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Campus & Community

Laura J. Steinberg Accepts Appointment at Schiller Institute at Boston College

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, By News Staff

Laura J. Steinberg, who has served in multiple leadership roles driving innovation and entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, has accepted a position at Boston College as the inaugural Seidner Executive Director of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. Steinberg…

Campus & Community

University Honors Second Cohort of Success Scholarship Awardees

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, By Shannon Andre

The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, in partnership with schools, colleges and departments across campus, honored the University’s second cohort of Success Scholars during two receptions at the end of January. The receptions also provided Success Scholars with…

STEM

Earth Sciences Professor Pushes For More Women At the Science, Technology Table

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Daryl Lovell

For Tripti Bhattacharya, the road to a career in earth sciences has taken a few twists and turns along the way. Bhattacharya, the Thonis Family Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, first thought she would explore a career in environmental policy…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Presents Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Joanna Penalva

The Department of Drama is beginning the spring semester with William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Directed by faculty member Thom Miller, this production brings a fresh take to Shakespeare’s timeless classic about a pair of star-crossed lovers. “Romeo and Juliet”…

Campus & Community

Applications Now Open for 2020 RvD iPrize Competition and Regional Qualifier for the New York Business Plan Competition

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Applications are being accepted now through March 13 for the School of Information Studies’ (iSchool) Raymond von Dran (RvD) Fund for Student Entrepreneurship pitch competition and the Hunter Brooks Watson Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award (Watson Award) for full and part-time…

Health & Society

The Health Hub Goes Mobile

Monday, February 10, 2020, By News Staff

Students who have been on campus during a busy day or have participated in programs hosted by the health and wellness team may recognize the blue and orange octagonal informational tent that pops up in a variety of locations—commonly known…

STEM

Physics Department Works to Improve Gravitational Wave Detection

Thursday, February 6, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

Albert Einstein first predicted the presence of gravitational waves in 1916 in his general theory of relativity. Fast forward 99 years to 2015, when researchers obtained the first physical confirmation of a gravitational wave generated by two colliding black holes,…

Arts & Culture

Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author

Thursday, February 6, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Celebrates Black History Month with Concert, Guest Speakers

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, By Delaney Van Wey

Black History Month will be celebrated through song at Hendricks Chapel’s weekly program, Music and Message, on Sunday, Feb. 9. Guest speakers at the Black History Month commemoration will include Syeisha Byrd, director of engagement programs at Hendricks Chapel, and…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries to Host Mini-Seminar with Professor and Associate Dean Carol Faulkner

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Carol Faulkner, professor of history and associate dean for academic affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, will lead a mini-seminar in the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), 6th floor, Bird Library, on Friday, March 6, from…