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Arts & Culture

P.A.L. Project Receives Prestigious Grant

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Photography and Literacy Project (P.A.L.) of Syracuse University has received a grant of nearly $27,000 from the the Fay Slover Fund at the Boston Foundation, an organization that bestows grants to seed new organizations or programs within existing organizations…

2014-15 University Lectures Series Finishes with National Geographic Photographer Annie Griffiths

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Griffiths will present “From Photojournalist to Photo Activist: The Ripple Effect Images Project” on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.

STEM

iSchool Graduate, Visiting Professor Meyerrose Keynoting Cyber Competition

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A retired U.S. Air Force major general, known worldwide for his information technology and cybersecurity expertise and known to the School of Information Studies (iSchool) as a distinguished doctoral degree graduate and a visiting professor, will be the keynote speaker…

STEM

Syracuse Goes Global with I-CAMP School for Physicists

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A summer school for scientists, involving members of the College of Arts and Sciences, was the subject of a recent article in Physics Today. Titled “Two Standout Models of Physics Education and Outreach in South Africa,” the article focused, in…

STEM

Physicist Harvey Kaplan Remembered

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences has lost one of its senior statesmen. Harvey Kaplan, who served on the physics faculty from 1959 until his retirement in 1996, died on Feb. 11. He was 90 years old. An accomplished teacher…

Arts & Culture

Bandier’s David Rezak Named SAMMY Music Educator of the Year

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYs) has named David Rezak, director of the Bandier Program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), its 2015 Music Educator of the Year. He will be honored on Thursday, March 5, at…

Campus & Community

Breaking the Habit

Friday, February 27, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Every smoker faces different challenges when trying to quit. The hardest part may be a matter of routine.

Campus & Community

Humanities Center Continues Spring Symposia with Lecture on March 4

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Gesa E. Kirsch, professor of English and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, will deliver a public lecture titled “The Power of Social Networks: Rhetorical Agency and Civic Activism among 19th-Century Women Physicians” on…

Campus & Community

Smoking Cessation Programs for Faculty, Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The University will offer free, six-week tobacco cessation programs on campus for faculty and staff. The classes will be facilitated by Cynthia Cary, RRT, CPFT, CTTS, director of tobacco cessation at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The program consists of seven,…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Explores ‘Judicial Politics in Polarized Times’

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Do judges serve as neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists or political actors whose decisions conform to—rather than challenge—the democratic will? That is one of the many questions that political scientist Thomas Keck seeks to answer in his latest book,…