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Invest Syracuse Progress: Syracuse University Launches Signature Hires Initiative

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University has launched a new Signature Hires Initiative to strengthen teaching and research capacity through the addition of 100 new faculty over the next five years. A critical component of the University’s $100 million Invest Syracuse: Advancing Academic Excellence…

Campus & Community

Stretch and Breathe Begins, Various Days and Locations

Tuesday, June 5, 2018, By News Staff

Faculty and staff are invited to join us for Stretch and Breathe again this summer. It’s a 20-minute class designed to help you unplug and clear your mind. You will relax your mind, body and soul. It will be the…

Campus & Community

Clements Award Supports Nine Students with Unique Internships

Friday, June 1, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

The Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Awards enable Syracuse University students to hold unique internships that would not be possible without financial help. After an extensive application process, nine students were awarded the Clements Internship Award for their internship this year. “Clements…

Campus & Community

Planning for Syracuse University’s 150th Anniversary Enters New Phase, Steering Committee Seeks Volunteers

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Syracuse University’s Sesquicentennial Steering Committee has moved forward in designing a distinctive and inclusive plan to celebrate the University’s upcoming 150th anniversary. Since its appointment in November 2017, the committee has met monthly to develop a framework for bringing the…

Campus & Community

Annual Strawberry Festival Scheduled for June 8 on the Quad

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

Syracuse University’s annual Strawberry Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 8, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The Strawberry Festival is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to learn more about campus departments and academic programs and celebrate the summer season…

STEM

Stripling Elected to Board of Freedom to Read Foundation

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Stripling has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). She will begin her term in June after the organization’s…

Campus & Community

Summer Update #3

Thursday, May 24, 2018, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With Commencement ceremonies behind us, we are focused on the work ahead to prepare for the next academic year. Chancellor Syverud promised that he and other senior leaders would provide updates on our ongoing work…

Campus & Community

26 ROTC Cadets Make Official Commitment to Serve

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

On Friday, May 11, ROTC cadets officially became the next generation of military leaders at the annual commissioning ceremony at Hendricks Chapel, signaling the end of training and the beginning of the graduating seniors’ military career. The cadets graduated from…

Health & Society

Bioengineering Seniors Team Up with Upstate Medical University to Design NICU Infant Sleep Monitor

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Premature newborns often require special care from nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as their tiny bodies develop. Nurses want babies to sleep on their backs before they go home, but while they are in the NICU, Associate…

STEM

Scientists to Host Live Lava Flow Demonstration

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

What: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting and displaying explosive activity for more than two weeks. In one of the most recent eruptions, 1,100°C (2000°F) lava was seen gushing from multiple fissures, sending sulfur dioxide, methane gas and flames into the…