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STEM

Engineer by Training, Financial Entrepreneur by Trade: Joe DiMauro ’02

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

In an ideal world, every college freshman would be 100 percent decided on their major. You’d select it with a clear goal of where you want it to take you, commit yourself to the curriculum, pass with flying colors and…

Arts & Culture

SUart Galleries Opens ‘Maurice Sendak: 50 Years; 50 Works; 50 Reasons’

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

Now on view at The Syracuse University Art Galleries is the exhibition “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years; 50 Works; 50 Reasons,” a comprehensive retrospective of select works by the late artist. The original work is supplemented with accompanying comments by celebrities,…

Arts & Culture

Landscape of Urban Education Series to Kick Off Sept. 22 with Shawn Ginwright

Friday, September 16, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

The Douglas Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series will start up for the year with a talk on Thursday, Sept. 22, by Shawn Ginwright, associate professor at San Franscisco State University. Ginwright will speak on “Radical Healing in Schools…

Arts & Culture

Urban Video Project Presents Year-Long Program ‘Interzones’

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work have announced “Interzones,” a year-long program at UVP and partner organizations that will feature the work of established and emerging artists who explore exploring liminal states, haunted places and the space…

Campus & Community

Greek Orgs Help Syracuse Students Start the School Year

Monday, September 12, 2016, By Shannon Andre

While just settling into the start of classes themselves, three Syracuse University Greek organizations took time on Sept. 7 to welcome Syracuse City School District students to the start of their school year. Nearly 20 current and alumni members from…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: The U.S. and the Middle East: 15 Years after 9/11

Friday, September 9, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Fifteen years out from 9/11 and the war on terror still rages. Osama Bin Laden is dead but U.S. troops, albeit in fewer numbers, remain in Iraq and Afghanistan, and new enemies have risen. Why has U.S. policy in the…

Arts & Culture

La Casita to Host ‘¡Familia!’ and Latino Baseball Exhibits, Panel Discussion

Friday, September 9, 2016, By Rob Enslin

La Casita Cultural Center, a program of the College of Arts and Sciences, kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with back-to-back events devoted to Latinos in baseball and to a themed community collective called “¡Familia!,” taking place in…

STEM

Acuna Awarded NSF Grant to Make Sense of Research and Funding Data

Tuesday, September 6, 2016, By J.D. Ross

When scientists and researchers want to apply to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a grant opportunity, the agency has a mandate to ensure that any research funded is new and transformative in the field. While an admirable goal in…