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2014-15 Remembrance Scholars Selected
Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2014-15 Remembrance Scholars. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of…
The Lasting Legacy of a Teacher, Mentor and Friend
Professor Mary Marshall would have been proud to receive the warm recognition of those gathered for the dedication of the honors program’s library that now bears her name. “She was the finest of mentors,” said Edward Menkin G’67, G’72, L’77. “She would be thrilled to see so many young women and men here today and deeply touched by this dedication.”
Chancellor’s Office Announces New Organizational Structure, Staff Members
With the recent change in University leadership along with a goal of better aligning strategic responsibilities and operations, the Office of the Chancellor announces a new organizational structure and several new team members.
LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
LaToya Ruby Frazier G’07 has been named a 2014 recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in photography in the United States and Canada competition. Frazier earned a master of fine arts degree in art photography from the College of…
Anthropologist Wins Arts and Sciences’ Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Douglas V. Armstrong, a Syracuse University professor in the Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, has been tapped to receive the latter’s William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. He…
A Catalyst for Change
Leave it to Karin Ruhlandt, newly appointed interim dean-designate of The College of Arts and Sciences, to put a global spin on things. In 1999, when the Department of Chemistry was retooling its Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, the…
VPA Professor Develops Web Platform to Combat Social Isolation
Amardo Rodriguez has long been studying the relationship between communication and the making of social worlds. A professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor,…
Higgins Gives Presentation on Creative Placemaking
Syracuse University Vice President for Community Engagement and Economic Development Marilyn Higgins was a guest presenter at the City of Milwaukee Creative Placemaking Forum April 16. The City of Milwaukee Department of Economic Development and the Kresge Foundation invited Higgins…
Celebrate Earth Week April 21-23
Unique festival along the Connective Corridor among the planned events Earth Day began in 1970 after millions of demonstrators came together to draw attention to pollution issues, and over the years it has evolved into an annual event focused on…
New Biography of Bill Clinton Brings Historical Perspective to Career
David Bennett, professor emeritus of history at the Maxwell School, has authored “Bill Clinton: Building a Bridge to the New Millennium” (Routledge), a fascinating and meticulously researched new biography of the 42nd U.S. president. The book traces the path of…