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Schools, Colleges Announce Speakers for 2015 Convocations

Monday, May 4, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

From men and women who have achieved outstanding careers in their fields to prominent faculty members to some of the most accomplished students, all of Syracuse University’s schools and colleges have named speakers for their Convocation ceremonies. The Convocations will…

STEM

Liddy Selects Teresa A. Dahlberg Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Monday, May 4, 2015, By News Staff

Dahlberg comes to Syracuse from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a highly selective private university where she serves as chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering.

Arts & Culture

Steve Parks Appointed Editor of Acclaimed Writing, Rhetoric Series

Monday, May 4, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Steve Parks, associate professor of writing and rhetoric in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the newly appointed editor of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)’s “Studies in Writing and Rhetoric” series, a group of publications devoted…

Veterans

Taking Care of Business

Monday, May 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

To date, nearly a thousand “wounded warriors” have completed the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans program. Sixty-five percent of them have launched businesses, of which 93 percent are still in operation.

Connective Corridor, VPA Partner on $650,000 Call for Public Art: Community Meeting Set May 5

Friday, May 1, 2015, By News Staff

Two hundred seventy-six artists from 17 countries have applied. Now, the jury will be selecting finalists for the Connective Corridor’s $650,000 call for public art.

Health & Society

Falk College Settles into New Home

Friday, May 1, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Within hours of the opening of a student lounge in the new Falk Complex earlier this semester, students were making it their own. “The students went in there and they started moving around the furniture, making areas for collaboration,” Dean Diane Lyden Murphy says. They’ve been making it their home.

BBI Chairman Peter Blanck to Receive 2015 National Distinguished Disability Service Award

Friday, May 1, 2015, By News Staff

Peter Blanck, University Professor and chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University, is to receive the 2015 Distinguished Service Award from NARRTC (formerly known as the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers). The NARRTC award…

Media, Law & Policy

Late New York Times Columnist David Carr to Be Honored at Newhouse’s Mirror Awards Ceremony

Thursday, April 30, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will honor late New York Times columnist David Carr with the i-3 Award for impact, innovation and influence at the annual Mirror Awards ceremony June 11 in New York City. Times executive editor Dean Baquet will offer…

STEM

Nunan Research Day: Cyber, Wireless and Big Data

Thursday, April 30, 2015, By News Staff

On April 6, the College of Engineering and Computer Science celebrated Nunan Research & Lecture Day. The day featured a record number of research posters being presented by graduate student candidates from each of the college’s four departments. “The significant increase…

STEM

Software Integrates Disciplines for Aircraft Design

Thursday, April 30, 2015, By News Staff

In the aircraft design industry, the area of geometry and geometry handling is considered the least glamorous part of the design and analysis process. But the “ugly stepchild” of the design process also usually contributes to 75 percent of the elapsed…