Newhouse to host discussion on apartheid in South Africa
The Newhouse Center for Global Engagement will host “No Innocence This Side of the Womb” on Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Read more »
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Video: Recap of MLK celebration with main speaker Trevor Noah
Jan. 27 was Syracuse University’s 34th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. The celebration featured singers, dancers and speakers as part of this… Read more »
Pan Am Flight 103 lawyer explains suing Libya at lecture
The team reached a $2.7 billion settlement against the Libyan government on behalf of the victims’ families. Read more »
Margaret Atwood discusses activism, literary legacy at SU lecture
The author of more than 40 literary works, including "The Handmaid's Tale," discussed the current United States political climate and the legacy of her writing and activism. Read more »
Bestselling author George Saunders speaks about life, writing and kindness during lecture at SU
Saunders kicked off Syracuse University’s Lectures Series on Thursday night at Hendricks Chapel. Read more »
Comedian Trevor Noah to speak at SU in January 2019
Trevor Noah, the award-winning host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” will speak at Syracuse University as part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Read more »
Here's what you need to know about each of SU’s 2018 convocation ceremonies
SU convocation ceremonies will take place Thursday through Sunday. Read more »
Diversity, inclusion among topics Kathrine Switzer will cover in 2018 commencement speech
Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, will speak at the Carrier Dome during the commencement ceremony on May 13. Read more »
Chelsea Handler to host talk show at SU
Handler, a comedian, talk show host and author, is coming to SU next month as part of a New York Times conversation series. Read more »
Co-founder of Pussyhat Project speaks at School of Architecture
Jayna Zweiman helped launch the project that created “pussyhats,” which became a symbol of the international Women’s March. Read more »
Wonder Woman historian Jill Lepore holds lecture at Syracuse University on 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in NY
Lepore was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006 and published “The Secret History of Wonder Woman” in 2014. Read more »
Transgender rights advocate Jennicet Gutiérrez delivers Transgender Day of Remembrance keynote speech
Noted transgender activist Jennicet Gutiérrez discussed issues facing transgender people and transgender people of color in America and around the world. Read more »
New York Times best-selling authors discuss Clinton campaign failures, national politics at Syracuse University lecture
Amie Parnes, a correspondent for The Hill, and Jonathan Allen, an NBC News reporter, also discussed President Donald Trump’s effects on the two-party political system. Read more »
New York Times Magazine writer discusses importance of education reporting at Syracuse University lecture
Nikole Hannah-Jones, a MacArthur Fellow, addressed a packed Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium Thursday night. Read more »
Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder discusses homophobia, transphobia at Syracuse University event
Janaya Khan spoke in Maxwell Auditorium as part of a Coming Out Month event hosted by Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center. Read more »
Remembrance Week panel addresses media coverage of Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
Several professors in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications discussed media ethics and coverage of terrorist attacks during a panel Monday night as part of this year's Remembrance Week. Read more »
NPR host David Greene talks journalism ethics, changing communications industry at University Lecture
David Greene works as a host of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Read more »
New York Times reporter talks terrorism, Russia and the Islamic State at Maxwell forum
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Schmitt spoke during a lecture Monday evening at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Read more »
Republican politicians discuss market-based solutions for climate change at Syracuse University
Many conservatives have been hesitant to discuss climate change, but on Thursday night several prominent Republican politicians came together in Dineen Hall to talk about future market-based solutions to the topic. Read more »
Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien to speak about newsroom diversity at 1st University Lecture
O’Brien, a former CNN program co-anchor, was named journalist of the year in 2010 by the National Association of Black Journalists. Read more »
Vernon Jordan draws parallels between current political climate and civil rights era in 2017 commencement speech
Jordan compared President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to the anti-black sentiments expressed by Southern politicians during his childhood. He also urged the graduating class to continue the fight for justice and protect the progress that was made in the past. Read more »
Syracuse University’s schools and colleges announce convocation speakers
Speakers for each college and school’s convocation were announced Monday. The Falk College and the Whitman School will have student and faculty speakers in lieu of alumni speakers. Read more »
This Pulitzer-Prize winner rode on the top of freight trains for 1,600 miles to cover immigration
Sonia Nazario spoke Wednesday night as the last speaker in the University Lecture series. She discussed her work and what people can do to help child immigrants from Latin America. Read more »
Civil rights activist and political adviser Vernon Jordan to deliver Syracuse University's 2017 commencement address
Vernon Jordan was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Read more »
