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Campus & Community

Libraries Receive Two Major Gifts, Create New Endowment Funds

Monday, March 16, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries have established two new endowment funds that will have a favorable impact on the student experience: the Libraries Student Employee Scholarship Fund and the Donald P. Ely Memorial Fund, in memory of the longtime SU faculty…

Campus & Community

Peña, Williams to Lead Class of 2016 as Senior Class Marshals

Friday, March 13, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Alexis Peña and Tatiana Williams will continue this longstanding tradition and will carry the Class of 2016 banner to open Syracuse University’s 162nd Commencement ceremony on May 15, 2016.

Campus & Community

Workshops to Be Held on Student Learning Outcomes Assessment

Friday, March 13, 2015, By News Staff

The Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Programs is hosting workshops focused on student learning outcomes assessment and related processes. The half-day workshops, which will be held April 1-2, aim to guide faculty and staff on identifying student learning…

Health & Society

Teachers College Professors to Present ‘Youth, Media and Educational Justice: Cultivating Wellbeing Through Collaborative Inquiry’ March 16

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will present another installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Monday, March 16, featuring scholars from Teachers College, Columbia University, Lalitha Vasudevan and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz. They will present “Youth, Media…

STEM

Syracuse Goes Global with I-CAMP School for Physicists

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A summer school for scientists, involving members of the College of Arts and Sciences, was the subject of a recent article in Physics Today. Titled “Two Standout Models of Physics Education and Outreach in South Africa,” the article focused, in…

Arts & Culture

Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, By Jessica Posner

Light Work will present “Perspective: Selections from the Light Work Collection” from March 17-July 31 in the Light Work Hallway Gallery. The exhibition features recent acquisitions from 2013 Light Work Artists-in-Residence. As photographers, the selected artists employ perspective as an…

Campus & Community

Golden Key Holds Donation Drive for Ronald McDonald House Dinner

Monday, March 9, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The Syracuse University chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society is holding a donation drive to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of CNY. Students are seeking donations to help prepare a dinner for the residents of the facility on Sunday,…

STEM

Spring Break in Silicon Valley Celebrates Fifth Year

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By Paula Meseroll

During the week of March 8-15, 16 Syracuse University students will be immersed in the exhilarating whirlwind of Spring Break in Silicon Valley, touring West Coast start-up companies, meeting—and learning from—the people who work there. Now in its fifth year,…

Arts & Culture

Isaiah Rashad to Headline Final Bandersnatch Show of the Year

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By News Staff

Rapper Isaiah Rashad will headline University Union’s final Bandersnatch Music Series show of the 2014-2015 school year, with additional support from New Orleans hip hop artist Pell. The show will take place in the Schine Underground on March 17. After…

Marketplace

The Year-Round Season of the NFL

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Sawyer Kamman

Unlike many of its other professional sports leagues, the National Football League has managed to expand its time in the spotlight outside of its playing season, and into a year-round event. While the playing season technically lasts from September to…