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Campus & Community

Dino Babers Named 30th Head Football Coach at Syracuse University

Saturday, December 5, 2015, By News Staff

During his accomplished 30-year football coaching career, Dino Babers’ name has been synonymous with winning. Known for his teams’ offensive prowess, respected for his keen sense for recruiting and mentoring top-tier student-athletes, and lauded by many for his ability to…

Campus & Community

Scozzafava Named VP for Information Technology, Chief Information Officer

Friday, December 4, 2015, By Carol Boll

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy announced today that Samuel Scozzafava Jr. has been named vice president for information technology and chief information officer for the University. The appointment is effective immediately. Scozzafava has served as interim CIO since…

STEM

Varshney Receives Grant for Missile Defense Research

Thursday, December 3, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Pramod K. Varshney has been awarded a $350,000 Missile Defense Agency grant through the Boston Fusion Corp. Varshney will work with Boston Fusion, a data analytics and research company, to develop a parametric framework to accurately classify targets for ballistic…

Media, Law & Policy

Call for Entries: Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting

Thursday, December 3, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Entries for the $5,000 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting for 2015 coverage are now being accepted by the Newhouse School. Entries can be submitted online at http://tonerprogram.syr.edu. The deadline is Jan. 18, 2016. The Toner Prize recognizes outstanding…

Graduate Students Teach Philosophy to Eighth Graders in City Schools

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Keith Kobland

A collaborative project between the Southside Academy in the Syracuse City School District and members of the philosophy department in the College of Arts and Sciences is leading to a greater understanding of mankind’s most important questions among eighth graders.

How Anxiety about Terrorist Attacks Could Change Our Politics

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Keith Kobland

In the wake of the devastating month marked by the downing of a Russian passenger plane, simultaneous suicide attacks in Beirut and coordinated attacks in Paris, American fears of terrorism are likely to increase. That in turn could shape policy…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact’s El Punto Art Studio Awarded $39,000 by NYS Council of the Arts

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By News Staff

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact a three-year grant of $13,000 per year, for a total of $39,000, for its arts education program, El Punto Art Studio. Created in 2010…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture’s Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs Rise in Rankings

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

The 2016 DesignIntelligence (DI) rankings of America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools place the Syracuse University School of Architecture undergraduate (B.Arch) program at #4 in the nation, up from last year’s fifth position. The school’s graduate (M.Arch) program is ranked…

Business & Economy

Students Can Enter First ACC Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Entrepreneurship initiatives within schools from across campus are working together to collect applications from current and aspiring student entrepreneurs to enter the first annual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Innovation Challenge. Students with a business idea or startup venture can register…

Scott Warren Selected for Association of Research Libraries Leadership Program

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Scott Warren has been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows Program. Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship at Syracuse University Libraries, will join 27 other professionals in this executive leadership program that…