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Middle Eastern Studies Program Names New Director

Thursday, October 30, 2014, By News Staff

Karin Ruhlandt, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, have announced that Assistant Professor of Political Science Yüksel Sezgin has been named director of the Middle Eastern…

STEM

Faculty to Present Research at Cybersecurity Conference

Thursday, October 30, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

The College of Engineering and Computer Science has had three papers accepted by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Computer and Communications Security, a prestigious security conference that will take place this November in Scottsdale, Ariz. It is a notable…

STEM

Ryan Milcarek’s NASA Experience Fuels Inspiration

Thursday, October 30, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Ryan Milcarek spent mornings over a long weekend in May dining with astronauts. There were brief introductions—Where are you from? What do you study?—But the conversation quickly turned to combustion and fuel cells. Over eggs and coffee, veteran astronaut Jerry…

‘Beat the Blame Game’ Performance on Nov. 3

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Shannon Andre

On Monday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., Catharsis Productions will present “Beat the Blame Game,” a lively, yet serious, interactive program, as part of a year-long, campus-wide campaign to promote awareness about sexual consent. This event will take place in…

Campus & Community

Employees: Please Update your SU Directory Information by Nov. 11

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

The Syracuse University campus directory for employees for the 2014-15 academic year will be updated soon. The directory will be available online through MySlice. The information in the directory is used by SU’s telephone operators and automated systems to connect…

Arts & Culture

Professor Explores Critical Response to Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Critical response to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” within the political and economic milieu of the Thatcher/Reagan era, is the subject of a scholarly article by a professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Amanda…

Free Midnight Movies Series to Begin Oct. 31

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Shannon Andre

Beginning Friday, Oct. 31, students will have a new way to watch movies on campus through the Midnight Movies series. Students can enjoy free movies, free popcorn and free soda every Friday or Saturday throughout the rest of the fall…

FNSSI Launches M.S. Program in Medicolegal Death Investigation

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Medicolegal death investigation (MDI) is the focus of a new graduate program in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI), administered by the College of Arts and Sciences. The first of its kind in the nation, the master’s degree…

Author. Activist. Alumnus.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Elliott DeLine ’12, author, activist and alumnus, says his childhood was pretty ordinary, but his burgeoning career is nothing short of extraordinary. At only 26, DeLine is basking in early career success with the launch of his newest book, “$how…

CNY Humanities Corridor Awarded $3.55 Million from Mellon Foundation

Wednesday, October 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester—founders of the Central New York Humanities Corridor, a large-scale interdisciplinary project—have received grants totaling $3.55 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.