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University of Naples Confers Honorary Degree on Syracuse Mathematician

Wednesday, May 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of an honorary degree from the Federico II University of Naples. Tadeusz Iwaniec, the John Raymond French Professor of Mathematics, received the “Doctor Honoris Causa in Mathematical Engineering”…

Campus & Community

Combating Graduate School Stress, One Click at a Time

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Like all of Luka Negoita’s Ph.D. work on plant biology, his latest venture began with an experiment. But this time he didn’t investigate the vegetation of central New York, he turned the microscope on the Ph.D. process. “Grad school is…

Health & Society

Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders Appointed to CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Council

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation, and Alexander McKelvie, associate professor and chair of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises department, are two of 39 thought leaders selected to serve on the…

Campus & Community

iSchool Mourns the Death of Professor Emerita Antje Bultmann Lemke

Thursday, May 18, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Emerita Antje Bultmann Lemke passed away on May 15. She was 98 years old. Born in Breslau, Germany, in 1918, Lemke was the daughter of Helene and Rudolf Bultmann. Her father was one of…

STEM

Stripling to Receive ALA’s Joseph W. Lippincott Award

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Barbara Stripling, senior associate dean and associate professor of practice at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. This annual award is sponsored by Joseph W. Lippincott, III…

Campus & Community

In Syracuse, Plans to Renew Forgotten Promise at Deeply Moving World War I Monument

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Bill Orzell understands the promise. It is reinforced for him by the sheer power of a statue in Billings Park in downtown Syracuse, across the street from the abandoned grandeur of the old Central High School. The statue portrays an…

Campus & Community

‘Salute to Service’ Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries of 147 Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University honored employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2016 at the annual “Salute to Service” celebration on Tuesday, May 16, during a luncheon in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Faculty and staff honored—147 overall—marked anniversaries of 25 years…

Campus & Community

Traffic Advisory For Sims Drive

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Upcoming construction and utility improvements are planned for Sims Drive from May 22-25 with vehicular travel reduced to one lane during business hours in the area of Flanagan Gymnasium. Two-way traffic will resume after hours. During this time, signage indicating…

Campus & Community

Dara J. Royer Named Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

A dynamic national leader in marketing and communications and the architect behind award-winning brand transformations has been selected to launch and oversee Syracuse University’s newly integrated Division of Communications and Marketing. Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Dara…