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Faculty and Staff, Feel Good Fridays Start March 23

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By News Staff

End your workweek the perfect way and join us each Friday, starting March 23, for Feel Good Friday activities such as guided meditation, Zumba, journaling, book club and more. Feel Good Fridays are an opportunity for faculty and staff to…

Media, Law & Policy

Life in the Fast Lane

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Last fall, Bob Sorokanich ’08 tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company’s new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track’s deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…

Veterans

Pearsall Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of Veterans Portrait Project

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Margaret Lynch

Stacy Pearsall created the Veterans Portrait Project in 2008. Since that time she has traveled the nation taking formal portraits of thousands of veterans in whatever style those veterans choose to present themselves.

Arts & Culture

Faculty, Alumni Headline Good Friday Concert March 30

Tuesday, March 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Members of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will headline a Good Friday concert at DeWitt Community Church (DCC). On Friday, March 30, Abel Searor ’08, G’10, who teaches piano in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of…

Arts & Culture

Chao Wei’s Alterable Brick Wall M.S. Capstone Project Wins Masonry Competition

Monday, March 12, 2018, By Elaine Wackerow

A December 2017 graduate of the Syracuse Architecture M.S. in architecture program won the student category of the inaugural Joan B. Calambokidis Innovation in Masonry Competition with his alterable brick wall. Rotating bricks could usher a new wave of dynamic…

Veterans

LIS Alumna Helps Veterans Preserve Their Stories

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Annabelle Weiss dropped out of Hunter College in 1943 because she wanted to enlist in the armed services. With her parents’ consent, she joined the U.S. Marines and reported for training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in April 1944. There…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Welcomes New Leadership Team Members

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Hendricks Chapel announces the appointments of Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz as associate dean and Peg Northrup as director of operations. These new roles will support Hendricks Chapel in its vision of becoming a global leader for religious and spiritual engagement and…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Elected to Academy of Arts and Letters

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Carol Boll

George Saunders G’88, professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and acclaimed author, has been elected into the membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Saunders is one of 12 individuals from the arts, literature…

STEM

Researchers Close to Understanding Disease Mechanisms of ALS

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Carlos A. Castañeda, assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy…

Veterans

This Women’s Day, Don’t Forget About Women Entrepreneurs, Veterans and Military Spouses

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is a call-to-action to progress gender parity. Two Syracuse University experts say in that push, it’s important to remember the role of women entrepreneurs and business owners. Rosalinda Maury, is the Director…