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College of Visual and Performing Arts
The following students enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts were among those named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours…
University Hosts Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
More than 100 undergraduate women in physics—some from as far away as the University of Maine and Rutgers University—recently converged on campus to discuss their changing role in the field. In January, Syracuse University was one of nine institutions to…
Department of Drama Stages ‘Punk Rock’ by Simon Stephens
The Department of Drama tackles the volatile combination of adolescence and anxiety in Simon Stephens’ 2009 play “Punk Rock.” Directed by Robert Moss, this production from one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights runs at the Storch Theatre Feb. 19-28…
“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”
Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…
Harvard Professor Shane Greenstein to Speak on Internet Commercialization
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Lee McKnight has invited Harvard Business School professor Shane Greenstein to the iSchool to speak on his new Princeton University Press book, “How the Internet Became Commercial. Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of…
ARC Students’ Award-Winning Design to Model Future Green Development in China
Three architecture M.S. students in Assistant Professor Fei Wang’s fall 2015 “Low-Carbon City” studio have won second-place—and a $30,000 prize—in the international competition sponsored by the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) for design of Shenzhen, China’s Future Low-Carbon Building…
Syracuse University Jumps into Top Research Tier in New Carnegie Classifications
In the new rankings, which are issued twice a decade, Syracuse moved from an “R2” designation in 2010, denoting a “higher research activity,” to an R1 designation, which is the top research class a university can be awarded.
Moon Appointed Interim Chair of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Professor Young B. Moon has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Moon, who assumed the role at the beginning of February, will serve as interim chair…
University Begins 2016 RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition
Starting on Sunday, Feb. 7, Syracuse University will participate in the eight-week national recycling and waste reduction competition where colleges across the United States and Canada are ranked each week based on the amount of collected recycling, food organics and…
Scholar Spotlight: Cora Cool-Mihalyi ’16
Cora Cool-Mihalyi, a graduating senior in the School of Education and a Say Yes Scholar, firmly believes in and exemplifies the principle that all children deserve the right to equal education, regardless of their background or disabilities. Cool-Mihalyi is completing…