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Campus & Community

Seven Syracuse Abroad Faculty Selected as Global Innovation Fund Recipients

Thursday, May 23, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Seven Syracuse Abroad instructors have been selected for 2018-19 Global Innovation Fund awards. The fund supports Syracuse Abroad center faculty in their professional development, their contributions to Syracuse University’s general intellectual and academic culture abroad, and their pedagogical innovation. The…

Construction Progress Profiled At National Veterans Resource Center

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Several outlets covered construction progress at the National Veterans Resource Center including News Channel 9, WAER, WRVO, the Central New York Business Journal and Spectrum News.

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian Featured Speaker at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians

Monday, May 20, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Katherine Deibel, Syracuse University Libraries inclusion and accessibility librarian, was a featured speaker at the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) Annual Conference on May 14 in Lexington, Kentucky. Deibel’s closing keynote presentation was titled “When You’re the…

US News & World Report

Breaking Down Barriers for Military Women

Friday, May 17, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Mike Haynie, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, and founder and executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), and Kathleen Walters, chair of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees, co-authored the…

Arts & Culture

iSchool, Arts and Sciences, Libraries Collaborate on Art of Romanticism Course

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

As part of Professor Romita Ray’s Art of Romanticism course this past semester, Ray, her students, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Daniel Acuna and Elizabeth Novoa, president of Unika Analytics, designed the website Romanticism at Syracuse University. It features…

Campus & Community

Eight Will Make Impacts around the Globe through Fulbright Grants

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This fall, Grace Gugerty ’19 will head to Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award. There, she will serve in a primary or secondary school in a rural area, and hopes to implement a project involving the National Scouting…

STEM

Students Partner with Industry on Wearable Cooling Device

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

While many people work in climate-controlled buildings, certain jobs require workers to toil in oppressive heat. Military personnel, firefighters, construction workers and many others don’t have many good options for keeping cool in their line of work. This spring, a…

The New York Times

Economics Professor Shares Thoughts On the Trade War

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Sean Dorcellus

Mary Lovely, economics professor at the Maxwell School, has been interviewed by several outlets covering the trade war including The New York Times, NPR’s All Things Considered, CBS News, Washington Post, the Associated Press, and a secondary AP article. In…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Ranks First, Second in ACC for RecycleMania Competition

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By Meg Lowe

Syracuse University placed first among participating Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) institutions and—for the third straight year—first in New York state in the Total Recycling category of the 2019 RecyleMania competition. The University also came in second among ACC institutions and…

Business & Economy

Students Take Home Five Prizes in NY Business Plan Competition; Law Student Earns Top Tech Prize

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student teams won five prizes in the 10th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) organized by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on April 26 in Albany. Syracuse University teams won the most of any university…