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Susan Ballard Named Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement
Susan Ballard has been appointed associate vice president for alumni engagement at Syracuse University. The appointment, effective Feb. 22, follows a comprehensive national search and was made by chief advancement officer and senior vice president of advancement and external affairs…
Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…
Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions
Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?
Crowston, Østerlund Funded for New NSF Citizen Science Project
Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members are exploring new ways of combining the efforts of citizen scientists and machine learning algorithms to classify data from a National Science Foundation-funded research initiative called “the most complicated experiment ever undertaken in…
A World of Change Created by Paris Climate Talks
Two College of Engineering and Computer Science faculty members with expertise in climate change and environmental engineering are applauding the recent agreement on a global climate deal reached in Paris, but for separate reasons. President Obama hailed the agreement as…
Listening Session on Diversity and Inclusion Draws Critical Concerns, Ideas for Change
Students, faculty and staff shared their experiences with issues of diversity and their ideas for making a better, more inclusive campus during a listening session Dec. 7 in Goldstein Auditorium. More than 100 members of the University community came together…
Holiday Schedules for 2016-19 Released
The Office of Human Resources has announced the Syracuse University Holiday Schedule, including Green Days, for Fiscal Years 2016 through 2019. As part of the University’s comprehensive benefit offerings, Syracuse University is committed to ensuring that faculty, staff and community…
Staff Members Finding Positive Results from Fast Forward Syracuse Initiatives
As a purchasing agent in the University’s Purchasing Department, Karla Salmonsen sees the results every day of the work done by the Fast Forward Syracuse Office Supplies Initiative Team. Salmonsen, who was a team member, handles any concerns with the…
Syracuse Views Fall 2015
Enjoy the view from Syracuse University. We’re combing social media for great photos of campus and accepting your snapshots that highlight all aspects of life at our University.
An Examined Life
The Rev. Robert Grant ’39 never thought he’d go to college. After all, it was the height of the Depression, and his family barely scraped by on his father’s meager salary as a janitor. Then fate intervened, as it would…