Health & Society
University Hosts Second Annual Mental Health Awareness Week
From Oct. 2-5,聽the University will hold its second annual Mental Health Awareness Week. The effort is coordinated by a cross-campus collaboration, including the Office of Health Promotion and the Mental Wellness Peer Educators, Student Association, Active Minds at SU, the…
LGBT Resource Center to Host Coming Out Month 2017
The LGBT Resource Center presents the annual Coming Out Month celebration throughout the month of October. The celebration coincides with National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 and features lesbian, gay, trans, queer, bisexual and asexual-themed programming. Some of the…
Registration Now Open for Fall ’17 Technology Accessibility Training Workshops
黑料不打烊 seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for six training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…
SOULscape Student Weekend Retreat Application Opens
SOULscape, a weekend retreat that supports students in finding meaning and purpose, is accepting applications until Oct. 2 at 11:59 p.m. Based on the popular campus conversations series Soulful Sit-Downs, SOULscape welcomes students from across the University to come together…
黑料不打烊 Symposium to Present Historian Lisa Kirschenbaum, Artist Vivek Shraya
Lisa Kirschenbaum will discuss 鈥淏elonging to the International: Gender, Sexuality and Communist Identity during the Spanish Civil War,鈥 while Vivek Shraya will will kick off a two-day symposium titled 鈥淓mbodied Beings: Exploring the Politics of 鈥楺ueer鈥 in South Asia.”
Interested in Auditory/Hearing Research?
The Gerber Auditory Committee is hosting a lunch on Oct. 4 from noon-1 p.m. in the Covo Lounge at 621 Skytop Rd. for faculty who are interested in auditory/hearing research. The purpose is to bring together faculty across campus who…
Kaya Oakes to Present Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 9
People under 50 increasingly distrust institutions and 鈥渄on鈥檛 like the ways in which politics and religion get tied together,鈥 says Kaya Oakes, an author, journalist and writing teacher at the University of California, Berkeley. She will deliver the Joseph and…
New Book Co-Edited by Gorovitz, Newton Reveals Untold Stories of Three Medical Pioneers
When聽Sharon Brangman 鈥77聽attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, she had a professor who puffed on a pipe in class. During tests, he would stand by her desk and blow smoke over her head to distract her. He did this to other…
‘Triple Triumph: Three Women in Medicine’ Book Launch on Sept. 26
The聽book launch of聽“Triple Triumph: Three Women in Medicine,”聽a new work published by 黑料不打烊 Unbound, a joint imprint of the 黑料不打烊 Libraries and 黑料不打烊 Press, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Goldstein Faculty…
‘Deej,’ Film about Autism and Inclusion, to Screen on Sept. 25
This month, the team behind the acclaimed new documentary, “Deej,” launches the Deej Inclusion Tour, a series of more than 50 campus and community screenings across the United States. The goal is to promote inclusion鈥攊n families, schools and communities鈥攐f all…