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University Community Harvest Farmers’ Market to Be Held Friday at Strawberry Festival

Tuesday, June 11, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Parking will be limited by construction Are you craving fresh fruits and vegetables, looking for flowers to brighten up your home or searching for a unique handmade item? Look no farther than the University Community Harvest Farmers’ Markets. The seventh…

STEM

Success in Engineering

Tuesday, June 11, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.

Media, Law & Policy

Video: Taking Flight Inside the Dome

Wednesday, May 29, 2013, By Keith Kobland

(This video was submitted by the L.C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science) For their capstone projects, aerospace engineering seniors at Syracuse University design and build remote-controlled aircraft. On “Flight Day,” the students fly their aircraft inside Syracuse’s Carrier…

Campus & Community

Video: Campus Construction in Full Swing

Tuesday, May 28, 2013, By Keith Kobland

With the end of the spring semester comes the arrival of the summer construction season on the SU hill. The campus is alive with the sounds of cranes, earth movers and backhoes, as rehabilitation and renovation work takes place on…

Veterans

IVMF Receives $1 Million Grant from Walmart Foundation for Veteran Vocational Education

Thursday, May 23, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to launch a competitive grant program for veteran vocational education at community and technical colleges in California, New York, Texas and North Carolina.

STEM

Tracking the Earth’s Mantle

Thursday, May 23, 2013, By Rob Enslin

New findings by a team of researchers, including Earth sciences professor Robert Moucha, reveal how the Earth’s mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates. This is big news, says Moucha, for scientists who use the coastline to predict future sea levels.

Architecture Appoints Jean-François Bédard Chair of Graduate Programs

Friday, May 17, 2013, By Elaine Wackerow

The School of Architecture has announced the appointment of Associate Professor Jean-François Bédard to the position of chair of the school’s graduate programs, effective July 1. Bédard has taught at Syracuse since fall 2005 and was awarded tenure in May…

Arts & Culture

Veterans’ Poetry Reading, Combat Photography on Display During ‘An Iliad’

Friday, May 17, 2013, By News Staff

Events connect today’s veterans to the Trojan War Syracuse Stage will be hosting a series of events during the run of “An Iliad,” adapted by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, from Homer’s epic. The show runs in the Storch Theatre…

Newhouse Students Win at 34th Annual Telly Awards

Thursday, May 16, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

“Dead Letters,” an original TV series produced by students in the Newhouse School’s Department of Television, Radio and Film (TRF), is the recipient of a 2013 Telly Award. The competition drew nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and several…

Campus & Community

Summer Telephone and Network Installations: Order Now!

Thursday, May 16, 2013, By News Staff

For the next four months, the offices of Telecommunications and Network and Wiring Services, divisions of Information Technology and Services (ITS), will be very busy working on a large number of summer projects.  As such, we find it necessary to…