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Campus & Community

Syracuse University Celebrates Black History Month Beginning Feb. 1

Monday, January 27, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s annual Black History Month celebration includes a lineup of incredible and thought-provoking speakers, a three-on-three basketball tournament, a Martial Arts Expo, musical performances, an art exhibition and more, with campuswide coordination led by the Office of Multicultural Affairs…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Xinyi Zhou Selected as First Recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Computer and information science Ph.D. candidate Xinyi Zhou was selected as the first recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship. Zhou’s research covers machine learning, data (text and graph) mining, social media mining and social computing…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Students Take Manhattan During NYC Immersion Trip

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Earlier this month, 19 College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) students traveled to New York City during the college’s Winter Break Immersion Trip. The students stayed in Manhattan and met with eight companies: Arcadis, Cisco Systems, EY, Google, Langan…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Syracuse Architecture’s Lunar New Year 2020 Celebration

Monday, January 20, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

This coming weekend, a quarter of the world’s population will celebrate the Year of the Rat—the first animal of the Chinese zodiac, representing wisdom and compassion—with feasts, gift-giving and good wishes. Lunar New Year, the longest and among the most…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Introduces ‘Third Year Away’ Option for Residential J.D. Students

Thursday, January 16, 2020, By Robert Conrad

Starting with the Class of 2023, students in the College of Law’s residential J.D. program will have the option of spending their third year entirely off campus while still taking courses from College of Law faculty. Specifically, students in good…

Arts & Culture

Internationally Renowned Artist Carrie Mae Weems Named University Artist in Residence at Syracuse University

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, By News Staff

Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems is bringing her talent, experience and wisdom to Syracuse University when she arrives on campus on Feb. 1, the start of a three-year University Artist in Residence position. A MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a. “Genius” grant)…

Veterans

Syracuse Student Veterans Kick Off Spring Semester at National Conference and Employers Meetings

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, By Leah Lazarz

Nearly two dozen Syracuse University students, including 13 student veterans, five active duty military service members, one National Guardsman, an ROTC cadet and a military family dependent, recently returned from the annual Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference in…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Urges Seizing the Moment to Become ‘A World-Class Model’ in Annual Winter Message to the Community

Monday, January 13, 2020, By News Staff

In his 2020 Winter Message, Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of Syracuse University being true to its values and seizing the moment to become a better institution and a model for the world. In his address, Chancellor Syverud discussed four key…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Foundation Announces Intention to Pledge $75 Million to Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Monday, January 13, 2020, By News Staff

The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation has announced its intention to pledge $75 million to Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, which will be the largest gift in the University’s 150-year history. Donald E. Newhouse ’51 made the announcement…

Business & Economy

LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries Hosting International Startup Workshop

Wednesday, January 8, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries is hosting a free International Startup Workshop for the international and innovation community on Jan. 22 from 3-5 p.m., in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The workshop…