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iSchool Senior Develops App to Alert Israelis of Rocket Strikes

Monday, July 28, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Last year, Benjamin Honig, a senior at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), won a scholarship award from Apple that provided him with admission to the company’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. While attending the WWDC in…

Media, Law & Policy

100 Years after WWI: The Lasting Impacts of the Great War

Monday, July 28, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

It was called the Great War and the war to end all wars. One hundred years later, the chaos and consequences of World War I had repercussions that continue to resonate in today’s world.

STEM

National Science Foundation Awards Elite Team of Physicists $5.2 Million

Monday, July 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Syracuse University Experimental High Energy Physics Group has several reasons to celebrate—more than five million, in fact. The elite team of physicists, which includes professors Marina Artuso, Steven Blusk, Tomasz Skwarnicki and Sheldon Stone, was recently awarded $5.2 million…

STEM

Chemist to Use NSF Grant to Bolster Study of Materials Chemistry, Nanoscience

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to study the synthesis of stainless nanoparticles. Mathew M. Maye, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Science Foundation…

Campus & Community

I-81 Workgroup Presents Findings, Recommendations

Thursday, July 10, 2014, By Kevin Morrow

Any decision on the future of I-81 will significantly impact the Syracuse University campus and the University Hill, says a report by a University I-81 workgroup charged by Chancellor Kent Syverud.

Arts & Culture

Finnish Professorship Done but Not Forgotten

Friday, June 27, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A mathematician in the College of Arts and Sciences may have found the equation for happiness, thanks to a recent professorship in Finland. In May, Tadeusz Iwaniec returned from the University of Helsinki, where he spent the past six years…

Campus & Community

$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities

Thursday, June 26, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker ’68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…

Media, Law & Policy

Law Library on the Move

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, By Keith Kobland

What’s it take to move hundreds of thousands of books and informational materials? More than a strong back. In preparation for the opening of the new Dineen Hall, the Law Library, which includes hundreds of thousands of books and pieces…

Health & Society

A Reason to Smile on South Campus

Tuesday, June 24, 2014, By Michele Barrett

The recent gift of a Syracuse University alumna and her family is bringing a big smile to the Bernice M. Wright (BMW) Child Development Laboratory School every day. Literally.   Earlier this month, a 12-foot blue and orange “happy face”…

Campus & Community

Food Works Update Wins Award

Monday, June 23, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Food Services is being recognized by the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) with an award to be presented at the NACUFS national convention in Baltimore on July 8. The University won a C-Store Best…