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Winners of the Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award Announced

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Graduate School Programs has announced the winners of the annual Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award. The winners are Mark Heller, James H.  Henderson, Azra Hromadžić, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, Zunli Lu and Erin J. Rand. The Graduate…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Moot Court Teams Garner Success and Acclaim at Regional and National Competitions

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law’s Moot Court Honor Society intercollegiate competition teams completed a successful spring, with several teams advancing deep in competitions and a number of students receiving individual honors. “Congratulations to all the students who put in the time…

Leonard Burman

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs and Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics
STEM

Genetic Engineering Expert to Discuss Technology-Assisted Crop Breeding April 26

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Pamela Ronald, distinguished plant pathology professor at the University of California, Davis, will present the annual Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture. Ronald, a rice geneticist and advocate of ecologically responsible crop development, will speak about the future of…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Recognized as the ACC Conference Winner for the EPA Green Power Challenge

Monday, April 24, 2017, By News Staff

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Syracuse University as an Individual Conference Champion of the 2016-17 College & University Green Power Challenge for using more green power than any other school in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In addition, the…

Campus & Community

Steve Billington: ‘He Put His Heart Into His Work’

Monday, April 24, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In February 2006, Steven “Steve” Billington joined the Syracuse University community as a materials handler with Physical Plant. He had experience in managing a business in the local community, and applied his knowledge, skill and ethics to everything he did…

Health & Society

‘Curative Violence’: Eunjung Kim’s New Book Considers Transnational Disability Theory in Korea, Japan, United States

Friday, April 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Transnational feminist disability studies is the focus of a groundbreaking, new book by a Syracuse University professor. Eunjung Kim, dually appointed to the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the School of Education, is the author of “Curative Violence:…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Names the Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol 7th Dean of Hendricks Chapel

Friday, April 21, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol as dean of Hendricks Chapel. Reporting directly to the Chancellor, Dean Konkol will strengthen the role of the chapel as the spiritual heart of…

Campus & Community

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Keynote and SU Rising on April 24

Friday, April 21, 2017, By News Staff

On Monday, April 24, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Gifford Auditorium, the Office of Health Promotion will host a lecture featuring keynote speaker Mirabelle Jones of Art Against Assault. The event is part of a monthlong series of…

Health & Society

SUNY Professor to Examine ‘Hypnosis: Science and Nonsense’ April 21

Thursday, April 20, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Psychology Department Colloquium welcomes Steven Jay Lynn, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and director of the Psychological Clinic at Binghamton University, for the discussion “Hypnosis: Science and Nonsense” on Friday, April 21. Additionally titled “Most Everything You Wanted…