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Campus & Community

Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Inspiring Women Entrepreneurs Program Sept. 8

Wednesday, August 24, 2016, By News Staff

Women entering the workplace have been the driving force behind economic growth, according to recent Kauffman Foundation research. Yet, they are still half as likely as men to become entrepreneurs. How can more women become entrepreneurial, and unleash their creativity…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Renews Commitment, Plans to Launch a Series of New Initiatives to Further Enhance Diversity Among Student Body, Faculty and Staff

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University will launch a series of new initiatives aimed at further enhancing diversity among the student body, faculty and staff. The renewed commitment comes on the heels of the diligent efforts of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion,…

STEM

Syracuse, Cal State Fullerton Awarded Grant to Enhance Diversity in Astrophysics

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are sharing a grant award with their colleagues at California State University, Fullerton, (CSUF) to recruit and expand the number of underrepresented students in gravitational-wave astronomy. Syracuse University professors Duncan Brown and…

Media, Law & Policy

Sociology Department Presenting at ASA Conference in Seattle

Monday, August 22, 2016, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen professors, Ph.D. students and researchers in the Department of Sociology are participating in the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Seattle Aug. 20-23. They join approximately 4,000 other sociologists for four days…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘About Prints: The Legacy of Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17′

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The exhibition features over 80 original works on paper, highlighting a variety of printmaking techniques such as engraving, etching, aquatint and other experimental processes by master printmakers.

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Campus & Community

Alumni Welcomed Back to ‘Your Happy Place’ for Orange Central

Monday, August 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Alumni from around the world will be welcomed back to campus for Orange Central homecoming weekend Sept. 15-18. This year, the theme for Orange Central is “Welcome Back to Your Happy Place.” Orange Central is a once-a-year celebration for the…

Campus & Community

Summer Snaps 2016

Monday, August 15, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

What are you doing on your summer vacation? See how members of the University community are having fun as the summer kicks into gear.

Chlorine gas attacks in Aleppo are “crimes against humanity” says former war crimes prosecutor

Thursday, August 11, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

David Crane, Professor of Practice at Syracuse University College of Law, founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and co-founder of the Syrian Accountability Project said the recent chlorine gas attacks on civilians amounts to “war crimes.”…

Campus & Community

McNair Scholars Present Research at Two-Day Symposium

Thursday, August 11, 2016, By Sean Kirst

Roshad Meeks is a self-described “military brat.” His father served in the U.S. Army, and Meeks spent much of his childhood in Germany. He was 11 or 12 when his family returned to Columbus, a little Mississippi city of about…