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Message from University Leaders Regarding the Posse Program

Monday, September 29, 2014, By News Staff

In a message sent today to Posse Program participants, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Maurice Harris, Associate Provost for Academic Programs Andria Costello Staniec and Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Director of Scholarships and Student Aid Ryan Williams announced…

SU MakerSpace Is Open for Business, Will Host Open House Oct. 10

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

After more than a year of development and collaboration with students and faculty, Information Technology and Services (ITS) officially launched the SU MakerSpace with the opening of the fall semester. MakerSpaces, also known as fablabs, hackerspaces and techshops, are spaces…

Retired Professor of Education Donald P. Ely Dies

Monday, September 29, 2014, By News Staff

Donald Paul Ely, 84, died at home on Sept. 24 after a long illness. Born Sept. 3, 1930, in Buffalo to Paul B. and Florence Fuller Ely, he received his B. A. from SUNY Albany in 1951. Upon graduation, he…

Media, Law & Policy

Student, Professor Play Key Role in Groundbreaking Journalism Moment

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Irfan Uraizee ’15 and Professor Dan Pacheco worked on the Des Moines Register’s extensive editorial, pictorial and virtual series, Harvest of Change. As part of the series, readers can figuratively “jump into the story,” says Uraizee.

Digital Witness Symposium to Explore Impact of Digital Code on Human Rights Media

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Central New York Humanities Corridor will present two installments of its fifth annual Digital Witness Symposium. The first one is on Wednesday, Oct. 1, in room 127 of the Kirner-Johnson Building at Hamilton College (198 College Hill Rd., Clinton,…

STEM

Professor Receives Grant for Ongoing Work in Particle Physics

Thursday, September 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to support his ongoing work in medium-energy physics. Paul Souder, a world-renowned nuclear physicist, is using a three-year $1.2 million grant award from the U.S. Department…

Message to Posse Program Participants and Friends

Monday, September 22, 2014, By News Staff

In a message sent today to participants of the Posse Program, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Maurice Harris and Ryan Williams, associate vice president for enrollment management and director of scholarships and student aid, said they are examining recent proposed changes…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Professor Featured in New Humanities Documentary

Friday, September 19, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences will be featured in a new documentary about the public humanities. Gregg Lambert, Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and director of the Central New York Humanities Corridor, is among eight prominent…

Habitat for Humanity Raising the Roof and Awareness

Friday, September 19, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Build a shack. Increase awareness. Raise funds for affordable housing. The Shack-A-Thon draws students together for three days and two nights on the Quad to better understand the lack of affordable housing in the community and across the country.

University Community Mourns Passing of Professor Emerita Sari Knopp Biklen

Thursday, September 18, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Sari Knopp Biklen, professor emerita of cultural foundations of education and women’s studies, passed away on Sept. 16. “I know that I speak for all of her colleagues in expressing deep sadness over Sari’s passing,” says Eric F. Spina, Syracuse…