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Business & Economy

Whitman School Ranked in Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate business program is ranked No. 43 by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, the leading online publication for undergraduate business education news. The website released its second annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017 ranking Dec. 5, calling it “the most…

STEM

Costello Staniec Named Chair Of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Andria Costello Staniec has been selected as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Costello Staniec’s teaching and research are focused on applied environmental microbiology and engineering education. She holds a bachelor’s…

Health & Society

Blackboard Ally Available to Help Faculty Make Digital Course Content More Accessible

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Gabriella Salkin

University faculty members have a new tool for providing students with accessible course documents. Blackboard Ally, an accessibility plugin, will be integrated into all Syracuse University courses in Blackboard starting in the 2018 spring semester. Faculty can request that Ally…

Campus & Community

University College Contributes Christmas Tree to Everson to Celebrate Upcoming Centennial

Monday, December 4, 2017, By News Staff

University College (UC) will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018. Syracuse University was among the first in the nation to offer evening courses when it opened its doors to adult students on Oct. 8, 1918. To promote the year-long celebration,…

Arts & Culture

Nehassaiu deGannes to Serve Mini-Residency at CFAC Dec. 8-11

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Award-winning poet, playwright and actor Nehassaiu deGannes will participate in a mini-residency at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) Dec. 8-11. During her stay, she will present her original one-woman show titled “Door of No Return,” and will lead workshops on acting, writing, poetry…

Arts & Culture

Work of Syracuse Architecture Studios, Dean take Global Stage

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

When the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale opens on Dec. 15 in the Nantou Old Town village in Shenzhen, China, the work of the School of Architecture will be on full display: Student design proposals from two of the school’s studios will…

Campus & Community

King Family Gift Supports Architecture Reading Room Renovation, Renaming

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Dean of Libraries David Seaman and School of Architecture Dean Michael Speaks have announced a generous gift from Russell A. King ’52 and his late wife, Joan “Jiggy” King ’50,  to create the King + King Architecture Library Endowed Support Fund….

Business & Economy

Falk Sport Analytics Majors Place First at NYU’s SABR Diamond Dollars Case Competition

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Margie Chetney

A team representing the Syracuse University Sport Management Baseball Statistics and Sabermetrics Club won the SABR Diamond Dollars Case Competition at NYU earlier this month. Falk College sport analytics majors Justin Perline ’19, CB Garrett ’19, Luke Scheetz ’21, Trevor…

Campus & Community

University Hosts Information Session on Public Humanities Fellowships Dec. 8

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Graduate students interested in applying for 2018-19 Public Humanities Fellowships are encouraged to attend an information session on Friday, Dec. 8, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in room 304 of the Tolley Humanities Building. The session, which includes light refreshments,…

Health & Society

Michelle Zaso Awarded Prestigious NIH Fellowship

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Amy Manley

Michelle Zaso, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship. Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism…