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Arts & Culture

SU Brass Ensemble to Perform at Gettysburg Brass Band Festival

Friday, June 2, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The 35-member Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE) is one of 14 groups from six states invited to perform June 8-10 at the 2017 Gettysburg Brass Band Festival in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The SUBE Euphonium Ensemble has also been invited to give…

Campus & Community

Call for Syracuse Welcome 2017 Volunteers

Friday, June 2, 2017, By Shannon Andre

In preparation for Syracuse Welcome 2017, Syracuse University’s new student orientation program, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is beginning recruitment for volunteers. In continuation of this longstanding tradition, Syracuse University faculty, staff, alumni and friends can volunteer to…

iSchool Associate Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas Writes About the New Role of the IT Professional

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor, wrote an article for Information Management entitled Big Data and the Changing Role of the IT Professional

Health & Society

Professor Charles Driscoll on Impact of U.S. Pulling Out of Paris Accord

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the Paris climate accord is being met with disappointment by one of Syracuse University’s leading authorities on climate change. University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor Charles Driscoll believes…

Information Management

iSchool Associate Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas Writes about the New Role of the IT Professional

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor, wrote an article for Information Management entitled Big Data and the Changing Role of the IT Professional

Campus & Community

‘Koaville’ Wins Popular Vote for On My Own Time Exhibition

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

In 1965, Johnny Yinger spent a summer in Hawaii and brought home a piece of Koa wood, a relatively rare tropical wood. He kept it in various basements over the decades, waiting for inspiration to strike. Then, thanks to an…

Arts & Culture

Musicologist Goes ‘Beyond Boundaries’ with New Book, Trans-Atlantic Research

Tuesday, May 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Amanda Eubanks Winkler knows a thing or two about pushing boundaries. Still basking in the success of her latest edited book, “Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Music Circulation in Early Modern England” (Indiana University Press, 2017), the musicologist is preparing for a…

Health & Society

Monmonier Explores Advances in Mapping under U.S. Patent System

Friday, May 26, 2017, By News Staff

Mark Monmonier’s newest book, “Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History,” examines how developments in the U.S. patent system in the 19th and early 20th centuries have shaped innovations of map use. Monmonier reveals that devices and…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?

Thursday, May 25, 2017, By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…

Campus & Community

Benefits Advisory Council Explores Plan Design and Benefits Offerings

Thursday, May 25, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Since its first meeting in October 2016, the Syracuse University Benefits Advisory Council has discussed a range of health care topics—from campus vaccine schedules to health care trends—and focused on an understanding of the University’s overall benefits plan. As an…