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Campus & Community

Today Is the Day to Boost the ’Cuse!

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By John Boccacino

Boost the ’Cuse, Syracuse University’s first-ever 24-hour giving day, takes place all day today. Alumni and friends of SU around the world are encouraged to make a gift to support the part of SU they love most.

Campus & Community

’Cuse Cast: Scientists Announce Discovery of Origins of Gold

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Isabel Sanchez G’18 has a special edition of the ’Cuse Cast, with details on Monday’s announcement of a major scientific breakthrough involving three members of the physics department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Arts & Culture

Hiroshima Survivor to Share Her Experience during University Events

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

School of Architecture Associate Professor Yutaka Sho first met Keiko Ogura in the summer of 2016 in Japan during the SU Abroad travel seminar Design Through a Tourist’s Eye. The seminar focused in part on the way communities remember and…

Campus & Community

Eighth Annual Women of Distinction on Oct. 18

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. hosts its eighth annual Women of Distinction event Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7:14 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. This year’s program features award-winning actress Meagan Good and centers around fame, faith…

STEM

Syracuse Architecture, iSchool Faculty Receive NSF Grant for Joint Research on Smart Energy

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) grant of $99,965 to three Syracuse University faculty/Center of Excellence fellows: iSchool professor Jason Dedrick, principal investigator, and Syracuse Architecture assistant professors Elizabeth Krietemeyer and Tarek Rakha, co-investigators. They…

Campus & Community

Keith A. Alford to Deliver Keynote Address for InterFaith Works of CNY Oct. 26 Spiritual Care Day

Monday, October 16, 2017, By News Staff

Since 1987, the last week of October marks Pastoral Care Week, a celebration that is truly international in its scope. As it is celebrated this year Oct. 22-28 around the world, in Syracuse, InterFaith Works of CNY will hold its Annual…

Washington Examiner

Much is at Stake as Trump Travels to Asia

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

President Trump has a lot on the line as a scheduled trip to Asia draws closer, and tensions with North Korea increase. The week-long trip across the globe could result in many ways, and as Grant Reeher, professor of political…

STEM

Peter Saulson: ‘Astronomy Will Never Be the Same’

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it…

The Atlantic

A Review of David Yaffe’s Newest Biography, Reckless Daughter

Friday, October 13, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Following the release of Humanities Assistant Professor David Yaffe’s biography Reckless Daughter on Joni Mitchell, The Atlantic favorably reviewing the book. “In the best full-length treatment of Mitchell yet published, Yaffe follows her from her childhood in postwar Saskatchewan all the…

Campus & Community

Jose Perez L’07 and Luis Columna Honored at Fiesta Latina

Friday, October 13, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

Each year during Latino Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM), the University hosts Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Latino culture that features Latino cuisine, live music and dancing.  The event also includes the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award and Trailblazer…