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Congratulations to VP and SU alum Joe Biden!

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By Keith Kobland

It’s a common refrain from election night, the cry of “Four more years!” And while voters returned Barack Obama to the White House for another term as president, they also voted to return for another four years one of Syracuse…

Living history: campaigns and campus

Thursday, November 8, 2012, By Roxanna Carpenter

The Syracuse University campus community has never shied away from participation in civic life. Here are some examples, in word and image, of our campus ties to political campaigns and personalities over the years. Presented chronologically, source material is primarily…

Veterans

Getting to Know: Miguel Sapp ’82, G’88, L’89

Wednesday, November 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

After a military and diplomatic career that has taken him around the world—including to Afghanistan as the United States’ senior civilian representative—Miguel Sapp ’82, G’88, L’89 has come home to Syracuse University. Sapp joined the Office of Program Development this…

Campus & Community

‘Portrait of Wally’ film screening

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse premiere screening of the documentary film”Portrait of Wally,” 2012, directed by Andrew Shea, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building. Lecture by Award Winning Director Andrew Shea at 1 p.m. preceding the film. In 1939,…

STEM

Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, October 26

Monday, October 29, 2012, By News Staff

The following news stories mention Syracuse University.

Campus & Community

SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series screening ‘Strange Days on Planet Earth’ on Nov. 1

Friday, October 26, 2012, By News Staff

Can dust storms in Africa be linked to an asthma epidemic in the Caribbean? How can crumbling houses in New Orleans be related to voracious creatures from southern China? Come see how seemingly unrelated events happening on different continents can…

Arts & Culture

SU faculty, alumni recognized at CNY Book Awards Nov. 29

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen Syracuse University professors and alumni are among the nominees for the first CNY Book Awards, sponsored by the Downtown Writers Center (DWC) of the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. Winners will be announced…

Campus & Community

Preserving the legacies of 270 lives

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Everyday items have become extraordinary reminders of the lives lost on Dec. 21, 1988, in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103.

Arts & Culture

SU Honorary Trustee, VPA alumna Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer dies at 101

Wednesday, October 24, 2012, By Erica Blust

Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer ’33 H’90, an honorary member of Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees and an alumna of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Lewisberry, Pa. She was 101. Born in 1911 in…