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Author Ralph Savarese to Speak About His New Book ‘See It Feelingly’ Nov. 15 at Bird Library

Thursday, November 8, 2018, By News Staff

Ralph Savarese will read from his new book, “See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No Good English Professor” (Duke University Press, 2018), on Thursday, Nov. 15, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Peter…

STEM

Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Test Mini-Racecar Designs

Thursday, November 8, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Many cars are defined by their horsepower but that is only one aspect of the engineering and design process. Freshmen mechanical engineering students in Professor Michelle Blum’s ECS 101 class designed mini-cars that were more precise than powerful. “We were…

Arts & Culture

Jason Alexander to Direct Intimate and Moving Musical ‘The Last Five Years’ for Syracuse Stage

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage welcomes TV star and Tony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander to the 2018-19 season as the director of “The Last Five Years,” written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. The Drama Desk Award-winning musical will run May 29–June 16,…

Arts & Culture

Glenn Peers Brings Expertise in Late Antique and Byzantine Art to the Department of Art and Music Histories

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

The College of Arts and Sciences welcomes Glenn Peers as professor of art history in the Department of Art and Music Histories. Peers joined Syracuse University in July after 20 years at the University of Texas-Austin, where he developed an…

STEM

Forensic Science Professors Awarded $431,917 for DNA Simulation and Sequencing Tool

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) faculty members Michael Marciano and Jonathan Adelman have been awarded a two-year $431,917 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in…

Arts & Culture

Musicologist Is Helping Bring Restoration-Era Theater Productions Back to Life

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Patrons of Washington, D.C.’s Folger Theater received a theatrical treat in September with a rare staging of Sir William Davenant’s Restoration-era version of “Macbeth.” The performance, sold out during its three-week run, was a collaboration between the Folger, Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

Faculty Nominees Sought for Seinfeld Scholar Award

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By News Staff

The Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs is inviting nominations for the Seinfeld Scholar Award, established in 2004 with a gift from Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56 to recognize passion for excellence, creativity and originality in academic or artistic…

Campus & Community

College Restructures Budget Office

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By Rob Enslin

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance administrative efficiency and effectiveness, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has reorganized its Budget Office. Andrea Persin is the college’s new director of budget and finance. Her team includes newly appointed Assistant…

STEM

With the Innovation Law Center’s Help, an Engineer Innovates an Old Technology for a Life-Saving Purpose

Monday, November 5, 2018, By Julia Scaglione

Think back to your last time at a bank drive-thru. You likely deposited or received money through a tube that travels from your window to the bank and back in a minute or so. These systems—known as pneumatic tubes—have been…

Campus & Community

Sacred Spaces, Religious Texts and Social Change: Delmas Foundation Grant Supports Religion Department Collaboration With German Scholars

Sunday, November 4, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Syracuse University’s Department of Religion has received a $4,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support a collaboration with the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. SU will host a symposium with German…