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Remembering William ‘Bill’ Pooler: He Made an Impact Locally and Around the World
As a sociologist, William “Bill” Pooler studied many different facets of society on the local, national and global levels. He was involved in dozens of diverse projects over his 45-year career, from developing reorganization procedures for an Onondaga County jail,…
Syracuse Loses a Legend: Remembering ‘Coach Mac’
Richard F. “Dick” MacPherson, who guided the Syracuse football team to an undefeated season in 1987 and five bowl games in 10 seasons as head coach, passed away on Aug. 8. He was 86 years old. [Editor’s Note (Update Thursday,…
Alumna Is First Woman to Get Full Philosophy Professorship at MSU Denver
As a doctoral student in philosophy, Carol V.A. Quinn G’02 studied Hebrew for two years and traveled to Israel, where she interviewed Holocaust survivors. She concedes she took a nontraditional approach to researching her dissertation, Considering the Nazi Data Debate:…
Selections from ‘The A-Bomb and Humanity’ to Be Exhibited Aug. 10-19
“Present Tense,” selections from “The A-Bomb and Humanity,” a set of 40 panels that depict photographs and drawings of the human suffering created when Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, were destroyed by atomic bombs, will be on view Aug. 10-19 at…
Colorful Mural Taking Shape on Side of Nancy Cantor Warehouse
A 105-foot by 20-foot painted mural—”Always Advance”—has emerged on a west-facing, street-level wall of the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, at a major, high-traffic interesection in downtown Syracuse. It’s one of 11 new pieces of permanent art that began to be installed…
Syracuse Stage Celebrates American Music Icon With ‘Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash’
From the songbook of the Man in Black himself comes the musical adaptation “Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash.” Performed by a multi-talented cast of 10, the show features 38 Cash classics, including “I Walk the Line,” “A…
University of Naples Confers Honorary Degree on Syracuse Mathematician
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of an honorary degree from the Federico II University of Naples. Tadeusz Iwaniec, the John Raymond French Professor of Mathematics, received the “Doctor Honoris Causa in Mathematical Engineering”…
Students Selected for Summer Research and Mentorship Opportunity
Twenty Syracuse University students from across the disciplines have each won a $2,000 stipend to conduct research and other creative projects this summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The competitive research opportunity was made possible through a partnership…
In Syracuse, Plans to Renew Forgotten Promise at Deeply Moving World War I Monument
Bill Orzell understands the promise. It is reinforced for him by the sheer power of a statue in Billings Park in downtown Syracuse, across the street from the abandoned grandeur of the old Central High School. The statue portrays an…
Student Donation Brings Charge to Electric Vehicles on Campus (Video)
As a student entrepreneur who runs the clean-tech company SparkCharge, Josh Aviv ’14 (and a graduate student in the School of Information Studies) says he was surprised to learn there were no locations on campus to charge an electric vehicle….