Search Results for: ,BoD

STEM

Women in Science Day Spotlight: Christa Kelleher

Wednesday, February 10, 2021, By Daryl Lovell

Christa Kelleher remembers having a love for drawing and art when she was a kid. As a college student, she began to fold science and engineering into her area of focus, intertwining her creative and experimental interests. Today as a…

Campus & Community

Voices Matter: Why You Need to Talk About Race

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Orange Academy-Online will offer Voices Matter: Why You Need to Talk About Race, a six-week interactive online workshop, from March 15-April 23, 2021. The virtual course will meet weekly on Thursday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m. ET. A limited…

Campus & Community

Faculty Writing Groups Open for Spring 2021

Tuesday, February 9, 2021, By News Staff

The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence is offering four options for full-time and part-time faculty seeking support, feedback, accountability or interaction with colleagues while completing or making significant progress on a scholarly writing project. Groups will begin on Feb….

Campus & Community

New Future Professors Fellowship Program Seeking Applicants

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced a new program designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering the professoriate. The Syracuse University Future Professors Fellowship Program seeks to award five fellowships annually to talented postdoctoral scholars in any…

STEM

What Drugs Cause Birth Defects? Search for Answers Turbocharges Zhen Ma’s Bioengineering Lab

Monday, February 8, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Zhen Ma arrived at Syracuse University in 2016, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, to set up his own lab. Appointed assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering and the Carol and Samuel Nappi…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Announces Spring 2021 Visiting Critics

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held on campus this spring. The School of Architecture is also offering…

Campus & Community

Schine Student Center: Spring 2021 Building Access, Hours and Guidelines

Thursday, February 4, 2021, By Shannon Andre

With the transformational renovation of Schine Student Center, students, staff and faculty will have access to many new and upgraded spaces throughout the building. In preparation for the official reopening on Feb. 8, campus community members can learn more about…

Campus & Community

Wellness Initiative Offers Up Heart-Healthy Programs to Faculty and Staff in Celebration of American Heart Month

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By News Staff

American Heart Month, celebrated each February, is dedicated to motivating as many Americans as possible to adopt healthier lifestyles that can help prevent heart disease. As one of the hardest working muscles in your body, it’s crucial to include heart…

Campus & Community

Bringing Earlier Era of Activism to Digital Life

Wednesday, February 3, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Bringing seven decades of nineteenth-century Black organizing to digital life is the mission of the Colored Conventions Project (CCP). Co-founded by faculty director P. Gabrielle Foreman, the CCP is a scholarly and community research project focused on digitally preserving Black political activism…

Campus & Community

Faculty Invited to Enter a ‘Brave Space’ to Learn Tools for Facilitating Challenging Conversations

Tuesday, February 2, 2021, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Jeanine Irons attended an international conference a few years ago, a fellow participant asked her why the room was set up the way it was—with two seats in the front facing the audience. The woman told Irons that the…