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Summer Snaps 2017

Monday, August 28, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University community members are enjoying the summer months everywhere from around the world to across town. Take a look at the fun they are having. We invite members of the University community to submit their photos for inclusion in…

Campus & Community

LGBTQIA+ Welcome Social on Aug. 30

Monday, August 28, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

On Wednesday, Aug. 30, from 7-9 p.m., the campus community is invited to the LGBTQIA+ Welcome Social hosted by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center. The social will take place at the LGBT Resource Center at 750…

Arts & Culture

Setnor School Announces 2017 Gregg Smith National Choral Composition Contest

Monday, August 28, 2017, By Erica Blust

In honor and memory of the historic work of American composer/conductor Gregg Smith and the Gregg Smith Singers, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music has announced the 2017 Gregg…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series This Fall Hosts Six Novelists, Poets

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The fall semester of the 2017-18 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Wednesday, Sept. 20, with poet Solmaz Sharif. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an…

Campus & Community

After Many Years and Many Ceremonies, Nancy Weatherly Sharp Retires as University Mace Bearer

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Thursday’s New Student Convocation marked the start of an exciting adventure for thousands of Syracuse newcomers and the end of one University community member’s valuable service in a time-honored role. The event was the last for Nancy Weatherly Sharp, professor…

Campus & Community

Engineering and Computer Science Students Paint #Cuserocks for Opening Weekend

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Engineering and Computer Science students channeled their inner artists recently and painted #CuseRocks to be placed all around the SU campus. The painted rocks are a way to encourage and brighten the day of fellow students. Environmental engineering junior Simone…

Arts & Culture

Songs of India: Ethnomusicologist Carol Babiracki Partners with Legendary Mukund Nayak

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Rob Enslin

When Mukund Nayak found out he had won this year’s Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian awards, he immediately called Carol Babiracki to offer his congratulations. “No, no. The congratulations should go to you,” replied his longtime friend and colleague, who…

STEM

Crowston, Erickson Receive Inaugural NSF Convergence Award

Thursday, August 24, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Ingrid Erickson are the recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Award, which they will use to establish a research coordination network (RCN) to focus on sociotechnological interactions between work and technology design…

Campus & Community

University Continues to Make Critical Improvements to Enhance Accessibility and Inclusion Across Campus

Thursday, August 24, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Back on campus for the start of the 2017-18 academic year, students, faculty and staff will notice a variety of changes that are improving how they move around campus, participate in events and pursue their academic and research endeavors. Over…

STEM

A Taste of Science

Thursday, August 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Area students got a taste of science, thanks to members of the Department of Chemistry. Gary Bonomo G’10, a lab supervisor and general chemistry lab instructor, and Deborah Maley, the department’s budget administrator, led a hands-on chemistry workshop in Syracuse’s historic Burnet…