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Senior’s Larger-Than-Life Artwork on Display with Closing Reception Sept. 29

Friday, September 25, 2015, By News Staff

The artwork of Julie Pratt, a senior painting major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art, is being presented during the month of September at the Art Gallery at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 E….

STEM

Physicists Use Grant Award to Facilitate Teacher Training

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Two physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a grant award designed to strengthen the teaching of high school physics throughout the region. Allen Miller, professor emeritus of physics, and Sam Sampere, an instructional lab manager, have received $7,500 from the John…

Arts & Culture

Pianist/Conductor Fleisher to Speak, Perform, Teach during Four Days of Appearances

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Local audiences will have numerous opportunities to see, hear and enjoy legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher when he visits Syracuse University for a series of events from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.

Campus & Community

Request for Proposals: Research in Sustainable Building and Infrastructure

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in conjunction with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has issued a request for proposals for new research focused on sustainable building and infrastructure as it relates to organizations. “Green building and infrastructure is now…

Associate Professor Thompson on Pope Francis’ US Visit

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and senior research associate at the school’s Campbell Public Affairs Institute, shares her thoughts on what might be expected during Pope…

Campus & Community

Pope in the U.S.: Q&A with Associate Professor Margaret Susan Thompson

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Pope Francis is taking the United States by storm. The buildup to his meeting at the White House, speeches before Congress and the United Nations, and a Mass at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this week has been…

Health & Society

‘Food Foolish’ Author to Speak at CoE

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

John Mandyck ’89, G’92, chief sustainability officer of UTC Building and Industrial Systems and the co-author of the book “Food Foolish” will be speaking about the hidden connection between food waste, hunger and climate change at the Syracuse Center of…

Arts & Culture

Janklow Program, Seattle Art Museum Launch Competitive Fellowship Program

Monday, September 21, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Janklow Arts Leadership Program in the College of Arts and Sciences has announced a competitive fellowship program with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) in Washington state. A leading visual arts institution in the Pacific Northwest, SAM is home to…

STEM

Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant

Monday, September 21, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Advance Search for Gravitational Waves

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the first observation run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave (LIGO) Detector, after a meticulous five-year rebuild.