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Engineering Students Design Sumo Wrestling Robots
The task for students was to build with a specific set of skills. It needed to be able to stay inside a marked circle and have away to push other robots outside the circle. “Just like sumo wrestling but a…
Teaching with Dignity: Friends, Colleagues Reflect on Legacy of Education Pioneer Robert ‘Bob’ Newman
Soon after retiring from public teaching, Thelma Bonzek ’43 treated her former Syracuse professor Robert “Bob” Newman to lunch. The duo (along with their respective spouses, Joe Bonzek and Katherine Hughes ’91, ’07) rekindled their affiliation over coffee and sandwiches,…
Aerospace Engineering First-Year Students Test Their Mars Rover Designs
The “surface of Mars” may be just a table in Link Hall and its “rocks” may only be golf balls, but the tension and excitement are nearly as high as an actual space mission. For their ECS 101 class, first-year…
VPA Communications Design Students Win Big in Creative Quarterly International Competition
Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won big in the international Creative Quarterly 54 competition. Five of the 12 winning entries in the graphic design student category were submitted by members…
Concept to Design Library ‘Critical Catalog’ Earns ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award
A paper describing a proposal to create a new type of library catalog—one that, in the way it uses metadata, acts as an “affirmative action” system to advocate for diversity and expose library users and readers to resources from populations…
Head Football Coach Dino Babers Signs Long-Term Contract Extension with Syracuse University
Dino Babers, head football coach at Syracuse University, will continue to lead the Orange for seasons to come. Coach Babers, a finalist for the 2018 George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, and Syracuse University have reached an agreement…
Design Students’ Exhibition Addresses Microaggressions on Campus
Junior communications design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design have ventured to solve the subtle issues involved with microaggressions as perceived on campus through the exhibition “Microaggressions: Ignorance Does Not Equal Bliss,” part of…
Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Test Mini-Racecar Designs
Many cars are defined by their horsepower but that is only one aspect of the engineering and design process. Freshmen mechanical engineering students in Professor Michelle Blum’s ECS 101 class designed mini-cars that were more precise than powerful. “We were…
Virginia Denton, Former Director of Design and Construction, Remembered for Stewardship of Physical Campus
Virginia Rieger Denton ’61 oversaw great change on Syracuse University’s physical campus during her years with the office formerly known as Design and Construction through her various roles, including as director. But it was the development of a special place…
Open Enrollment and 2019 Benefits Plan Design Information Now Available
Open Enrollment, the annual period when University employees make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins Monday, Oct. 29, and continues through Friday, Nov. 9. This is the only time of year when participants may elect or change coverage…