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Construction Work Scheduled Saturday for Jamesville Avenue

Friday, July 22, 2016, By Keith Kobland

On Saturday, June 23, the Syracuse Department of Public Works (DPW) will be conducting road work on Jamesville Avenue near Ainsley Drive. The work will take place, weather permitting, from noon until 5 p.m. Traffic to and from Upper Skytop…

STEM

Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is…

STEM

LIS Student Selected for ALA Spectrum Scholarship

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Maria Provini, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a recipient of the 2016-17 American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarship. Provini is one of 61 recipients of the competitive…

SEIU Employees to Vote on Terms of Tentative Three-Year Agreement Reached by Syracuse University, SEIU Leaders

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University, the second largest employer in Onondaga County, and representatives of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200United, are pleased to announce they reached a tentative agreement last night on a three-year contract for 830 University employees, many…

Arts & Culture

SU Community Members Share Their Summertime Reads

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

We want to know what good reads University community members are delving into during the lazy days of summer—and offer a chance to win SU gear for their submission. Take a look below at some of the titles that are…

STEM

Physicist Wins NSF Grant to Support Subatomic Particle Research

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, By Carol Boll

The National Science Foundation has awarded $160,000 to Matthew Rudolph, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to continue his work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN’s accelerator complex near Geneva, Switzerland. The two-year…

Media, Law & Policy

Iconic Lincoln Statue on Campus Gets an Upgrade

Monday, July 18, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Abraham Lincoln has watched over the Maxwell School courtyard for nearly half a century. To ensure permanence for this iconic bronze statue’s resting place, the base is getting an upgrade with long-lasting natural stone.

Campus & Community

Message Regarding Attack in Nice, France

Friday, July 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University, both on the Main Campus and at its international learning centers, sends its thoughts and prayers to the victims and all those impacted by yesterday’s tragic attack in Nice, France. SU Abroad, in partnership with its overseas directors…

Campus & Community

University Mourns Loss of Author, War Correspondent Michael Herr ’61

Wednesday, July 13, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences is mourning the loss of one of its most inimitable voices. Michael Herr ’61, author of the Vietnam War classic “Dispatches” (Vintage Books, 1977), died on June 23 at a hospital near his home…

STEM

Physicists Discover Family of Tetraquarks

Friday, July 8, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made science history by confirming the existence of a rare four-quark particle and discovering evidence of three other “exotic” siblings. Their findings are based on data from the Large Hadron Collider…