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Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Fine Forgiveness for Veterans and Military Members

Monday, November 11, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

In honor of Veteran’s and Military Families Month, Syracuse University Libraries will forgive all veteran and active military service member Libraries’ fines up to $25 for the month of November. To participate, veterans and current members of the U.S. military…

Campus & Community

Kwang G. Tan G’73 Donates $5 Million in Support of NVRC, Center of Veteran Life, Programming and Research on Campus

Monday, November 11, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

When Kwang G. Tan G’73, Ph.D. learned about the National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building (NVRC), he knew he wanted to support this new innovative center of research and hub of veteran life on campus….

Veterans

Stories of Service: Dan Cordial ’18 and LaVonda Reed

Monday, November 11, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

In celebration of Veterans Week 2019, the University is recognizing stories of student veterans and faculty/staff who are veterans or have especially strong connections to the military. These stories are just some of the many from the veteran and military-connected…

Business & Economy

Young Alumni Entrepreneurs to Speak About ‘Breaking the Rules, Blazing New Paths, Not Waiting Their Turn’

Monday, November 11, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

Six successful young alumni entrepreneurs are returning to Syracuse University this week to share their insights and inspire others to follow their own creative paths to success. Joshua Aviv ’15, G’17, Kelsey Davis ’19, Daniel Folkman ’12, Julia Haber ’18,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse-Trained Photographers Nab Top Honors in College Photographer of the Year Competition

Friday, November 8, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two photographers trained at the Newhouse School have received top honors in the College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) competition, the most prestigious and longest-standing visual journalism competition for college students in the world. Graham Dickie, who during the Spring…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Launches Historic $1.5 Billion Forever Orange Campaign

Friday, November 8, 2019, By News Staff

Fueled by undeniable momentum and powered by a fiercely passionate Orange community, Syracuse University today announced the launch of a historic $1.5 billion campaign—Forever Orange: The Campaign for Syracuse University. The campaign kicks off as the University celebrates its sesquicentennial,…

Campus & Community

Thank You for Boosting the ’Cuse!

Friday, November 8, 2019, By John Boccacino

The Syracuse University community came together to make Boost the ’Cuse: 44 hours for Syracuse University an outstanding success. The preliminary #BoostCuse results are in: during 44 legendary hours, 6,210 generous donors gave $2,571,362 to the part of Syracuse University…

Health & Society

Rethinking Addiction: Lunch and Learn, Panel Discussion, Q&A with Visiting Scholar Bruce K. Alexander to Be Held Nov. 12-13

Thursday, November 7, 2019, By Jen Plummer

Syracuse University welcomes world-renowned psychology researcher Bruce K. Alexander, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, to campus on Nov. 12-13, for a series of events on the topic of addiction. Alexander’s pivotal “Rat Park” studies inspired…

STEM

Massive Asteroid Passing Earth Is ‘Time Machine’ From Early Solar System

Thursday, November 7, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

NASA has discovered an asteroid as large as 2,000-feet that is barreling towards Earth, but is not expected to make an impact. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies has identified the asteroid as 481394 (2006 SF6). It’s likely to be…

STEM

Beyond Lithium-Ion: Next Generation Battery Research Underway

Thursday, November 7, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

New smartphones, portable devices and electric cars may get a lot of the public’s attention but all of them are dependent on batteries to make them run. Most current devices use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries—technology that was first commercialized in the…