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Rick and Ryan Oddo—Two Generations of STEM and Service

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

All Syracuse grads are part of an extended alumni family, but certain members are actually related. Take Rick ‘86 and Ryan Oddo ’18 for example. In 1986, Rick Oddo earned an electrical engineering degree from the College of Engineering and…

Campus & Community

Gorovitz to Receive SUNY Honorary Degree May 22

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the State University of New York (SUNY) for his contributions to medical science. Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of Arts and Sciences, will receive…

Arts & Culture

University Singers’ April 30 Performance to Feature Bulgaria Competition Repertoire

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers, the most select choral ensemble at the University, will present a concert on Saturday, April 30, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert, which is free and open…

Business & Economy

Do What You Like

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

At a recent career fair in his hometown of Troy, N.Y., Tom Nardacci ’96, advised high school students considering a media career to pursue a liberal arts degree. “It wouldn’t hurt them to take a business course,” he adds. Nardacci,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Alumna ‘Follows Her Gut’ All the Way to Oscar-Winning Screenplay

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By News Staff

Newhouse School alumna Meg LeFauve ’87 has made several contributions to the film industry in the past year. In addition to co-writing the Oscar-winning film “Inside Out,” she wrote “The Good Dinosaur” and is working on a screenplay for “Captain…

Media, Law & Policy

Kenneth Baynes Appointed Tolley Professor in Humanities

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Kenneth Baynes, professor of philosophy and political science in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, has been appointed the 2016-18 William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities. Named for the Syracuse chancellor emeritus, the…

Arts & Culture

Coggiola to Receive CNY Jazz Educator of the Year Award

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Erica Blust

John Coggiola, dual associate professor of music education and director of jazz studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and the School of Education, will receive the 11th…

Media, Law & Policy

Stromer-Galley Presents ‘Illuminating 2016’ Project at Tow Center

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley presented her “Illuminating 2016” project recently at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism, where she is currently a fellow. Stromer-Galley’s project is designed to help political journalists cover social media…

Business & Economy

Six Student Teams Advance to NYS Business Plan Competition

Monday, April 25, 2016, By News Staff

Sixteen SU student ventures divided $60,000 in cash prizes as part of the CompeteCNY regional qualifier for the New York State Business Plan Competition. Of those, six will go on to Albany April 29 for a statewide competition. But one…

Campus & Community

It’s On Us: Addressing Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence

Monday, April 25, 2016, By Shannon Andre

In early April, the campus held the spring “It’s On Us” National Week of Action, part of the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses. The campaign is one of the many ways…