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Campus & Community

UP Online Seminar Focuses on Retention of Online Students

Thursday, November 29, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College (UC) hosted the fifth annual meeting of the University Partners for Online Education Strategies (UP Online) on Nov. 9, 2018. The annual meeting brings together regional colleagues working in online education to share ideas, address common problems, build…

Campus & Community

SU Faculty, Staff Qualify for Discount on Summer College Program

Thursday, November 29, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

Summer College announces that the dependents of Syracuse University faculty and staff are eligible for a 15 percent discount for the 2019 Summer College for High School Students program. Also new for 2019 is an exclusive 15 percent discount for…

Media Tip Sheets

More States Likely to Embrace Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week, Ohio became the first U.S. state to accept bitcoin for tax payments from businesses. Eventually, the payment form will be open to individual filers as well. Could more states follow suit in embracing the cryptocurrency as a legitimate…

Campus & Community

New Students Find Value in First-Year Shared Reading Experience, According to Survey

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

In classrooms and residence halls across campus earlier this fall, small groups of new students came together to connect with their peers through exploring their differences and similarities—to learn more about themselves and others. As part of the newly redeveloped…

Campus & Community

Dissertation, Public Humanities Fellows Advance Student-Centered Research

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Cognitive experience. Romantic legalism. Educational equality. Authentic writing. These are some of the themes of this year’s research by Dissertation and Public Humanities Fellows in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Based in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the…

Arts & Culture

Aretha Franklin to Be Remembered with Concert, Panel Discussion Nov. 30

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and the University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will salute Aretha Franklin, whose indelible voice made her the “Queen of Soul,” with a panel discussion and concert on Friday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at…

Arts & Culture

Genet Gallery Presents Visual, Literary Elements of Roderick Martinez’s ‘Wondering the Alphabet’

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition in the Sue & Leon Genet Gallery serves as a companion to “Wondering the Alphabet,” a book for readers, writers and designers by Roderick Martinez, associate professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing…

STEM

ECS Professor Vir V. Phoha Named a 2018 AAAS Fellow

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Vir V. Phoha of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was awarded this prestigious honor for developing practicable foundations of behavioral…

STEM

New Site Offers Privacy Resources for Underserved Populations

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Diane Stirling

If you’re someone with disabilities needing help with your online privacy and computer access needs, a family member or practitioner who supports people with disabilities or a scholar seeking information about online privacy for underserved populations, a new information resource…

Health & Society

Falk College Expands Graduate Merit Scholarships Beginning Summer 2019

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Michele Barrett

Graduate merit scholarships have been expanded for prospective students interested in matriculating into master’s degrees, either full- or part-time, offered in Falk College effective Summer 2019 (includes MAYmester Summer Session I, Summer Session II, Combined Summer Session). Incentives include no…