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Lectures and Seminars

February 28, 2025

Technology, Environmental Change, Water Supply and Livelihoods of Natural Resource-Dependent People

February 28, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Trevor Birkenholtz, professor of geography at Penn State University, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

March 5, 2025

Life Together Leadership Fellows Program – Session 2

March 5, 2025 at 5:00pm7:00pm

Eggers Hall, 220

A four-part training program on civic engagement and civil discourse offered by the Life Together initiative steering committee and PARCC.

March 6, 2025

ODI Lunch and Learn: “Addressing Cultural Gaps Among Students: Exercises for Breaking Down Barriers in Multiple Disciplines”

March 6, 2025 at 12:00pm1:00pm EST

Schine Student Center, 304ABC

Newhouse Professors Elliott Lewis, Esq. and Keonte Coleman, Ph.D. will discuss various exercises they have designed to raise students’ awareness of diversity issues in media and the…

Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health

March 6, 2025 at 3:30pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 060

Emma Zang, Yale University, will present, "Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.

Keisha Green headshot with Syracuse Symposium logo

Working Towards Racial Justice and Educational Equity

March 6, 2025 at 4:30pm6:30pm EST

Bird Library, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114)

In her talk “Working Towards Racial Justice and Educational Equity Through Youth Engaged, Justice-Oriented Literacy and Learning,” Keisha L. Green revisits one of bell hook’s…

Kathy Butterly | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

March 6, 2025 at 6:30pm8:00pm EST

401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Kathy Butterly is a ceramic sculptor. She received a B.F.A. from Moore College of Art and an M.F.A. from the University of California, Davis. Her work has been exhibited at the Tang Museum, National…

March 19, 2025

Life Together Leadership Fellows Program – Session 3

March 19, 2025 at 5:00pm7:00pm

Eggers Hall, 220

A four-part training program on civic engagement and civil discourse offered by the Life Together initiative steering committee and PARCC.

March 20, 2025

James Waller headshot

Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Mass Atrocity | Atrocity Studies Lecture

March 20, 2025 at 5:00pm6:30pm EDT

Bird Library, Room 114, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons

With Professor James Waller, Christopher J. Dodd Chair in Human Rights Practice, University of Connecticut Professor James Waller will discuss internal and external factors that can lead ordinary…

Juan José Cielo sits in a chair, surrounded by his work.

Juan Jose Cielo | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

March 20, 2025 at 6:30pm8:00pm EDT

Shaffer Art Building, Shemin Auditorium

Juan José Cielo is a Colombian American artist based in New York, working in painting, photography and short films. In 2017, Cielo was selected as an artist-in-residence with scientists and…

March 25, 2025

ODI Lunch and Learn: Orange Dialogue for Skä·noñh (peace and wellness)

March 25, 2025 at 12:00pm1:00pm EDT

Schine Student Center, 304ABC

Orange Dialogue for Skä·noñh (peace and wellness) is a collaborative program with Barnes Center Outdoor Recreation & Health Promotion. It focuses on Indigenous cultures (past, present and…

March 27, 2025

Shane Evans | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

March 27, 2025 at 6:30pm8:00pm EDT

Shaffer Art Building, Shemin Auditorium

Shane Evans has created pictures for over 50 books for children, including “Why?,” “Mixed Me!” and “My Friend!” He has worked with authors such as Shaquille…

April 2, 2025

Life Together Leadership Fellows – Session 4

April 2, 2025 at 5:00pm7:00pm

Eggers Hall, 220

A four-part training program on civic engagement and civil discourse offered by the Life Together initiative steering committee and PARCC.

April 3, 2025

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

April 3, 2025 at 4:00pm5:30pm

Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall

Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford) will present the tenth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

April 3, 2025 at 4:00pm5:30pm

Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall

Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford) will present the tenth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

April 4, 2025

ODI Lunch and Learn: “Centering the Intersectionality of Cultural Identities in Student Engagement: The Intercultural Collective at Syracuse University”

April 4, 2025 at 12:00pm1:00pm EDT

Schine Student Center, 304ABC

The presentation will consist of three parts. First, the presenters will explain the philosophical and theoretical foundation of the Intercultural Collective’s work. This will begin with the…

Ussama Makdisi: Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World

April 4, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Ussama Makdisi, professor of history at UC Berkeley, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

April 10, 2025

Werner Sun | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

April 10, 2025 at 6:30pm8:00pm EDT

Shaffer Art Building, Shemin Auditorium

Werner Sun is a visual artist with a background in physics, who lives and works in Ithaca, New York. He uses repetitive manual processes to slowly transform digital images into sculptural objects…

April 11, 2025

Anbar Lecture: “Bayard Rustin and the Responsibilities of Political Organizing”

April 11, 2025 at 3:00pm5:00pm EDT

Huntington Beard Crouse Hall (HBC), Gifford Auditorium

Derrick Darby is Henry Rutgers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. His recent books are Boxed In: Making…

Environmental Justice, Spatiality and Power

April 11, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

As part of the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series, Lindsey Dillon, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz, will present "Environmental Justice, Spatiality and Power."

April 17, 2025

Cecilia Ruiz

Cecilia Ruiz | School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series

April 17, 2025 at 6:30pm8:00pm EDT

Shaffer Art Building, Shemin Auditorium

Cecilia Ruiz is an author, illustrator and designer originally from Mexico City. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches design and illustration at Queens College and the School of Visual…