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Syracuse University Singers to Tour France

Tuesday, August 26, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers will embark on its first international tour next summer thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. The choir will travel to France May 25-June 4, 2015, with stops in Paris, Chartres, Tours, Rheims and…

Arts & Culture

Art, Music and Food Align to Celebrate Summer in Forman Park

Friday, August 8, 2014, By News Staff

A Midsummer Night’s Fling in Forman Park, an enchanted, family-friendly evening along the Connective Corridor featuring music, food and art, will be held on Friday, Aug. 22, from 6-10 p.m. in Forman Park in downtown Syracuse. The event is free…

STEM

National Science Foundation Awards Elite Team of Physicists $5.2 Million

Monday, July 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Syracuse University Experimental High Energy Physics Group has several reasons to celebrate—more than five million, in fact. The elite team of physicists, which includes professors Marina Artuso, Steven Blusk, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Sheldon Stone, was recently awarded $5.2 million…

Health & Society

Sociology Professor Looks at the International Student Experience

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

A recent jump in the number of students from Asia enrolling in American universities has led Yingyi Ma to her latest research and a purpose in thinking about the best experience for international students.

STEM

Chemist to Use NSF Grant to Bolster Study of Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to study the synthesis of stainless nanoparticles. Mathew M. Maye, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation…

Campus & Community

$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities

Thursday, June 26, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker ’68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…

Campus & Community

Writer Publishes Book on Iconic Arts Leader, Music Educator

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By News Staff

One of today’s leading arts leaders is the subject of a new book by a member of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Rob Enslin, The College’s communications manager, has co-written the Ned Corman memoir, Now’s the Time: A Story of Music, Education, and Advocacy (Epigraph, 2014). A resident of Rochester, N.Y., Corman is best known as founder of the Penfield Music Commission Project (PMCP) and its national successor, The Commission Project (TCP). He also is closely associated with several major festivals, including the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF).

Health & Society

Blending Passions for Playing, Studying Sports

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive…

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…

Veterans

IVMF Receives $450,000 from Sam’s Club to Support Women Veteran Entrepreneurs

Friday, May 23, 2014, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $450,000 grant from the Sam’s Club Giving Program to support women veteran entrepreneurs through its business management training program V-WISE, Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship. The Sam’s…