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5 Faculty Presented NSF Early-Career Research Awards

Friday, August 18, 2023, By Diane Stirling

Five faculty members have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Presidential Early Career Awards from the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program in support of their innovative research. The program supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as…

Campus & Community

Libraries Offering Overnight Laptop Borrowing

Friday, August 18, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries is now offering long-term laptop borrowing to students and faculty, available through reservation. Based on student feedback, this service is being offered in addition to the three-hour loan period for Dell, MacBook Pros and Microsoft Surface laptops….

Campus & Community

Kay Stearns Bruening Appointed Associate Dean of Falk College Academic Affairs

Friday, August 18, 2023, By News Staff

Kay Stearns Bruening, Ph.D., RDN, FAND, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has been named associate dean of Academic Affairs for Falk College effective Aug. 1. In…

Arts & Culture

Professor Mona Awad Named Inaugural Esther M. Larsen Faculty Fellow in the Humanities

Thursday, August 17, 2023, By Dan Bernardi

When the Greatest Generation (people born from 1901 to 1927) speak about their youth, a common theme is how times were simpler back then. Living through the Great Depression and both World Wars made them both resilient and self-reliant. For…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Announces 2023/2024 Season

Thursday, August 17, 2023, By Joanna Penalva

The Syracuse University Department of Drama is pleased to announce the 2023/2024 season, consisting of six productions: “Guys and Dolls” (Oct. 6 – 15), “Ghost Ship” (Nov. 10 – 18), “A Christmas Carol” (Nov. 24 – Dec. 31 and co-produced…

Campus & Community

Center for International Services to Welcome Over 1,400 Students to Campus From Around the Globe

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, By News Staff

As the semester gets underway, more than 1,400 international students from countries spanning the globe will arrive in Syracuse to begin their Orange experience. Acknowledging the unique needs of students who are not only acclimating to a new university but…

STEM

School of Information Studies Creates a Modern Learning Lab With Azure

Wednesday, August 9, 2023, By Anya Woods

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has worked closely with Microsoft to bring cloud technology to the school, including establishing a modern learning lab. In 2019, the iSchool began a cloud migration that transformed its academic services and created new…

Campus & Community

Campus Move-In Guide: The Sustainable Way

Tuesday, August 8, 2023, By Christine Grabowski

Whether it’s your first time living in a residence hall or you’re moving back to campus or somewhere off campus, you can make your move as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible. Plus, save money, time and space in the…

Health & Society

Professors Theoharis and George Awarded Lender Center Grant to Study Schools’ DEI Policies

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Martin Walls

George Theoharis, professor of educational leadership and inclusive elementary/early childhood education, and Leela George, associate teaching professor of educational leadership, both in the School of Education, have been awarded a 2023 Lender Center for Social Justice grant. The award is…

STEM

New Research Examines Echo Chambers and Political Attitudes on Social Media

Monday, July 31, 2023, By Ellen Mbuqe

What is the role of social media in shaping our political attitudes? New research published in Nature sets out to understand whether and how the information people see on social media shapes their political views. Entitled “Like-minded Sources on Facebook…