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Campus & Community

Combating Graduate School Stress, One Click at a Time

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Like all of Luka Negoita’s Ph.D. work on plant biology, his latest venture began with an experiment. But this time he didn’t investigate the vegetation of central New York, he turned the microscope on the Ph.D. process. “Grad school is…

Campus & Community

New Members Inducted into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University inducted 56 new members and two honorary members into the Alpha Sigma chapter of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society during the spring semester. The induction ceremony took place in Hendricks Chapel, during which the new members…

Health & Society

Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…

Campus & Community

Students Present on Variety of Topics at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Six students with a variety of research projects—such as community attachment resilience in a deindustrialized city, the effects of using different basketballs in NCAA play and 3D flow visualization in virtual reality—represented Syracuse University at this year’s ACC Meeting of…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders Appointed to CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Council

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, and Alexander McKelvie, associate professor and chair of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises department, are two of 39 thought leaders selected to serve on the…

WSYR

Bill Smullen discusses newest revelations in James Comey’s memo

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Bill Smullen, professor of public relations and director of national security studies, was interviewed on WSYR TV for the story “Political backlash surrounding memo by former FBI director.”

The Washington Post

Mehrzad Boroujerdi discusses Iranian elections and possible outcomes

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science at the Maxwell School, was quoted in a Washington Post story “No matter who wins Iran’s election, he’ll have a fight with the supreme leader.”

Campus & Community

The 44 Highlights Events and Achievements in 2016-17 Academic Year

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University shared the 2017 edition of The 44 during the annual Board of Trustees meeting this past weekend. The 44 is a sampling of outstanding academic achievements, milestones and successes. The document does not reflect every one of the…

Campus & Community

$5 Million Gift From Board of Trustees Chairman Steven W. Barnes ’82 to Help Create a State-of-the-Art Health, Wellness and Recreation Complex

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

Steve and Deborah Barnes cite University’s transformative, student-centric vision as motivation for gift A new state-of-the-art, health, wellness and recreation complex, which until now has been a conceptual component in the draft Campus Framework, is now one step closer to…

Campus & Community

Carol Satchwell Named Assistant Dean for Advancement for the Newhouse School

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Carol M. Satchwell G’11 has been named assistant dean for advancement for the Newhouse School, effective May 1. Satchwell is responsible for the development of the strategic plan for the Newhouse Office of Advancement and coordinates the school’s fundraising efforts….