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Arts & Culture

A Lesson in Literacy

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Sophia Bravo’s commitment as a Syracuse University Literacy Corps tutor always goes back to one thing. “It’s the kids. Always, always, always the kids,” Bravo ’16 says.

Media, Law & Policy

Disability Rights Expert Earns Fulbright Research Award

Monday, May 12, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Associate Professor of Law Michael Schwartz has received a Fulbright Award for study at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland for the spring 2015 semester. Schwartz, who is deaf, is an expert on disability law and international human rights, and…

Campus & Community

Join SU in Turkey on ’10-Day Journey of the Heart’

Monday, May 12, 2014, By News Staff

Even though the 2013-2014 academic year has come to a close, the learning, growing and expanding of the minds and hearts at Syracuse University continues. Beginning today, Hendricks Chapel and the Turkish Cultural Center of Syracuse are leading a group…

Arts & Culture

Meet the Men Behind Creation of the Fisher Center

Thursday, May 8, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Winston Fisher and James Kuhn are the driving force behind Syracuse University’s New York City  academic home in midtown Manhattan. This video provides some insight on the two men who made it all happen. Here’s a transcription of the story:…

Campus & Community

Seeking First-Generation Faculty/Staff Members

Thursday, May 8, 2014, By News Staff

As part of SU’s growing support for first generation college students, we are looking to identify first-generation faculty and staff members on campus. We are gathering information in hopes of starting a first generation connection/mentoring-type program to help ease the…

Campus & Community

Burman Named Inaugural Holder of Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By News Staff

Public finance and tax policy expert Leonard E. Burman has been named the first holder of the Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Burman is currently professor of public administration and…

Arts & Culture

Professor Recognized by American Philosophical Society

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Nearly 30 years ago, Wayne Franits, now a professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, arrived on the Syracuse campus fresh out of New York University with a Ph.D. in hand. Today, Franits is a world-renowned…

Chiefs of Police Honor Three Syracuse University Officers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Central New York Association of Chiefs of Police honored three Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel and a New York State Department of Corrections officer for their bravery and action during unexpected events at the University. The…

STEM

iSchool Hosts Workshop for NSF-Funded Social Computing Researchers

Monday, May 5, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Faculty members at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) recently hosted a one-day workshop for New York researchers doing National Science Foundation-funded work in the area of social-computational systems. Research Associate Professor Nancy McCracken and Associate Professor Carsten Oesterlund organized…

Campus & Community

ESF to Confer Degrees at Commencement on May 11

Monday, May 5, 2014, By News Staff

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will confer up to 575 degrees during joint Commencement exercises with Syracuse University May 11 in the Carrier Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. During the ceremony, ESF will…