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Dean Liz Liddy Announces Retirement, Plans to Conclude Tenure as Dean of School of Information Studies
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Liz Liddy has been a student, a professor, a dean (twice) and a member of the Chancellor’s executive team in her career at Syracuse University. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, and becoming…
ECS Leadership and Faculty Immersed in Diversity and Inclusion Learning and Strategy
Faculty and staff from the College of Engineering and Computer Science participated in the Strategic Diversity Leadership Institute at the college’s annual faculty retreat in August. The intensive day-long workshop followed the completion of National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy by…
Blackstone LaunchPad Announces 2018-2019 Business Plan Competitions
Building on last year’s successful track record when Syracuse University teams captured a first-place honor and won a total of five awards in the 2018 New York State Business Plan Competition, the Blackstone LaunchPad has announced a number of business…
Summer College: An Eye-Opening Experience
Nazrun Chowdhury can’t believe that the Charles Hayden Foundation was willing to spend its money sponsoring “a kid from the Bronx.” The foundation provides grants that focus on helping youth develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in school…
Michael ’72 and Susan Thonis Establish Second Endowed Professorship of Earth Sciences
Tripti Bhattacharya, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and an expert in climate science, has been named the Thonis Family Professor (II). The professorship has been endowed through the generosity of Board of Trustees…
Graduate School Announces New $750K Fund for Additional Doctoral Fellowships
Peter Vanable, dean of the Graduate School, announced today the creation of a $750,000 Fellowship Fund to strengthen support for graduate education and research at Syracuse University. The fund, supported by the University’s Invest Syracuse initiative and administered by the…
University Launches Handshake Career Management Tool
Syracuse University Career Services is introducing Handshake, the new career management tool for students to find jobs, internships and career events, and to connect with employers. More than 300,000 employers—from Fortune 500 companies to startups—are already on Handshake looking to…
University Welcomes International Undergraduate Students with Dinner, International Friends Program
New Syracuse University undergraduate students from around the globe came together under the roof of the Carrier Dome on Aug. 21 to meet each other and members of the University community, share a meal, and learn more about Syracuse—the new…
How Long Will President Trump Avoid Mueller??
William Banks, founding director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism, was interviewed for the Bloomberg Radio story “Trump Lawyers Send Counteroffer to Mueller.” Banks discussed the allegations that can be made against Trump for a meeting held in 2016…
Brands Taking Stands for What They Believe In Will Reap Benefits
#Nike and #NikeBoycott remain popular Twitter threads today as consumers debate the latest move by the company to feature Colin Kaepernick as one of the faces of its “Just Do It” ads. Tomorrow night, the company is scheduled to debut…