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Gift Creates Special Initiatives Fund at School of Architecture

Thursday, May 15, 2014, By News Staff

Patrick Ahearn ’73, a School of Architecture graduate and member of the school’s advisory board, recently made a gift to the School of Architecture that will create the Ahearn Special Initiatives Fund. The fund will support key activities in critical…

Campus & Community

University Group in Turkey Mourn, Reflect on Mine Disaster

Thursday, May 15, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

A group of travelers from the Division of Student Affairs is among the people in Turkey mourning the loss of 282 miners killed in a coal mine explosion in Soma on May 13. According to news reports, as of Thursday,…

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.

Campus & Community

Part-Time Graduates Honored at University College Convocation

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

University College honored the part-time undergraduate students of the Class of 2014 at its 66th annual Convocation and Commencement Celebration held May 8 at Hendricks Chapel. Dean Bea González presided over the ceremony, which featured keynote speaker Rabbi Charles Sherman,…

Campus & Community

University Scholar Speaks for the Students

Monday, May 12, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Molly Linhorst ’14 poses the question, “Where were you when you when you felt most a part of something larger than yourself?”

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Grant Recipients

Thursday, May 8, 2014, By News Staff

Light Work has announced that the recipients of the 40th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography are Trevor Clement, Sebastian Collett and Dan Wetmore. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to…

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…

Campus & Community

Chemists Design Molecules for Controlling Bacterial Behavior

Wednesday, May 7, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Chemists in the College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to control multiple bacterial behaviors—potentially good news for the treatment of infectious diseases and other bacteria-associated issues, without causing drug resistance. Yan-Yeung Luk, associate professor of chemistry, has…

Campus & Community

Strauskulage, Usman Honored by Goldwater Foundation

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Junior Luke Strauskulage has been named as a 2014-15 Goldwater Scholar. Sophomore Samantha Usman was recognized with a Goldwater Honorable Mention. Goldwater Scholars are selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of mathematics, science and engineering students…

Health & Society

Women’s and Gender Studies Scholar Dana Olwan Recognized by Two Major Organizations

Tuesday, May 6, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Dana Olwan’s resume is already impressive, but the women’s and gender studies scholar’s recent recognition from not one, but two major organizations is extraordinary, according to Gwendolyn Pough, department chair. Olwan, who joined the Women’s and Gender Studies Department in…