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Alumni Association Announces Updates to Board of Directors and Generation Orange Leadership Council
The Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving announced the newest members of the Syracuse University Alumni Association (SUAA) board of directors and its Generation Orange Leadership Council this week. These passionate alumni began their terms on July 1 and…
Emerita Professors Reflect on Their Distinguished Careers in STEM
Four women STEM faculty members, all longtime members of the University community, have recently retired with emerita status, but they leave behind a significant legacy—as valuable researchers, dedicated teachers and inspiring mentors to the next generation. Suzanne Baldwin, Shobha Bhatia,…
Whitman School Names Inaugural Albert and Betty Hill Professor
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has recently named Professor Natarajan Balasubramanian the inaugural Albert & Betty Hill Professor, effective July 1. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, Balasubramanian joined the Whitman School in 2009….
Biology Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study ‘Community Coalescence’
Each fermented food—kombucha, sauerkraut or sourdough bread—is the result of an active, unique microbiome, which is the microbial community in a particular environment. A sourdough starter, for instance, is a distinctive community of yeasts and bacteria that ferments carbohydrates in…
Museum Studies Program Receives Funding from Fisher Price for Major Digitization Project
The museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design has received a $28,000 grant from Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, Inc. to fund the coordination and digitization of the View-Master™ archive. View-Master™ was first introduced at the…
AirOrangeX Upgrade: Wi-Fi for All
On Tuesday, July 9, the AirOrangeX wireless network will transition to a new model that does not require users to log in with a username and password. In addition to offering the largest private wireless network in higher education, with…
Jeff Hemsley Named Interim Dean of the School of Information Studies
Incoming Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Lois Agnew announced today that Jeff Hemsley, associate professor in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), will become the iSchool’s interim dean effective July 1. “Jeff is a well-respected member of the iSchool community,…
Physicist Awarded NASA Grant to Model One of the Cosmos’ Most Extreme Events
Eric Coughlin, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a grant from NASA for his project entitled, “Extragalactic Outbursts and Repeating Nuclear Flares From Tidal Disruption Events.” The three-year, $346,000 award will support his…
Drama Department Ranked Among The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Best Drama Schools in the World
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the 25 best drama schools in the world for the second consecutive year. Ranked No. 23 in THR’s June 19 issue, the department…
Alumna Pia Rogers to Offer Keynote at MPA Convocation
A long, distinguished career has taken Army Colonel Pia W. Rogers L’01, G’01 to assignments around the globe and led to her current position at the Pentagon. On Friday, June 28, she we will return to where her professional journey…