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College of Law Names Advocacy Honors Society after Professor Emeritus Travis H.D. Lewin
The College of Law has named its student-run advocacy competition organization the Travis H.D. Lewin Advocacy Honors Society. In doing so, the college honors the faculty member who was instrumental in creating what was, in the early 1970s, a groundbreaking…
Conversations About Beauty: New Book by Dean’s Professor Harvey Teres Probes ‘Unseen Power of Aesthetic Experience’
People’s encounters with beauty is the subject of a new book by Harvey Teres, Dean’s Professor for the Public Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). “Conversations about Beauty with Ordinary Americans: Somebody Loves Us All” (Common Ground…
LIGO Livingston Detector Catches Binary Neutron Star Merger, Says Physics Professor
Today, the LIGO Livingston detector and VIRGO detector captured another binary neutron star merger Stefan Ballmer is an associate professor of physics at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Below, he answers four key questions about the LIGO/VIRGO detection,…
Remembering Bobbi Harris: Nursing Alumna, Professor Emerita Served at Syracuse for 33 Years
Barbara “Bobbi” Lee Harris ’61, Ph.D. ’90, Syracuse University alumna and professor emerita of nursing, passed away in February 2019. Harris was born in 1939 on Long Island and spent much of her adult life living in Syracuse. She earned…
Anthropology Professor Hans Buechler Marks 50 Years of Service
Hans Buechler is an anthropologist at heart. He is fascinated by people and their stories—where they come from, what they do in their working lives and how it shapes their world view. When Syracuse University honored the Maxwell School anthropology…
Arts and Sciences Professor Named Inaugural Lender Center Fellow
Casarae Gibson, assistant professor of African American literature and studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first Lender Faculty Fellow by the Lender Center for Social Justice. The Lender Faculty Fellowship supports a two-year research…
Cathedrals Like Notre Dame Were The Skyscrapers Of Their Time, Says Architecture and Engineering Professor
On Monday, a fire broke out at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris that completely burned its spire and severely damaged much of the roof. The Paris fire chief reports the structure had been “saved and preserved as a whole,”…
Du, Lewis Named 2019-22 Meredith Professors for Teaching Excellence
Wenliang (Kevin) Du, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and Katharine (Kate) Lewis, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, have been named the 2019-22 Laura J. and…
Exercise Science Professor Gwendolyn Thomas Secures NIH Grant to Study Exercise and Cannabis Use
Gwendolyn Thomas, assistant professor of exercise science in the School of Education, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study the effects of resistance exercise on people with severe cannabis use disorders (CUDs). It’s the first such…
Society of Professional Journalists Announces Newhouse Students as Mark of Excellence Winners
The Society of Professsional Journalists (SPJ) has announced its 2018 Mark of Excellence Region 1 winners this weekend at the SPJ Region 1 conference in Boston, and many Newhouse School students and media organizations were among the winners. In-Depth Reporting…