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DPS Honors Employees, Community Members at Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony

Friday, May 15, 2015, By News Staff

The Department of Public Safety honored 15 of its employees, along with one member of the Students for Community Safety Program and six Syracuse University faculty, staff and students, at the eighth annual DPS Awards Ceremony, held May 11. The…

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Physicists Aid in Discovery of Subatomic Process

Thursday, May 14, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the discovery came about when two LHC experiments recently combined their results and found overwhelming evidence of an extremely rare decay of a particle known as the Bs meson, which contains a bottom, or “b,” quark and an anti-strange quark.

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Biologist Lands Three-Year NIH Grant Award

Monday, May 11, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Melissa Pepling, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a major grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her ongoing work in ovarian biology. She is the recipient of a three-year,…

Campus & Community

Commencement Address by Poet Mary Karr

Sunday, May 10, 2015, By News Staff

If you’re lucky, you fell in love here. And if you’re really lucky, you had your heart broken. Because that made you a deeper person and maybe forced you to find friends to lean on. Syracuse is now your alma mater, your soul’s mother, and mine.

Campus & Community

Syracuse Triumphs at ACC ‘Meeting of the Minds’ Conference

Friday, May 8, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University was on display at the 10th annual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (MOM) Conference, recently held at North Carolina State University. Seven undergraduates, all with ties to the College of Arts and Sciences, produced a…

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Student’s Philanthropy Leads to NSF Fellowship in Mercury Research

Friday, May 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Jacqueline Gerson, a graduate student in environmental engineering science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has earned a highly competitive graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The award will fund her research on mercury contamination from artisanal gold…

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Geologist Jeff Karson Publishes Book on Oceanic Abyss

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Starting with a historical summary of seafloor exploration, “Discovering the Deep” describes the geologic components of the Earth’s oceanic crust and the processes that have created it.

Campus & Community

Governor Brings Enough Is Enough Campaign to Campus

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo brought the Enough Is Enough campaign to Syracuse University to announce that a number of private colleges and universities from across the state are joining the initiative. The statewide campaign is pushing for passage…

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Schools, Colleges Announce Speakers for 2015 Convocations

Monday, May 4, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

From men and women who have achieved outstanding careers in their fields to prominent faculty members to some of the most accomplished students, all of Syracuse University’s schools and colleges have named speakers for their Convocation ceremonies. The Convocations will…

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Liddy Selects Teresa A. Dahlberg Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Monday, May 4, 2015, By News Staff

Dahlberg comes to Syracuse from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a highly selective private university where she serves as chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering.