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Campus & Community

Q&A: Associate Provost Jeff Stanton on Why Middle States Matters

Friday, March 17, 2017, By Carol Boll

Last fall, the Syracuse University campus community began hearing frequent references to Middle States and the reaccreditation process now underway. The foundational work leading up to the 10-year reaccreditation review with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education actually had…

STEM

Ph.D. Candidate Attends Neurochemistry Flagship School with Top Scholars in Austria

Friday, March 10, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Ph.D. candidate Sheila Shahidzadeh focuses her studies on the complexities and ever-evolving connections in the human brain. Her interests and passion for neuroscience led her to a weeklong school in Austria where she was among other top scholars to dig…

Arts & Culture

Morgan Library’s Maria Fredericks to Speak on ‘Rare Books as Museum Objects’ March 23 in Bird Library

Tuesday, March 7, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Maria Fredericks, Drue Heinz Book Conservator at the Morgan Library & Museum, will give the lecture “Rare Books as Museum Objects: Considerations for Safe Exhibition and Loan” on Thursday, March 23, from 4:30­–6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons…

Campus & Community

Laura J. Steinberg Named Special Assistant for Strategy to Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Laura J. Steinberg, former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been appointed to a new role at Syracuse University in which she will help lead the growth of entrepreneurship and innovation across campus. Today, Steinberg…

STEM

Undergrads Team Up to Publish Bacteria Research

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Bacteria may be small, but the effect they have on us is anything but minor. Bacteria are often associated with illness and disease, but in reality most  do us more good than harm. Although certain bacteria can wreak havoc on…

Business & Economy

Student Shares Why Syracuse University Was Her First Choice

Friday, February 24, 2017, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

The reputation of Syracuse University, as well as the reputation of the economics department, was the deciding factor for Andrea Fleming to choose Syracuse. Fleming is a senior double majoring in economics and international relations with a concentration in European…

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STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…

STEM

Sustainable Enterprise Partnership Awards $19,000 to Explore Innovations in Green Building

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

Syracuse University’s Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council awarded $19,000 to fund new research in the area of green building construction methods, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) wood products in multi-family housing. Rene Germain,…

Media, Law & Policy

Head of Fact Checking for The New Yorker Magazine Will Speak at Newhouse Feb. 22

Wednesday, February 15, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Peter Canby, a senior editor and the head of fact checking at The New Yorker magazine, will visit the Newhouse School on Wednesday, Feb. 22. “A Conversation with Peter Canby,” moderated by Newhouse associate professor of magazine Jim Shahin, will…