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Seventh Annual It Girls Retreat Brings High-Achieving High Schoolers to Campus

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By J.D. Ross

The Seventh Annual It Girls Overnight Retreat took place on campus on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23, bringing a group of high-achieving high school junior and senior girls to Syracuse University to learn about information technology as an academic discipline….

Campus & Community

Phyllis Backer Foundation Establishes Named Professorship in Jewish Studies

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A major gift from The Phyllis Backer Foundation will enhance the depth and breadth of modern Jewish studies at Syracuse University. The Foundation has made a $1.5 million gift to establish The Phyllis Backer Professor of Jewish Studies in the…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to be Held Friday

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.

Arts & Culture

Award-Winning Photographer Gerard Gaskin to Lecture at Light Work Thursday at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Light Work will present a special lecture and Q&A session with 2010 Light Work Artist-in-Residence, photographer Gerard H. Gaskin, Thursday, Oc. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Light Work Lab, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316…

Media, Law & Policy

Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones to Speak at Newhouse Nov. 2

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Nov. 2. She will present “The Work We Have Before Us: Confronting America’s Racial Divide through Reporting on Education” at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3….

STEM

American Physical Society to Honor Professor Lisa Manning

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is receiving a major early-career award from the American Physical Society (APS). Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is the 2018 recipient of the APS’ Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. This…

Campus & Community

Taste of Upstate NY

Monday, October 23, 2017, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Food Services is collaborating with the Sustainability Division to host a Taste of Central New York dinner in the dining centers and Goldstein Dining. The dinner celebrates our local food history and showcases some of our…

Arts & Culture

Steve Gorn to Play Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 24

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Grammy Award-winning musician Steve Gorn will give a concert, “The Transformative Power of Music,” on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. in 105 Life Sciences Building. His music combines the classical Indian tradition of bansuri flute with a contemporary world…

STEM

Duncan Brown Named to Internet2 Board of Trustees

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named to the Internet2 Board of Trustees. His three-year term will begin Nov. 1. A Syracuse faculty member since 2007, Brown has…

STEM

Yale Physicist to Deliver 10th Annual Wali Lecture Oct. 26

Thursday, October 19, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) will celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of its premier lecture series with a program by a renowned theoretical astrophysicist. Priyamvada Natarajan, professor of astronomy and physics at Yale University, will deliver this…