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Campus & Community

Holiday Schedules for 2016-19 Released

Monday, December 14, 2015, By News Staff

The Office of Human Resources has announced the Syracuse University Holiday Schedule, including Green Days, for Fiscal Years 2016 through 2019. As part of the University’s comprehensive benefit offerings, Syracuse University is committed to ensuring that faculty, staff and community…

WAER To Host Roundtable Discussion About Paris Climate Conference

Monday, December 14, 2015, By News Staff

What does the 2015 Paris Climate Conference mean for Central New York? WAER, the Syracuse University radio station, will host a roundtable discussion and public meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss implications of the outcomes of…

Syracuse Views Fall 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015, By News Staff

Enjoy the view from Syracuse University. We’re combing social media for great photos of campus and accepting your snapshots that highlight all aspects of life at our University.

STEM

iSchool Student Helps Others Understand ‘The Millennial Mindset’

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By Keith Kobland

“Millennials get a bad rap. Lazy, narcissistic, and entitled are adjectives commonly used to describe this new generation of tech-savvy teenagers.” For anyone over 30, those words from Aarick Knighton ’16 may ring true. That’s why Knighton, a student in…

Alumna Interprets Cybersecurity on Capitol Hill

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Jessica Wilkerson ’13, who graduated with a major in  policy studies from the Maxwell School and minors in computer science and mathematics, is watching software envelop the world from an interesting vantage point—atop Capitol Hill. As an oversight associate for…

STEM

NSF Funds $1.12M for Transmission Electron Microscope

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By News Staff

Students will benefit from a $1.12 million grant from the National Science Foundation, which will be used for a new field emission scanning/transmission electron microscope at SUNY ESF. The microscope will give scientists a new tool to use in research…

Arts & Culture

Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production—including intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer—and at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…

Arts & Culture

‘Tis the Season for ‘Holidays at Hendricks’

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Nearly a thousand people descended onto Syracuse University for “Holidays at Hendricks” on Sunday, Dec. 4. A campus tradition for more than a decade, the concert featured hundreds of musicians, including the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (based in the College…

STEM

Professor Sheds New Light on Fracking Debate

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences is shedding new light on an old debate. Donald Siegel, an accomplished hydrologist and geochemist who chairs the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is…