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Commencement Weekend 2012 – SU’s 158th and SUNY-ESF’s 115th exercises

Monday, May 7, 2012, By News Staff

Sara Miller (315) 443-9038 In its 158th Commencement, Syracuse University will celebrate the graduation of 5,056 degree candidates on Sunday, May 13, in the Carrier Dome. The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in its 115th Commencement exercises, will…

Stories from Syracuse’s sister community in El Salvador to be shared

Saturday, May 5, 2012, By News Staff

The La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will host members of the Caribbean/Latin American Coalition of Central New York (CLAC) to share stories and information about their recent trips to San Salvador and to La Estancia, Syracuse’s sister…

SU junior receives prestigious 2012 Goldwater Scholarship

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, By News Staff

Ryan Badman, a junior math and physics major in The College of Arts and Sciences, received a 2012 Goldwater Scholarship. The highly competitive, national award is presented to outstanding students who are pursuing careers in the fields of mathematics, the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, May 1

Tuesday, May 1, 2012, By News Staff

Korea Herald reports on Maxwell Dean James Steinberg at 2012 Asan Plenum in Seoul

Annual Faculty Recognition Awards program honors teaching excellence

Monday, April 30, 2012, By News Staff

Kazaz, Massey named Meredith Professors At the annual Faculty Awards Recognition event held recently at Goldstein Alumni & Faculty Center, Chancellor Nancy Cantor and Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina congratulated the winners of the 2011-12 University teaching awards, including…

MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 to Maxwell School for housing affordability research

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded $500,000 to Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to study how housing affordability affects decisions made by older adults about their health care, living arrangements and well-being. The…

Giving students a new perspective on food waste

Friday, April 27, 2012, By News Staff

Think back to when you were a kid. Did your parents ever make you finish all of the food on your plate before you could be excused from the table? While many of us can probably recall such memories, you’d…

Campus & Community

Students, organizations recognized at 44 Stars event

Thursday, April 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Office of Student Activities, within the Division of Student Affairs, honored individual students and recognized student organizations for their hard work and dedication at the 44 Stars of Excellence Awards and Gala Celebration on April 17. Sponsored by Macy’s…

Syracuse University study finds autumn advantage for invasive plants in eastern United States

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By News Staff

Much like the fabled tortoise and the hare, the competition between native and invasive plants growing in deciduous forests in the Eastern United States is all about how the plants cross the finish line in autumn. A new study by…

SU’s Bruce Smith wins Poetry Society of America award

Wednesday, April 25, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Bruce Smith, professor of English in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won the William Carlos Williams Award, presented by the Poetry Society of America (PSA). The critically acclaimed poet was nominated on the merit of his latest…