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STEM

Women STEM Leaders to Discuss ‘Hidden Figures,’ Enduring Challenges

Monday, March 20, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Tuesday, March 28, students studying in the STEM fields and deans from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the School of Information Studies will join 1977 College…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosting Poet C. Dale Young

Monday, March 13, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Accomplished poet C. Dale Young is the next featured author in the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series. On Wednesday, March 22, he will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and will read from his work at 5:30 p.m., with…

Campus & Community

After Eight Years in Syracuse, a Student’s Postcard Goodbye: ‘You Will Always Be a Home to Me’

Friday, March 10, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Linda Dickerson Hartsock had a simple question for Quinton Fletchall. Hartsock, now executive director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University, worked with Fletchall for a long time during his undergraduate and graduate years in Syracuse. As director of the Connective…

Health & Society

Celebrating the Life of Kay Buschle, Nursing Alumna and Professor Emerita

Wednesday, March 8, 2017, By Valerie Pietra

Kay A. (Brown) Buschle ’57, G’62, professor emerita of nursing, earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Syracuse University School of Nursing, and much of her career was spent there as a professor of nursing. Buschle passed away…

Campus & Community

Second Round of University Funding Announced for Projects to Reduce Energy Use, Promote Sustainability

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, By Rachel May

The SU Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, and raising awareness on campus about climate…

Campus & Community

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee Seeks New Members and Speaker Recommendations

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The planning committee for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration is seeking new members from the Syracuse University community, including students, faculty or staff. The 33rd Dr. King Celebration Dinner will be held in the Carrier Dome in January…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Announces Its 2017/18 Season

Tuesday, February 28, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage Artistic Director Robert Hupp has announced the plays selected for the 2017/18 season. The six plays are “The Three Musketeers,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Next to Normal,” “A Raisin…

Business & Economy

Student Shares Why Syracuse University Was Her First Choice

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

The reputation of Syracuse University, as well as the reputation of the economics department, was the deciding factor for Andrea Fleming to choose Syracuse. Fleming is a senior double majoring in economics and international relations with a concentration in European…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders’ First Novel, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Bestseller List

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

For an author, you are truly in an enviable position when fans and book critics alike anxiously await your next creation. So it is for College of Arts and Sciences’ English professor George Saunders. Especially now, with the publication of…

Campus & Community

AAS Professor Renate ‘Rennie’ Simson Remembered for Her Many Contributions

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

When Renate “Rennie” Simson joined the Syracuse University faculty in 1979 as a full-time instructor, African American studies (AAS) was just being established as a department in the College of Arts and Sciences. It had existed at the University for…