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Campus & Community

Shaw Hall Gets New Entrance, Address

Thursday, July 30, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Students living in Shaw Hall will notice some significant changes when they return to campus next month, namely a new entrance and a new address. It’s part of a substantial four-year construction project with renovations “from top to bottom and…

Campus & Community

New DPS Chief Robert Maldonado Takes Oath of Office

Thursday, July 30, 2015, By News Staff

Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Robert Maldonado was officially sworn in on July 27 as a peace officer by Syracuse Police Department Chief Frank Fowler. Chief Maldonado’s first day leading the Department of Public Safety, which consists of more…

Campus & Community

Summertime Road Construction Update

Monday, July 27, 2015, By Keith Kobland

If you’ve been away from Syracuse this summer, trust us when we say the main campus has been a busy place. Construction and renovation work on buildings, roadways and sidewalks continues, with some projects set for completion prior to the…

Campus & Community

Research Computing Gains Momentum at University

Monday, July 27, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

Research computing continues to grow at Syracuse University. Supported by Information Technology Services (ITS), enhanced resources offer University researchers more support, greater capacity and an expanding toolset. A National Science Foundation award in 2013 funded infrastructure upgrades that expanded data-intensive…

Campus & Community

Global Fulbright Scholars at University for Summer Immersion Program

Friday, July 24, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Thirty-four Fulbright scholars from around the world have arrived at the University for an immersive four-week English language program. The program, hosted by the English Language Institute, serves to provide international graduate students with language skills and cultural competency before…

Business & Economy

Graduate Students Work to Strengthen Local Economy in Start-Up New York Program

Thursday, July 23, 2015, By News Staff

“Start-Up New York is about the marriage of the community with the businesses and the university. It’s about really finding the right fit in all those different areas: What’s mutually beneficial? What helps the community?” says Olevia Mitchell, a first-year…

Campus & Community

Provost Announces Completion of Academic Strategic Plan Development

Thursday, July 23, 2015, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today announced the completion of the development phase of the University’s Academic Strategic Plan, a document designed to serve as a strategic roadmap to guide priorities and institutional decision making in…

Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee

Thursday, July 23, 2015, By News Staff

The following people have been named as members of the Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee: 1. Liz Liddy, Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost, Chair 2. Shiu-Kai Chin, Professor, Engineering; Provost’s Faculty Fellow, Facilitator 3. Andria Costello Staniec, Associate Provost…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Begins Online Master’s in Communications with Cohort of 31 Students

Tuesday, July 21, 2015, By News Staff

Courses in Communications@Syracuse, the new online master’s degree program offered by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, began Tuesday, July 21, with an inaugural class of 31 students from nine states across the U.S. Communications@Syracuse offers students from anywhere…

Arts & Culture

Student Author Challenges Perceptions in ‘I, Too, Am a Dancer!’

Tuesday, July 21, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Kanisha L. Ffriend ’16 tells the story of a young girl of color who is hard of hearing in “I,Too, Am a Dancer!” The girl is the main character—a different approach than from what Ffriend had seen in other books about people with disabilities.