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Scholar Spotlight: Samantha Usman ’16

Thursday, October 8, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Samantha Usman, a double major in physics and mathematics, received a giant boost to her research efforts this summer when she was named a recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s award. The Pittsburgh native will use the $10,000 prize to…

Arts & Culture

Film and Screen Studies Eye Cast Changes at Syracuse

Thursday, October 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences is getting ready for its proverbial close-up, thanks to recent core faculty developments. Roger Hallas, associate professor of English, has been appointed convener of the department’s burgeoning film and…

Campus & Community

VP for Research Gina Lee-Glauser to Retire; Peter Vanable to Serve as Interim

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Carol Boll

Gina Lee-Glauser, Syracuse University’s vice president for research and a research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has announced that she will retire from the University at the end of the calendar year. Lee-Glauser, who came to the University in…

Campus & Community

Graduate Student Travels to Philly to Attend Pope’s Mass

Wednesday, September 30, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Emily Francisco G’17 almost got to see Pope Francis two years ago while she was studying abroad in Florence. She tried to attend a Mass he was celebrating in Rome, but she wasn’t able to get into the service. This time she was not going to miss him.

LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 Named 2015 MacArthur Fellow

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Erica Blust

Photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07, a graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Frazier, who earned…

Campus & Community

The Implications of Finding Water on Mars: Q&A with Professor W. Henry Lambright

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Is there life on Mars? New research findings by NASA released Monday show the presence of water and raise the possibility that life could exist in some form on the Red Planet.

Arts & Culture

UVP Highlights Special Indoor Screening of ‘Leviathan’ with Filmmaker in Person

Monday, September 28, 2015, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Syracuse International Film Festival and the Everson Museum of Art, have announced a special indoor screening of “Leviathan” by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel of Harvard’s Sensory…

Campus & Community

South Side Innovation Center Awarded Outstanding Program Performance and Achievement

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Lindsay Wickham

The South Side Innovation Center (SSIC), a program of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, received an award at the New York State Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP) Annual Conference. On Aug. 20, the SSIC was presented with the 2015…

STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Kenneth Buckner ’19

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Atlanta Word Works, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing writing and spoken word poetry to young people in Atlanta, recently named Kenneth Buckner, an outstanding 2015 graduate of the city’s Holy Innocents high school, as its first Youth Poet Laureate. Buckner…

Arts & Culture

Pianist/Conductor Fleisher to Speak, Perform, Teach during Four Days of Appearances

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Local audiences will have numerous opportunities to see, hear and enjoy legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher when he visits Syracuse University for a series of events from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.