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ESPN

Syracuse Basketball Star, Tiana Mangakahia, Rebounds from Battle with Breast Cancer

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Tiana Mangakahia ’20, a communications and rhetorical studies major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a member of the women’s basketball team, was profiled in the ESPN story Syracuse star Tiana Mangakahia nurtures basketball dream, finds new…

TIME

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families: A Step Towards a More Equal America

Friday, February 28, 2020, By Hailey Womer

Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, was highlighted in the TIME story “These 16 People and Groups Are Fighting for a More Equal America.”…

STEM

Math Students Finish Among Top Universities at Elite Competition

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

A team of three undergraduate students from the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) Department of Mathematics recently finished 58th out of 488 participating institutions in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. The math contest is the preeminent mathematics competition…

Business & Economy

Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…

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Campus & Community

Scott Reynolds ‘Can’t Stand to See Kids Walk through Snow to Get on a Bus’

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Very early on winter mornings, Scott Reynolds navigates a payloader along the streets and through parking lots on the Syracuse University campus. Following a snowfall, Reynolds and his 60 colleagues on the Facilities Services grounds team work to clear the…

STEM

Two College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Members Earn NSF CAREER Awards

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Denver Whittington, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, and Weiwei Zheng, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, are principal investigators for separate five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards. The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a…

STEM

M. Lisa Manning Named William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

M. Lisa Manning, professor of physics and founding director of BioInspired Syracuse: Institute for Material and Living Systems, has been named the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics. This highly selective professorship was established in 1971 by a grant from…

Health & Society

Falk College and Syracuse University Career Services Host Community Health and Wellness Alumni Speaker Series

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By News Staff

The Falk College and Syracuse University Career Services present The Alumni Speaker Series: Community Health and Wellness on March 3, 2020, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Grant Auditorium, followed by a networking reception with refreshments from 5 to 7 p.m….

Campus & Community

University College Announces Commencement Speaker

Monday, February 24, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

The University College Commencement Celebration for part-time students will take place on Thursday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at the new National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel & Gayle D’Aniello Building. Jeffery Mangram will be the keynote speaker. Mangram…