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All the Details on Commencement 2018

Monday, May 7, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

It’s time to celebrate all that you have achieved. Find out everything you need to know about Commencement 2018 to join in the memories of a lifetime. Syracuse University’s 164th Commencement will take place Sunday, May 13, beginning with the…

Media, Law & Policy

Nina Kohn Testifies to Senate Special Committee on Aging and Social Security Administration

Friday, May 4, 2018, By Martin Walls

On April 18, College of Law Associate Dean for Research and Online Education and David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law Nina A. Kohn testified in Washington, D.C., on guardianship abuse and reform and financial decision-making for people with disabilities….

Campus & Community

Syracuse ROTC Students Achieve Prestigious Placements

Monday, April 30, 2018, By Stephanie Salanger

Two Syracuse University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets have achieved prestigious honors; Cadet Bethany Murphy has been awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship and Cadet Battalion Commander Ashlynn Borce has been accepted…

New York Times

Goode Pushes Back on Climate Change Critics

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Erica Goode, a visiting assistant professor in the newspaper and online journalism department in the Newhouse school, published an article in the New York Times about climate change and the toll it is taking on the polar bear population. She…

Health & Society

Jennifer Karas Montez Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship to Support Research on Health Disparities among U.S. States

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Jessica Smith

 Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the most generous and prestigious fellowship in the social sciences and…

Health & Society

Research Profile: Clinical Simulations Put Future Teachers to the Test

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Carol Boll

Few parents who have spent any time in their children’s classroom would dispute the challenges teachers face in the course of even the most routine day. Whether leading alphabet games with a roomful of exuberant kindergartners or explaining algebraic equations…

Arts & Culture

NEH Funding Supports Two Syracuse Projects

Friday, April 20, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Two Syracuse University projects have received 2018 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awards. Glenn Wright, director of Graduate School Programs, and Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center and professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, received funding to enhance doctoral training for humanities Ph.D.s in…

Health & Society

University Lectures Focuses on Healthy, Green Building with Alumnus Rick Fedrizzi

Thursday, April 19, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Healthy-building advocate and SU alumnus Rick Fedrizzi G’87 concludes the 2017-18 University Lectures series on Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Fedrizzi will give a short presentation and then engage in an on-stage conversation with School of…

Campus & Community

Professors Honored with Prestigious Meredith and Teaching Recognition Awards

Thursday, April 19, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Michelle Kaarst-Brown, associate professor in the School of Information Studies, and Tom Perreault, professor of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, have been named the 2018-21 Laura J. and…

Scientific American

Think Before You Speak, Just Like Right Whales

Monday, April 16, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

New research shows that right whales may have the ability to think about their calls before vocalizing them. Holly Root-Gutteridge, a former postdoctoral researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with Scientific American about this new information, and…