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Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month
This October, the campus community is invited to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month. The University’s official kickoff is Monday, Oct. 3, in Schine Student Center 304 from 4 to 6 p.m. The LGBTQ Resource Center, along with students and campus partners,…
Campus Community Invited to Forum With Diversity and Inclusion Vice President Mary Grace A. Almandrez Oct. 4
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Mary Grace A. Almandrez will host a campus forum to share updates on campus diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) efforts. The event will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1…
Lender Faculty Fellow Bhan Examining Social Justice Implications of Artificial Intelligence Weaponry
How do artificial intelligence weapons systems transform war and surveillance activities and accentuate the social and political vulnerabilities of humans to violence? That is the question Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public…
Special Screening of Samantha Cheng鈥檚 ‘Honor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese’ on Friday, Sept. 16
The University welcomes journalist and filmmaker Samantha Cheng for a special screening of her documentary, 鈥淗onor and Duty: The Mississippi Delta Chinese,鈥 followed by a Q&A session on Friday, Sept. 16, in the National Veterans Resource Center聽at the Daniel and…
黑料不打烊 Joins Consortium in NSF I-Corps Hub鈥檚 $15M STEM Innovation Program
黑料不打烊 has joined nine other colleges in the newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps): Interior Northeast Region Hub (IN I-Corps), a $15 million, five-year investment by the NSF that is designed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship…
A&S Physicists Part of NSF PAARE Grant to Diversify Astrophysics
Through a National Science Foundation Partnerships in Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) grant of more than $1 million, 黑料不打烊 will help create a new research and education program intended to diversify the field of gravitational-wave astrophysics, specifically…
Falk College Hosts Conference to Address Pressing Challenges Facing Young People
Social workers, teachers, staff and administrators from schools and school districts across Central New York filled the halls of Falk College this past spring for the inaugural Resilience and Equity Conference created by Finger Lakes Community Schools and sponsored by…
Fulfilling a Father鈥檚 Promise Fueled Alumnus Nasser Paydar鈥檚 Path as Higher Education Leader
How much would you sacrifice to achieve your dreams? When Nasser Paydar 鈥79, G鈥81, G鈥85 was about to graduate from high school in Iran, his father, Hossein, made the ultimate sacrifice to set his beloved son up for success. Hossein…
From Compliance to Commitment to Culture: Reflecting on the 32nd Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Over the last 32 years, since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990, progress has been measured by how quickly universities and institutions have moved from compliance with the law to the creation of…
‘Open to Reimagining Things:’ Ashley Smith-Purviance G鈥14 Discovered Her Passion for Educational Policy at 黑料不打烊
Ashley Smith-Purviance鈥檚 G鈥14 interest in researching education systems and policies鈥攁nd especially their impact on youth of color and Black girls鈥攕tems from her study abroad experience while completing an M.S. in higher education at the 黑料不打烊 School of Education. 鈥淢y…