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Business & Economy

U.S. News Ranks Whitman School of Management in Top 50 Nationwide

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate business program was ranked #43 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best College rankings. The school’s department of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises was ranked #12 nationwide. The U.S. News &…

Four Alumni Receiving Prestigious Arents Award for Excellence

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

The recipients are: Emmy Award-winning media executive Erica Branch-Ridley ’87; advertising agency principal Eric Mower ’66, G’68; scholar, teacher and administrator Donna Shalala G’70, H’87; and sports marketing guru Brandon Steiner ’81.

Arts & Culture

Two Associated with University to Receive National Medals of Arts

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By News Staff

Tobias “Toby” Wolff, a pre-eminent short story writer and memoirist, as well as a former English professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and internationally acclaimed theater artist Ping Chong, who wrote and directed two Syracuse Stage world premieres,…

Media, Law & Policy

Jeffrey Gonda Honored with Supreme Court Historical Society Award

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Jeffrey Gonda, assistant professor of history at the Maxwell School, was honored by the Supreme Court Historical Society with the Hughes-Gossett Award for Best Journal Article. Gonda was presented the award by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during a ceremony…

STEM

Chemists Awarded Grants for Interdisciplinary Research

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Two chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have been recognized for their ongoing work in organic chemistry and the life sciences. Yan-Yeung Luk and John Chisholm, associate professors of chemistry, have received major grant awards from the National…

STEM

Mathematicians Sweep NSF Grant Awards

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Three mathematicians in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded major grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling more than $518,400. Each grant is for a three-year period. Professor Lixin Shen has received a collaborative research grant…

Health & Society

Taishoff Family Foundation Gives $3 Million to School of Education to Support Expansion of InclusiveU

Thursday, September 3, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

It is the largest single gift in the School of Education’s history.

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Celebrates 40 Years

Thursday, September 3, 2015, By News Staff

The program will include an exhibition of its permanent contemporary art collection and the publication of an art book to catalog its art collection.

STEM

Roger Schmidt Joins College of Engineering and Computer Science

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Roger Schmidt, a member of the National Academy of Engineers, has joined the faculty at the College of Engineering and Computer Science. A retired IBM Fellow, Schmidt is world-renowned for his expertise in heat transfer, specifically related to thermal cooling…

STEM

Better Cancer Treatment Through Nanotechnology

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia in the College of Engineering and Computer Science is collaborating with Assistant Professor Juntao Luo of Upstate Medical University to develop a way to deliver cancer-fighting drugs more effectively using nanoparticles. The National Institutes of Health…