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Campus & Community

University Funding Available for Projects on Reducing Energy Use, Promoting Sustainability

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

A new University grant program that combines scholarship with campus sustainability is offering up to $50,000 in funding for projects that promote reductions in greenhouse emissions and increase awareness about sustainability. The Syracuse University Climate Action Plan, which was released…

Arts & Culture

University Shines at Statewide TESOL Conference

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University was front and center at the 46th annual New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYS TESOL) Conference, recently held at Crowne Plaza Syracuse. Dozens of students and faculty members, mostly from the Department…

Campus & Community

Advice for Safe Holidays from Information Technology Services

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

We’ve all heard about—and many of us have been affected by—numerous big data breaches. From the Department of Homeland Security to the Democratic National Committee to Verizon, Dropbox, the University of California, and many others, more than two billion records…

Campus & Community

Construction over Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With Thanksgiving break nearly upon our campus, I wanted to let you know about some winter preparations and projects that will be taking place on or near the Einhorn Family Walk, formerly the University Place…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Ambulance hosts National Collegiate EMS Week

Monday, November 14, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University Ambulance (SUA) invites the Syracuse University community to join in the celebration of National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week, beginning Monday, Nov. 14. National Collegiate EMS Week is modeled after National EMS Week, an event sponsored by the…

Business & Economy

SyracuseCoE Celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week with Perspectives from Entrepreneurs

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Kerrie Marshall

SyracuseCoE’s monthly Research and Technology Forum will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week on Nov. 15 featuring three perspectives on commercializing innovations energy and environmental systems. Presenters include the founder and CEO of a student-led venture, a faculty entrepreneur who participated in the…

Veterans

Syracuse University Gains Major Support for Transitioning Veterans in $5 Million Donation from Walmart Foundation

Wednesday, November 9, 2016, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families veteran reintegration program was awarded a $5 million Walmart foundation grant.

Media, Law & Policy

With Election Over, Illuminating Team Looks to the Future

Wednesday, November 9, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Faculty, staff and students from across Syracuse University gathered in Hinds Hall yesterday to spend part of election night listening to a panel discussion led by School of Information Studies (iSchool) researchers working on the Illuminating 2016 research project. Headed by…

STEM

iSchool to Hold Graduate Programs Information Session Nov. 15

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host an on-campus information session for its graduate programs in information management, library and information science, and library and information science-school media specialization on Tuesday, Nov. 15, from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Katzer…

STEM

Heart of a Lion

Wednesday, November 2, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Marilyn Kerr arrived at Syracuse in 1970, science was a male-dominated profession. The idea of a woman donning a white lab coat and waxing rhapsodic about biology or chemistry seemed, in those days, about as likely as someone synthesizing…