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Amir Rahnamay-Azar Named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Syracuse University
Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Amir Rahnamay-Azar as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Syracuse University. Reporting to the Chancellor as a member of the executive team, he will direct the university’s finance and administration…
A&S Researchers Explore Link between Tropical Glaciers, Water Supply
Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding how the loss of glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru is affecting water resources in a region responding to global climate change. Laura Lautz G’05, associate professor…
School of Education, Athletics, Driver’s Village Support Otto’s Reading Kickoff for Local Schools
Otto, the Syracuse mascot, doesn’t speak, so it may be difficult to assess how well Otto can read. But Otto clearly recognizes the value of reading, and a December 2016 visit to Ed Smith Elementary School in Syracuse thrilled the…
Winners Announced for Dr. King Celebration Unsung Hero Awards
The Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Committee has selected the winners for this year’s Unsung Hero Award. The group will be honored at the Jan.29 event, which takes place at the Carrier Dome. Each award winner was nominated by a…
First Known Use of Mary Poppins’ Best-Known Word? Not in London but in DO
Peter Amster figures he heard the word for the first time when he was 14 or 15, a teenager in the darkness of a Long Island movie theater. He was a serious kid, already reading Sarte and Kierkegaard, but…
Physics Chair Honored for Innovation, Education, Leadership
A. Alan Middleton, professor and chair of the physics department in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently elected a 2016 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The honor recognizes an individual’s distinguished efforts…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…
Literacy Pioneer Ruth Colvin Turns 100
For almost as long as she’s been an advocate for adult literacy, Ruth J. Colvin’s work has involved the School of Education. So the School of Education and the University joyfully joined the recent communitywide celebration of Colvin’s 100th birthday….
The Spark
BEACH CLOSED. NO SWIMMING. CONTAMINATED WATER. Growing up on Long Island Sound, Kristin Angello ’99 was frequently disappointed by these words. Every summer, sewage and toxic runoff from city streets transformed her summer hangout into a polluted mess. Fortunately, the…