Ongoing
“The Earth Laughs in Flowers” Plants in the Syracuse University Art Museum
January 21, 2025 – May 10, 2025 EST
Syracuse University Art Museum
Surrealism and Photography: “Where I Dream, It is Awake”
January 21, 2025 – May 10, 2025 EST
Syracuse University Art Museum
March 28, 2025
Dissertation Defense: Alec Goldstein
March 28, 2025 at 12:00pm – 2:00pm EDT
Marley Building
The oral doctoral examination of Alec Goldstein, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, March 28, at 12 p.m. in the Marley Conference Room 432. Goldstein’s advisor is Professor…
Dissertation Defense: Pan Dong
March 28, 2025 at 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Hall of Languages
The oral doctoral examination of Pan Dong, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, March 28, at 1 p.m. in the Hall of Languages, room 111. Dong’s advisor is Professor Joseph…
March 31, 2025
Dissertation Defense: Elana Israel
March 31, 2025 at 10:00am – 12:00pm EDT
Bowne Hall and Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Elana Israel, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Monday, March 31, at 10 a.m. in Bowne Hall, room 105 and via Zoom. Israel’s advisor is Professor Lee…

Putin’s Holy War: Sacred Memory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
March 31, 2025 at 4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Eggers Hall, 341
In this talk, Dr. Sean Griffin presents a chapter from his latest book, Putin’s Holy War: Sacred Memory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, forthcoming from Cornell University Press. In this book,…
REEL Feminism: Witches
March 31, 2025 at 5:30pm – 8:00pm EDT
Carnegie Library, 122
Welcome to another installment of REEL Feminism! The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies invites you to a free screening of the documentary Witches (2024), which explores the history of…
April 1, 2025
Chemistry Colloquium: Xavier Banquy
April 1, 2025 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm EDT
Center for Science and Technology (CST), 1-132
The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome Xavier Banquy, a professor at the University of Montreal. Title: Bottlebrush Polymers for Surface Engineering…
April 2, 2025
Dissertation Defense: Zachariah Schrecengost
April 2, 2025 at 10:30am – 12:30pm EDT
Physics Building
The oral doctoral examination of Zachariah Schrecengost, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 10:30 a.m. in the Physics Building Room 202. Schrecengost’s advisor…
Dissertation Defense: Emily Beauparlant
April 2, 2025 at 11:00am – 1:00pm EDT
Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Emily Beauparlant, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 11 a.m. via Zoom. Beauparlant’s advisor is Professor Laura Machia. The…
Dissertation Defense: Ashley Prow-Fleischer
April 2, 2025 at 2:00pm – 4:00pm EDT
Heroy Geology Laboratory
The oral doctoral examination of Ashley Prow-Fleischer, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 2:00 p.m. in the Heroy Geology Laboratory, room 210. Prow-Fleischer’s…
Dissertation Defense: Kyle White
April 2, 2025 at 3:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Kyle White, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Wednesday, April 2, at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. Kyle White’s advisor is Professor Joseph Ditre. The…

Traveling Jane Crow: African American Women and Railroad History
April 2, 2025 at 5:30pm – 7:00pm EDT
Sims Hall, 331
The Department of African American Studies presents the 42nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture. Miriam Thaggert, Professor and Associate Chair of English at SUNY Buffalo,…
April 3, 2025

Physics Colloquium: “How Self-Assembly and Phase Separation Work Together To Build Biological Structures”
April 3, 2025 at 3:30pm – 4:45pm EDT
Physics Building, 202/204
The Syracuse University Department of Physics is pleased to welcome LaNell Williams, Associate Research Scholar/CPBF Fellow at Princeton University, for her talk titled, “How self-assembly and…

Dystopia Now: A Public Reading with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
April 3, 2025 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm EDT
Community Folk Art Center
Environmental Storytelling CNY hosts an interactive event with National Book Award finalist Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, who will read from his debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, a kaleidoscopic look at…
The Beloved Community: A Reading by New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones
April 3, 2025 at 7:00pm – 8:30pm EDT
340 Montgomery Street, Syracuse
Spears Jones is a past NEA and NYFA poetry fellow, and the author of five collections, including The Beloved Community (2023) and A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems (2015), and co-editor of…
April 4, 2025
Dissertation Defense: Sarah Nahar
April 4, 2025 at 8:30am – 10:30am EDT
Hall of Languages and Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Sarah Nahar, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, April 4, at 8:30 a.m. in 500 Hall of Languages, the Killian Room and via Zoom. Nahar’s advisor…
Poetry and Community: A Discussion with Patricia Spears Jones
April 4, 2025 at 9:00am – 11:00am EDT
Tolley Building, 304
Join New York State Poet Laureate Patricia Spears Jones and the YMCA Writers Voice for a craft-focused discussion, open to poets, students of poetry, and the campus community. Space is limited! To…
Dissertation Defense: Prashali Chauhan
April 4, 2025 at 9:30am – 11:30am EDT
Physics Building and Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Prashali Chauhan, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, April 4, at 9:30 a.m. in the Physics Building, room 202 and via Zoom. Chauhan’s advisors…
Dissertation Defense: Danae Woodfaulk
April 4, 2025 at 11:00am – 1:00pm EDT
Hall of Languages
The oral doctoral examination of Danae Woodfaulk, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, April 4, at 11 a.m. in Hall of Languages, room 504. Woodfaulk’s advisor is Professor M.…
Dissertation Defense: Gabriella Wilson
April 4, 2025 at 1:00pm – 3:00pm EDT
Virtual (See event details)
The oral doctoral examination of Gabriella Wilson, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, which will be held on Friday, April 4, at 1 p.m. via Zoom. Wilson’s advisor is Professor Krista Kennedy. The…

Philosophy MAP Lecture: Rebecca Harrison
April 4, 2025 at 3:00pm – 5:00pm EDT
Hall of Languages, 207
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to welcome Rebecca E. Harrison (Binghamton University). Harrison will deliver a talk to the Syracuse Chapter of Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) entitled,…