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Campus & Community

Strauskulage, Usman Honored by Goldwater Foundation

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Junior Luke Strauskulage has been named as a 2014-15 Goldwater Scholar. Sophomore Samantha Usman was recognized with a Goldwater Honorable Mention. Goldwater Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of mathematics, science and engineering students…

Chiefs of Police Honor Three Syracuse University Officers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Central New York Association of Chiefs of Police honored three Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel and a New York State Department of Corrections officer for their bravery and action during unexpected events at the University. The…

STEM

iSchool Hosts Workshop for NSF-Funded Social Computing Researchers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Faculty members at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently hosted a one-day workshop for New York researchers doing National Science Foundation-funded work in the area of social-computational systems. Research Associate Professor Nancy McCracken and Associate Professor Carsten Oesterlund organized…

Campus & Community

ESF to Confer Degrees at Commencement on May 11

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will confer up to 575 degrees during joint Commencement exercises with Syracuse University May 11 in the Carrier Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. During the ceremony, ESF will…

STEM

Student Chapter of ACM Growing Upward, Outward at iSchool

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A new student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, is in its second year at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), and is experiencing growth with the spring induction of…

Campus & Community

DPS Honors Employees, Community Members at Seventh Annual Awards Ceremony

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By News Staff

The Department of Public Safety honored 10 of its employees, along with two members of the Students for Community Safety Program and one Parole Officer with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision at the seventh annual…

Arts & Culture

Celebrating Syracuse’s New Academic Home in NYC: The Fisher Center

Thursday, May 1, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Drama and architecture students have been discovering their new home in New York City for the past few months. Tuesday night, a celebratory crowd came to see how they are settling in and officially launch the Syracuse University Fisher Center.

Campus & Community

Thursday Morning Roundtable Announces Meritorious Community Service Award

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) presented its Meritorious Community Service Award to Margaret Charters at its April 17 meeting. In 1972, TMR established the annual award to present to individuals who make valuable contributions to the community without widespread recognition. Charters,…

Campus & Community

CAPES Awards Presented to Students, Organizations for Contributing to Public Good

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By News Staff

The Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship were given out Thursday, April 24, at a celebration in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. The awards recognize individual students, groups of students, residence halls, residence floors, student organizations and academic projects or…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Announces 2014-15 Season

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Seven distinguished guests will share their experiences and perspectives with the Syracuse University and Central New York communities this fall and next spring as part of the 2014-15 University Lectures series. Guests during the fall 2014 semester include Van Jones,…