This semester’s University Lectures series will kick off this week, with this spring’s speakers including a big data expert, the president of the WNBA and a female photojournalist. Read more »
Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder, co-creators of the podcast, will deliver a University Lecture at SU next spring. “Serial” is a podcast from the creators of “This American Life,” a weekly public radio show broadcast to about 2.1 million listeners. Read more »
Brent Smart , CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi New York, spoke at the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium Wednesday night. Smart’s speech titled, “An Unfair Share of Culture” was a part of the Eric Mower Advertising Forum speaker series. Read more »
Diane Nelson, a class of 1989 Syracuse University alumna and president of DC Entertainment, will serve as the keynote speaker at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications convocation ceremony in May. Read more »
Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. helped guide civil rights leaders and thousands of community members across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama,… Read more »
TEDx has started accepting applications in preparation for its second event at Syracuse University. The application process is now open and applications are due by… Read more »
Hosted by the Xi Chapter of Omega Phi Beta sorority on Wednesday night in Hendricks Chapel, Polanco’s talk addressed issues including the hardships of being a woman of color in the media and the intersection of societal beauty standards and personal body image. Read more »
The best day of Zephyr Teachout's campaign for governor was spent in a courtroom. While running against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic… Read more »
Barry Scheck, an attorney, DNA expert and co-founder of the Innocence Project, delivered the final University Lecture of the semester Tuesday night in Hendricks Chapel. Read more »
Laverne Cox, who stars in Netflix’s original TV series, “Orange is the New Black,” spoke as part of Coming Out Month in an event sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center Wednesday night at the Goldstein Auditorium. Read more »
Two Syracuse University professors protested a talk on campus Wednesday night given by a professor who lost his job at the University of Illinois at… Read more »
When 5:30 a.m. comes around, Carrie Mae Weems is wide-awake and thinking about how the world came to be, how she came to be and… Read more »
John Bolton does not believe President Barack Obama wakes up thinking about America’s national security. “He simply doesn’t care much about national security issues,” he… Read more »
Eve Ensler, a playwright and activist, earned a standing ovation Wednesday night when she said Chancellor Kent Syverud owed the Syracuse University community an apology… Read more »
College students often hear “The Vagina Monologues” for the first time at a pivotal moment in their lives. When they first experience the play, they’ve… Read more »
Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, received the Tully Award for Free Speech on Wednesday night. Before the ceremony, Rusbridger spoke to The Daily Orange… Read more »
When the British government came to The Guardian offices to destroy computers containing documents leaked by Edward Snowden, editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger wouldn’t let them. He… Read more »
Van Jones, a renowned environmentalist, drew a standing ovation when he began his lecture Tuesday night by praising student efforts to divest from fossil fuels… Read more »
Despite all the changes to digital media, students should not be anxious about the constant innovation. “Be uncomfortably excited about the disruption you can bring,”… Read more »
Whether it was hosting “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” or “American Bandstand,” Dick Clark had a legacy of bringing people together— cementing himself as… Read more »
The Syracuse University community will hear from a diverse group of speakers as part of the 14th University Lecture Series, set to begin Tuesday night.… Read more »
As she circled the floor of Goldstein Auditorium taking selfies, giving hugs and shaking hands, Oprah Winfrey said she learned one thing about Syracuse University. “Anybody you talk to is just cray-cray about this school.” Read more »
The Daily Orange spoke with Harry Rosenfeld, a former Washington Post editor, about his time at Syracuse University and his work at the Washington Post, including… Read more »
At age 85, Harry Rosenfeld is still as passionate about the truth as he was when he oversaw the Washington Post’s coverage of the Watergate… Read more »
