” featuring the writing and photography of children enrolled in its Dual-Language Reading Circles program. The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at La Casita (109 Otisco St., Syracuse), features author readings, followed by a reception.
On Saturday, April 9, La Casita will present a multilingual open-mic night, marking the publication of another book, “MUSA,” at 8 p.m. in Panasci Lounge of the Schine Student Center.
Both events are free and open to the public. For more information contact Margot Clark G’94, G’88, G’82, G’80, La Casita’s librarian, at 315-443-2151 or lacasita@syr.edu.
For more information, read the SU News article.