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Campus & Community

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Selected as New Administrator for Syracuse University Medical Plans

Friday, August 11, 2017, By News Staff

Earlier this year, Syracuse University conducted an annual review of health care benefits to ensure high-quality coverage, excellent customer service and competitive rates. As part of this exercise to foster institution-wide excellence, the Office of Human Resources began reviewing and…

STEM

Alumnus Posthumously Named to National Mining Hall of Fame

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) in Leadville, Colorado, will posthumously honor an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Vincent E. McKelvey ’39, a noted research geologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1971-77, is part of…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Research Gets Major Boost from New Program

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Syracuse’s Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising (CFSA) recently chose nine undergraduate researchers to participate in the newly created Young Research Fellows Program (YRFP). Funding for this Universitywide program, including a two-year stipend, is made possible by a gift from Elliott Portnoy…

Media, Law & Policy

Special Investigation into Fake News Is “Unprecedented” Says Newhouse School Associate Dean

Tuesday, July 11, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional graduate studies and professor and acting director of online master’s in communications at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, reacts to news that the special prosecutor team will be investigating the Russian-connected social media trolls…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Enhance Copy Center Offerings, Modernize Printing and Distribution Services

Thursday, June 29, 2017, By News Staff

In a continued effort to enrich the living, learning and working experience, today Syracuse University’s Office of Auxiliary Services announced that students, faculty and staff will soon have access to more comprehensive printing, copying and distribution services. The University will…

Arts & Culture

SPAWN Conference Addresses First-Order Metaphysics June 26-28

Friday, June 23, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Rising stars in philosophy will get a chance to shine at the 12th annual SPAWN conference at Syracuse University. SPAWN, which stands for “Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network,” will run from Monday, June 26, to Wednesday, June 28, in the Kilian…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse to Host International ‘World English’ Conference June 30-July 2

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than 200 presenters from six continents will converge at Syracuse University for the 22nd annual conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), June 30-July 2. Titled “Local and Global Contexts of World Englishes,” the conference will present…

STEM

Stripling to Receive ALA’s Joseph W. Lippincott Award

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Barbara Stripling, senior associate dean and associate professor of practice at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This annual award is sponsored by Joseph W. Lippincott, III…

Campus & Community

History Professor Awarded NEH Funding to Research Mussolini’s Rule in Africa

Friday, May 12, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Michael Ebner, associate professor and chair of the Department of History in the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct archival research in Rome on…

Arts & Culture

Valuing the Humanities

Friday, May 5, 2017, By Rob Enslin

First in four-part series about humanities research at Syracuse   Michael Ebner anticipates a busy summer. When not in his office in Eggers Hall, fulfilling his duties as chair of the Department of History, the Syracuse University professor will spend…