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Arts & Culture

With Recent Retirement of Esther Gray, Team Will Guide University Lectures

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Since its founding in 2001 through a generous gift from Syracuse University alumnus and trustee Robert B. Menschel ’51, the University Lectures has hosted many of the world’s foremost artisans, authors, educators, designers, journalists, legal scholars, musicians, scientists, social activists…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Mirror Awards Tribute to Legendary Journalist to Air on WCNY

Tuesday, January 5, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University faculty and alumni are featured in “Remembering David Carr,” a documentary honoring the late New York Times journalist David Carr, scheduled to air on Saturday, Jan. 9, at 10:45 p.m. on Public Broadcasting’s WCNY TV. Robert Thompson, director…

Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

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?

STEM

Grad Student Finds LIS Program Lets Him Combine Personal Passions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Three personal passions drive graduate student Taylor Davis-Van Atta’s pursuits at the University, and they triangulate the path he is carving for his future professional life through the study of librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Davis-Van Atta,…

Media, Law & Policy

Technology Commercialization Law Program Co-Hosts Intellectual Property Roundtable

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) recently co-hosted a Business Roundtable Discussion on “The Importance of Intellectual Property to Innovation, Creativity and Jobs.” The event was held in conjunction with the New York State Science & Technology…

Arts & Culture

University at Forefront of Creative Industries Management

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The University is home to four such programs that are highly interdisciplinary and lead to a master’s degree: the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the Audio Arts Program and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies.

Campus & Community

Sarah Scalese Appointed Associate Vice President for University Communications

Monday, December 21, 2015, By News Staff

Sarah Scalese has been named associate vice president for University Communications. In this capacity, she will oversee the University’s Office of News Services, Office of Publications and the Office of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. In October,…

Media, Law & Policy

HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…

A Message from Chancellor Kent Syverud

Wednesday, December 16, 2015, By News Staff

December 16, 2015 Dear Parents: Over the last few days, many of you have reached out to me, the Department of Public Safety (DPS), or a member of the University’s leadership team to express your concern about the safety of…