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STEM

Educator and Activist

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, By Renée Gearhart Levy

José Vilson ’04 is on his way to the U.S. Department of Education to meet with Secretary of Education John King and participate in a national summit on teacher diversity. The middle school math teacher has a lot to say…

STEM

Mechanical Engineering Senior Named Astronaut Scholar

Monday, June 6, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Geoffrey Vaartstra ’17, a mechanical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named Syracuse University’s 2016 Astronaut Scholar. Each year, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation selects one student who is pursuing a degree in science, technology,…

STEM

SASE Hosts STEM Exploration Day

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

This spring, Syracuse University’s chapter of the Society of Asian Engineers (SASE) hosted a STEM exploration outreach event for Henninger High School students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The event provided 40 high school students with…

Campus & Community

Modification to Travel and Entertainment Policy Announced

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, By News Staff

After consultation with members of the Travel and Entertainment Policy Initiative team, the University is discontinuing its relationship with BTI Travel. As of Monday, May 23, faculty, staff and students may book air, hotel and car reservations through travel websites…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama No. 8 on Hollywood Reporter’s Best Drama Schools List

Monday, May 23, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama has jumped to no. 8 on the Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) list of the “Top 25 Undergraduate Drama Schools.” For the past two years the department has been ranked no. 13;…

Campus & Community

Honors Students Awarded Crown/Wise Funding for Capstone Projects

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

From determining the toxicity of certain chemicals in Onondaga Lake to the architecture of learning environments to a film about cross-cultural adoption, students in the Renée Crown Honors Program are going deep into their fields for their capstone projects and…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Help Restart Large Hadron Collider

Friday, May 20, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are participating in the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator. The High-Energy Experimental Physics Group, led by Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone, has been splitting…

Campus & Community

French Named Acting Director of Athletics; Frazier Promoted to Senior Deputy Director

Thursday, May 19, 2016, By News Staff

The interim leadership team will be introduced at a press conference today at 10:15 a.m. in the Football Auditorium, Iocolano-Petty Football Wing. The event will be streamed live on Cuse.com.

STEM

Physicist Awarded IBM Grant to Develop Quantum Computing

Wednesday, May 18, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to help develop quantum computing technology. Britton Plourde, associate professor of physics, is using a three-year, $900,000 grant from IBM to conduct research for the…

STEM

Senior Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Tuesday, May 17, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Joshua Woods, a senior chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and chemistry minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The fellowship was…