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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Selected for Student Newsroom Team at ONA Conference

Monday, August 5, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Luke Rafferty, a photojournalism student in the Newhouse School, is one of 20 digital journalists chosen by the Online News Association (ONA) to take part in the ONA13 Student Newsroom. The team will provide intensive coverage of the Online News…

Former Maxwell Dean Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr. Dies at 92

Thursday, July 25, 2013, By News Staff

Guthrie S. Birkhead Jr., dean emeritus of the Maxwell School and a professor of public administration and political science for 50 years, died on July 22 in Syracuse. Birkhead served as Maxwell’s dean from 1977-88, after having taught at Maxwell…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ted Junko Wins Bronze International Design Excellence Award

Monday, July 15, 2013, By Erica Blust

Ted Junko, a part-time instructor of industrial and interaction design (IID) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design, won a bronze International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Junko, who…

Undergraduate Leadership Award Named After Bennett ’10, G’12

Monday, July 15, 2013, By J.D. Ross

The Undergraduate Leadership Award, presented yearly at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) Convocation, has been named in honor of iSchool alumna Katie Bennett ’10, G’12, who passed away in late June. SIDEARM Sports, a company founded and led by Associate…

Thinklab Receives International Core77 Design Award

Tuesday, July 9, 2013, By Elaine Wackerow

Thinklab, a transdisciplinary design laboratory at Syracuse University, was awarded an International Core77 Design Award in Educational Initiatives: Notable Honoree, Professional.  Thinklab was conceived and designed by Assistant Professor Kathleen Brandt (Industrial and Interaction Design Program in the College of…

Memorial Service for Kay Moeckly Wiggins to Be Held June 28

Wednesday, June 26, 2013, By Michele Barrett

A memorial service for professor emerita of nursing Kay Moeckly Wiggins will be held Friday, June 28, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Wiggins was a groundbreaking scholar, educator and administrator during a career of more than 40 years in…

Exploring the History of Sport

Monday, June 24, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Stories of triumph over the human condition, cultural expressions and longstanding traditions are the basis of what makes sport relatable, entertaining and at times emotional. Michael Veley, director of the Department of Sport Management in the Falk College, and Professor of Practice Dennis Deninger wanted students to gain that deeper understanding.

Arts & Culture

Industrial and Interaction Design Program Celebrates Two National Awards

Friday, June 21, 2013, By Erica Blust

The industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is celebrating two national awards achieved by a faculty member and a recent alumna. Assistant Professor Kathleen Brandt is co-director of Syracuse University’s Thinklab,…

Film Students to Study with Famed Directors at International Filmmaking Academy Inaugural Program

Thursday, June 20, 2013, By Erica Blust

Tian Guan and JuneKyu Park (Q), second-year graduate students in the film program of the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), have been selected to participate in the inaugural year of the International Filmmaking…

Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF Commencement 2013: The Details

Thursday, May 9, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

The hard work, the support of family and friends, and the drive toward a dream will culminate for 5,533 degree candidates at Syracuse University’s celebration of its 159th Commencement Sunday, May 12, in the Carrier Dome. More than 14,000 guests…