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Campus & Community

Virginia Denton, Former Director of Design and Construction, Remembered for Stewardship of Physical Campus

Friday, November 2, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Virginia Rieger Denton ’61 oversaw great change on Syracuse University’s physical campus during her years with the office formerly known as Design and Construction through her various roles, including as director. But it was the development of a special place…

STEM

SU Engineering Programs Awarded ABET Accreditation

Thursday, November 1, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Following another successful evaluation, all eight engineering bachelor’s programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) have been awarded accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The programs include aerospace engineering, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer…

STEM

College Remembers Professor, Scientist Rubye Torrey G’69

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, By Rob Enslin

In honor of the one-year anniversary of the death of Rubye P. Torrey G’69, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) pauses to remember one of its most illustrious alumni. Torrey, who died on Oct. 26, 2017, at the age…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Mines Stories of Loss, Transformation

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), continues its yearlong look at “Stories” with a rich array of November events. They include a mini-residency by photographer Keisha Scarville (Nov. 1-2), a concert…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Student Leaders, Chaplains, Staff to Attend Parliament of the World’s Religions

Tuesday, October 30, 2018, By Delaney Van Wey

Over the course of the next week, a cohort of student leaders, chaplains and staff from Hendricks Chapel will attend the largest interfaith conference in the world, the Parliament of the World’s Religions. The parliament includes representation from dozens of…

Campus & Community

Fall Update 10.30.18

Tuesday, October 30, 2018, By News Staff

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Since my appointment to the role of interim chief diversity officer July 1, I have been privileged to speak with a number of students, faculty and staff, and have participated in…

Media, Law & Policy

Communications Executive Jim Olson ’91 to Present ‘Storytelling in the Digital Age’ Nov. 12 at Newhouse

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jim Olson ’91, chief communications officer at Steward Health Care, the world’s largest private, physician-led health care network, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, Nov. 12, as the Social Commerce Days Visiting Executive. He will present “Storytelling in the…

Media, Law & Policy

PPIA Fellows Reflect on Experiences; Application Deadline for 2019 is Nov. 1

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last summer, five Syracuse University students were selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. Anna Nguyen, who is majoring in public health in the Falk College and policy studies in the…

Arts & Culture

Five Films that Laid the Foundation for the Horror Film

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

The term “horror film” first appeared in public usage in 1931 after the release of Tod Browning’s “Dracula.” But that doesn’t mean monsters and mayhem were not regularly seen on the silver screen during the silent era. Kendall Phillips, professor…

STEM

Accent Discrimination: Invisible Source of Social Bias

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

On April 3, 2009, an Asian American named Jiverly Wong shot and killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, then turned a gun on himself. His victims included an ESL teacher and 12…