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Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor

Isiah Lavender III brings a multidisciplinary lens to Afrofuturism, exploring Black identity through literature, history and speculative fiction.

Diane Stirling Sept. 8, 2025

Campus & Community

Three vintage German art magazines titled "Der Moderne Buchdrucker" (The Modern Printer) from different months - December, September, and November 1918 - featuring Art Nouveau-style covers with decorative typography and illustrations including winter scenes, geometric patterns, and nature motifs.

Campus & Community

Libraries’ Receives George W. Hamilton Collection of Books on Printing and Typography

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) was recently gifted the George W. Hamilton Book Collection from George W. Hamilton ’53, G’54. The collection

Cristina Hatem Aug. 29, 2025

Campus & Community

Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn Receives Spotlight Award From Society of American Archivists

Vanessa St.Oegger-Menn, Pan Am 103 archivist and assistant university archivist in the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, is the 2025 recipient of the Spotlight Award from

Cristina Hatem Aug. 13, 2025