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Seventh Annual It Girls Retreat Brings High-Achieving High Schoolers to Campus
The Seventh Annual It Girls Overnight Retreat took place on campus on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23, bringing a group of high-achieving high school junior and senior girls to Syracuse University to learn about information technology as an academic discipline….
Phyllis Backer Foundation Establishes Named Professorship in Jewish Studies
A major gift from The Phyllis Backer Foundation will enhance the depth and breadth of modern Jewish studies at Syracuse University. The Foundation has made a $1.5 million gift to establish The Phyllis Backer Professor of Jewish Studies in the…
Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to be Held Friday
This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.
VPA Dean Michael Tick Appointed Treasurer of International Council of Fine Arts Deans
Dean Michael S. Tick of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was appointed treasurer of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) at the council’s recent annual conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tick, who is serving…
Award-Winning Photographer Gerard Gaskin to Lecture at Light Work Thursday at 10 a.m.
Light Work will present a special lecture and Q&A session with 2010 Light Work Artist-in-Residence, photographer Gerard H. Gaskin, Thursday, Oc. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Light Work Lab, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316…
Alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’
Newhouse School and Maxwell School alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 has been named anchor of the CBS Evening News. The announcement was made Wednesday by CBS News President David Rhodes. “Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the versatility to anchor in any…
College of Law New York Bar Exam Pass Rate is Highest in Decades
Syracuse University College of Law graduates who took the New York State Bar Exam for the first time in July 2017 achieved a 91.6 percent pass rate. That mark represents a two-decade high, and an increase of more than two percentage…
Understanding Non-Disclosure Agreements
Non-disclosure agreements have been in the news recently with the ongoing stories about Harvey Weinstein and allegations of harassment and sexual assault. Some accusers have come forward, breaking non-disclosure agreements (NDA) that they had with him or his company. Syracuse…
Zhuang, Now a Remembrance Scholar, Inspired by Remembrance Events during First Year
Sudan Zhuang of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the School of Information Studies recalls attending a Remembrance event for the Pan Am 103 tragedy during the first semester of her freshman year. “When such a tragedy happens, restoring faith in humanity becomes…
American Physical Society to Honor Professor Lisa Manning
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is receiving a major early-career award from the American Physical Society (APS). Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is the 2018 recipient of the APS’ Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. This…