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Campus & Community

New Student Convocation Welcomes Freshman, Transfer Students

Monday, August 31, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Senior Class Marshal Tatiana Williams ’16 offered four pieces of wisdom to incoming students during the University’s New Student Convocation Thursday evening in the Carrier Dome. Find your crew. Discover yourself. Have fun. And follow your vision. “Welcome to the…

Campus & Community

Former Dean of University College Frank E. Funk Dies

Friday, August 28, 2015, By Eileen Jevis

Frank E. Funk (1923-2015), former dean of University College, died on Friday, Aug. 21. He was 92. Funk’s career began at Syracuse University in 1943 as a young recruit for the war effort. A World War II veteran, educator and…

Health & Society

Falk College Receives Grants to Assist Trauma Victims of Neighborhood Violence

Friday, August 28, 2015, By Michele Barrett

In This Together will provide workshops to help social service professionals, educators, health care practitioners, juvenile justice workers, clergy and mental health counselors learn how to identify and address signs of trauma.

Health & Society

Syracuse Sociologists Shine at National Conference

Friday, August 28, 2015, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen members of the Department of Sociology presented their research at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), held in Chicago recently. They join approximately 4,600 other presenters for more than 600 program sessions….

Arts & Culture

English Department Announces Fall Carver Reading Series

Wednesday, August 26, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced the Fall 2015 Raymond Carver Reading Series. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented by the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Mirror Awards Tribute to Legendary Journalist to Air on WNET

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty and alumni are featured in “Remembering David Carr,” a documentary honoring the late New York Times journalist David Carr, scheduled to air on Friday, Aug. 28, at 10:30 p.m. on Public Broadcasting’s WNET. Professor Robert Thompson, director…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Excel at Gordon Research Conference in New Hampshire

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists from the College of Arts and Sciences shone at the Soft Condensed Matter Physics Gordon Research Conference (GRC), recently held at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. GRCs are prestigious international conferences that provide a forum for discussion about…

Media, Law & Policy

Incoming Law Class Finishes Orientation Week with Community Service

Monday, August 24, 2015, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law’s J.D. Class of 2018 wrapped up its week of orientation by completing a community service project where everyone spent several hours at a local farm harvesting produce for distribution to Central New York organizations. The group,…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Networks’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Monday, August 24, 2015, By Rob Enslin

“Networks” is the theme of the 2015 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Faculty Member Gives Capitol Hill Briefing

Monday, August 24, 2015, By Scott Barrett

Jennifer Karas Montez, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and faculty affiliate in the Aging Studies Institute and Center for Policy Research, gave a briefing on Capitol Hill regarding the impact of education on mortality and health. The congressional…