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Health & Society

Recognitions Continue for Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Members

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Vivian May named resident of Leading Women’s Studies Organization, receives Social Justice Recognition award

Campus & Community

Consider Zimride Before Renewing Parking Permits

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Parking permit renewal time is a good time to consider starting or joining a carpool. Carpooling—two or more University employees who commute to work together—allows individuals to share driving responsibilities, lowers the cost of commuting and parking, and reduces parking…

STEM

Scott Pitnick Appointed Weeden Professor

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Professor Scott Pitnick, a highly accomplished evolutionary biologist in the fields of sexual selection, reproductive genetics and speciation, has been appointed the inaugural Weeden Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The professorship, appointed by the dean, will support…

STEM

Rules to Cut Carbon Emissions Also Reduce Other Air Pollutants

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, By News Staff

Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick and harm the environment, according to a new study by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard.

Campus & Community

Sims Drive Construction Begins May 27

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Sims Drive will soon be the scene of construction work, which will lead to improvements for both motorists and pedestrians. The work was originally scheduled to get underway on May 13, but will now begin on May 27. The project…

STEM

iSchool Ranked #1 for Online Computer Information Technology Programs for Veterans

Wednesday, May 21, 2014, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) was ranked No. 1 in best online graduate degree programs in computer information technology for veterans by U.S. News & World Report. The full rankings are available on the U.S. News & World Report website,…

Arts & Culture

Scholar Investigates ‘Media-Savvy Evangelicalism’

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The intersection of church and cinema is the subject of a major article by a faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences. Deborah Justice, the Carole and Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellow in the Department of Art and…

Campus & Community

Commencement Speech by New Yorker Editor David Remnick

Sunday, May 11, 2014, By News Staff

Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University’s 160th Commencement ceremony.

Campus & Community

Burman Named Inaugural Holder of Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By News Staff

Public finance and tax policy expert Leonard E. Burman has been named the first holder of the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Burman is currently professor of public administration and…

Campus & Community

Chemists Design Molecules for Controlling Bacterial Behavior

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to control multiple bacterial behaviors—potentially good news for the treatment of infectious diseases and other bacteria-associated issues, without causing drug resistance. Yan-Yeung Luk, associate professor of chemistry, has…