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University Named to Campus Pride Top 50

Wednesday, August 20, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University has been named one of the 50 top LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, according to Campus Pride. Syracuse was cited for its LGBT Resource Center, which one student praised as “continuously friendly and inviting.” “We are honored to be…

Annual Light Work Grants Exhibition Opens

Tuesday, August 19, 2014, By Jessica Posner

Light Work has announced the 40th annual “Light Work Grants” exhibition, featuring the work of the 2014 Light Work Grant recipients: Trevor Clement, Sebastien Collett and Dan Wetmore. The exhibition opened Aug. 18 in the Light Work Hallway Gallery, and…

Health & Society

Sociologists Unveil Research at ASA Annual Meeting in California

Monday, August 18, 2014, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen professors in the Department of Sociology are presenting research at the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. They join approximately 4,600 other presenters, including numerous Syracuse University graduate students, for…

Online ‘Leadership and Culture’ Program Now Open for International Students

Friday, August 15, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Adjusting to college can be daunting for many students. Making that transition as an international student in a new country, facing a different culture, can extend the acclimation period and may result in a less successful transition. Tips and tools…

STEM

iSchool Welcomes Three New Faculty Members

Friday, August 15, 2014, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) welcomes three new faculty members this semester. Two tenure-track assistant professors and one University professor of practice will be joining the ranks at the iSchool. Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley joins the faculty after spending…

Media, Law & Policy

No Summer Break for Technology Commercialization Law Program

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

A team of students in the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) spent their summer working with entrepreneurs, startups and inventors to provide information on the legal and regulatory issues involved with bringing new technologies to the market….

Campus & Community

University Hosts International Meeting of 18th-Century Scholars

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University will host the annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (NEASECS) Sept. 25-27. This year’s conference is devoted to “Commemoration, Memory, and Posterity” and includes a rich array of panel discussions, paper presentation and exhibitions…

Campus & Community

Register Now! Help SU Ensure Accessibility of Electronic & Information Technology

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

You’re invited! And if you’ve already participated, send your colleagues. But act fast; only a few seats remain. Information Technology and Services (ITS) reminds staff members that registrations are still being accepted for the award-winning workshop “Accessibility Fundamentals for Microsoft…

STEM

Sharing Passion for Science from One Generation to the Next

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Jessica Whisher-Hehl G’09 knows that being surrounded by educators at home and at school ignited her desire to study science and engineering. Her father was a guidance counselor at Saranac Lake High School and her mother was an elementary teacher…

STEM

Training the Next Generation of Power Engineers

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Most people only think about the electricity that powers our homes and gadgets when it isn’t there. When the power is humming, we tend to take it for granted. The trouble is, the network that delivers the electricity to keep…