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Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse University

Tuesday, July 21, 2009, By News Staff

Remembering Walter Cronkite: the 1968 Commencement address delivered at Syracuse UniversityJuly 21, 2009SU News ServicesSUnews@syr.edu Legendary television newsman Walter Cronkite, who died July 17 at age 92, delivered the Commencement address for Syracuse University some 40 years ago. Below is…

College of Law community mourns loss of first female professor, Patricia Hassett

Tuesday, July 14, 2009, By News Staff

Jaclyn D. Grosso(315) 443-9534 Syracuse University College of Law Professor Emerita Patricia Hassett, 68, died July 10 at her home. Born in Elmira, N.Y., Hassett had been a resident of Syracuse since 1974, when she began teaching at the College…

Vote for Syracuse University students to become College Entrepreneur of 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009, By News Staff

Vote for Syracuse University students to become College Entrepreneur of 2009July 14, 2009Margaret Costello Spillettmcostell@syr.edu A company created by three Syracuse University undergraduates and a 2009 alumnus is among the five finalists in Entrepreneur magazine’s College Entrepreneur of 2009 competition….

SU College of Law community mourns loss of first female professor, Patricia Hassett

Tuesday, July 14, 2009, By News Staff

SU College of Law community mourns loss of first female professor, Patricia HassettJuly 14, 2009Jaclyn D. Grossojgrosso@law.syr.edu Syracuse University College of Law Professor Emerita Patricia Hassett, 68, died July 10 at her home. Born in Elmira, N.Y., Hassett had been…

Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Rob Enslin(315) 443-3403 A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The author is Epaphras C. (EC) Osondu G’07, a former advertising…

SU researcher receives Presidential award for research in nanomaterials

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Judy Holmes(315) 443-2201 Mathew Maye, a chemist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 100 scientists named as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S….

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prize

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

SU Creative Writing Program alumnus wins Africa’s top short-story prizeJuly 13, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu A harrowing story about a child waiting to be rescued from a refugee camp has captured the 10th annual Caine Prize for African short story writing. The…

Syracuse University researcher receives Presidential award for research in nanomaterials

Monday, July 13, 2009, By News Staff

Syracuse University researcher receives Presidential award for research in nanomaterialsJuly 13, 2009Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Mathew Maye, a chemist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 100 scientists named as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for…

Author James Herriot subject of July 16 lecture by SU English professor Sanford Sternlicht

Tuesday, July 7, 2009, By News Staff

Author James Herriot subject of July 16 lecture by SU English professor Sanford SternlichtJuly 07, 2009Rob Enslinrmenslin@syr.edu James Herriot, the great animal writer from England and author of the best-selling “All Creatures Great and Small,” is the subject of a…

SU’s annual Movie Night on the Quad features ‘The Express’

Monday, June 29, 2009, By News Staff

SU’s annual Movie Night on the Quad features ‘The Express’June 29, 2009Eileen Jevisejevis@uc.syr.edu Syracuse University’s annual Movie Night on the Quad is scheduled for Friday, July 24, beginning at 8 p.m. The featured film, “The Express,” starring Dennis Quaid and…