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University to Compete for ACC InVenture Prize
“Shark Tank” isn’t the only place to catch a first look at talented young entrepreneurs creating innovations that will shape the future. Teams from Syracuse University are about to vie for the InVenture Prize, a televised event open to student…
The Science of Shipwrecks
On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers and the…
Middle States Self-Study Asks: Are We Doing What We Say We Do?
For the past four months, more than 140 members of Syracuse University’s faculty, staff, and student body have been exhaustively scrutinizing nearly every aspect of University programs, operations and services to determine how well it meets the standards and requirements…
AJ Damiano ’19 Wins Entrepreneurship Organization Regional Competition
Angelo (AJ) Damiano, founder of student startup PowerSpike, has won the U.S.-Western NY regionals of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s (EO) 2017 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The competition, which was held in Buffalo on Jan. 19, is open to student entrepreneurs who…
University to Host ‘Redefining Inclusion’ Events in San Francisco, Los Angeles
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education will be on the road next week, bringing its message of lifelong inclusion to San Francisco and Los Angeles on Jan. 25 and 26, respectively, to kick off a series of…
Setnor School to Present an Evening of Contemporary One-Act Operas
The Opera Theater in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will present an evening of short operas by leading American composers on Friday, Jan. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 28,…
Biology Professor Recognized for Innovative Teaching
Biology Associate Professor Jason Wiles received the annual Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE), the second national award he was given this past fall. The award recognizes innovation in teaching biology at the…
Middle States Steering Committee Launches Blog
Syracuse University’s Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Committee has launched a blog to keep the campus community informed on the progress of the reaccreditation process now underway. The blog, which can be accessed via the University’s Middle States website at middlestates.syr.edu,…
Seven Syracuse Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Lists
Seven University alumni appear on Forbes Magazine’s sixth annual 30 Under 30 listings of the most influential people under the age of 30. The lists, which span 20 different industries, honor entrepreneurs, breakout stars and agents of change across their…
First Known Use of Mary Poppins’ Best-Known Word? Not in London but in DO
Peter Amster figures he heard the word for the first time when he was 14 or 15, a teenager in the darkness of a Long Island movie theater. He was a serious kid, already reading Sarte and Kierkegaard, but…