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M. Cristina Marchetti Named Distinguished Professor

Thursday, August 11, 2016, By Carol Boll

M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction is one of the University’s highest honors for…

Alumni to Receive Eggers, Generation Orange Awards During Orange Central

Thursday, August 11, 2016, By News Staff

A 60-year-strong reunion committee, a passionate supporter of Syracuse University and a young alumnus whose project provides care packages to active-duty military alumni will all be honored for their contributions during Orange Central homecoming weekend Sept. 15-18. The Melvin A….

Campus & Community

Temporary Road Closure

Wednesday, August 10, 2016, By Keith Kobland

(The following email was sent to members of the Syracuse University community) Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: The Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction continues its efforts to improve and upgrade the University’s infrastructure, particularly its utilities. This week,…

Campus & Community

Call for South Asia Center FLAS Academic Year 2016-17 Applications

Tuesday, August 9, 2016, By News Staff

Application Process Reopened Syracuse University’s South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Application Deadlines: Graduate Students: Monday, August 15, 2016 by 11:59 pm EST Undergraduate Students: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by 11:59 pm EST The…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Sayler/Morris Receive Brower Center Art/Act Award, NYFA Fellowship

Tuesday, August 9, 2016, By Erica Blust

Artists Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris), faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia and co-directors of the Canary Lab, a hub for research-based, interdisciplinary art and media focused on ecology, have received…

Arts & Culture

Talent Agency Teen Art Portfolios on View Aug. 12

Monday, August 8, 2016, By Erica Blust

Teen artists who completed this year’s Talent Agency Summer Intensive under the guidance of faculty and students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present their portfolios at an open house on Friday, Aug. 12, from 4-6:30…

STEM

Physicists Awarded NSF Grant to Study Cancer-Cell Behavior

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By Rob Enslin

M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti and Jennifer Schwarz have been awarded a three-year, $686,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to apply principles of soft-matter physics to cancer therapy.

Campus & Community

Nine Current and Former Athletes, Coaches to Participate in Olympics

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By News Staff

Participants include basketball players Carmelo Anthony and Michael Gbinije, rower Natalie Mastracci, field hockey player Alyssa Manley, heptathlete Uhunoma Osazuwa and track & field athletes Flings Owusu-Agyapong and Katie Zaferes.

Campus & Community

Four Distinguished Alumni to Be Honored at 2016 Arents Ceremony

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By News Staff

The recipients are Jim Brown ’57, James Cunningham ’74, Dr. Robert Jarvik ’68, H’83 and Arielle Tepper Madover ’94.

Campus & Community

Quad Shuttle Update

Wednesday, August 3, 2016, By News Staff

(The following is a message from Pete Sala, Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer) Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As part of our continuing efforts to serve the campus community during summer construction, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 3 the Quad Shuttle…