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Finnish Professorship Done but Not Forgotten
A mathematician in the College of Arts and Sciences may have found the equation for happiness, thanks to a recent professorship in Finland. In May, Tadeusz Iwaniec returned from the University of Helsinki, where he spent the past six years…
$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities
Syracuse University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker ’68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…
Summer Review 2014 at UVP Everson
Urban Video Project and Light Work have announced the UVP Summer Review 2014. During the months of June, July and August, UVP will be screening the works from the 2013-14 programming year at UVP Everson. If you missed one of…
Professor Unveils ‘Lost Play’ by 17th-Century Master in Madrid
The discovery of a “lost play” by one of Spain’s greatest writers was the subject of a recent standing-room-only event in Madrid, featuring a professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Alejandro García-Reidy, assistant professor of Spanish in…
Blending Passions for Playing, Studying Sports
In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive…
Heat Advisory Issued for Syracuse, Hours Extended at Student Center for Relief
The University will be extending hours at Goldstein Student Center Tuesday to provide an additional cool space during a period of high heat and humidity in the forecast. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory for Syracuse and…
Recognitions Continue for Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Members
Vivian May named resident of Leading Women’s Studies Organization, receives Social Justice Recognition award
Holodeck at Newhouse Part of Virtual Reality Storytelling Project
Dan Pacheco, Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Newhouse School, has built a holodeck in his office. The concept was first introduced during an old Star Trek episode, but technology now exists allowing journalists an opportunity…
Scholar Investigates ‘Media-Savvy Evangelicalism’
The intersection of church and cinema is the subject of a major article by a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Deborah Justice, the Carole and Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow in the Department of Art and…
University Group in Turkey Mourn, Reflect on Mine Disaster
A group of travelers from the Division of Student Affairs is among the people in Turkey mourning the loss of 282 miners killed in a coal mine explosion in Soma on May 13. According to news reports, as of Thursday,…