Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor is set to make her annual address to the university community at 4 p.m. today in Hendricks Chapel.

This year, Cantor will discuss her main initiative in a speech called ‘The Two-Way Street of Scholarship in Action.’

‘I will be taking a broad look at the many ways in which students, faculty and staff at Syracuse are teaming up to walk the two-way street of Scholarship in Action – bringing the world to light here on campus and taking our intellectual capital to partner with others, at home and abroad,’ Cantor said in an e-mail Monday.

The address will also focus on funding for faculty chairs and an update on the status of student scholarships, Cantor said.

Cantor’s speech marks the fourth year of Scholarship in Action, which has remained the focus of many of her public addresses, including ‘Scholarship in Action: Building the Creative Campus,’ ‘A Case for Engagement’ and ‘The Expansive Mission of Higher Education.’

Topics of past lectures included the use of SU’s reputation as a medium to create opportunities and the utilization of students’ diverse talents.

The two-way street, the topic of this year’s address, represents the progress Cantor and Scholarship in Action strive to achieve now that the program has expanded deeper into the Syracuse community, while also bringing in outside events from around the world.

‘This two-way street is crowded with remarkable work, ranging from the intricacies of biocomplexity and cosmology to the complexities of the life stories of residents of Syracuse’s Near West Side, the wonders of Michelangelo brought from Florence to Syracuse and the experiences of Syracuse students traveling to Chile on our newest SU Abroad Program,’ Cantor said.

Those attending today’s event can expect further discussion of the chancellor’s chief program alongside the unveiling of new programs Cantor said ‘will ensure we continue to make a difference in our disciplines and in our world.’

ctorr@syr.edu

Published on March 17, 2008 at 12:00 pm