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STEM

LIS student receives NYLA-Dewey Scholarship

Thursday, December 13, 2012, By News Staff

Alyssa Newton, a graduate student in the master’s program in library and information science in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), is one of seven students to receive the NYLA-Dewey Scholarship Award as a representative of Syracuse University. Recipients were selected…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know’ a valuable primer to better understand tax debate

Tuesday, December 11, 2012, By News Staff

While the U.S.’s financial future may seem uncertain, the heated debate surrounding the “fiscal cliff” has made one thing clear: many Americans lack a basic understanding of how the U.S. tax system works. Those looking to brush up on tax…

Veterans

CNY Veterans’ Higher Education Regional Consortium supports vets in transition to higher ed

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By News Staff

Founder speaks with NPR on need for similar organizations across nation Twenty-six institutions of higher education located in the 13-county region of Syracuse’s Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) in upstate New York have formed the Central New York Veterans’ Higher…

Business & Economy

SU student entrepreneurs accepted into Kairos Society Global Fellowship

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University student entrepreneurs have been recognized for their innovation, passion, and drive to turn ideas into reality by many media outlets and organizations over the past five years.  One more organization has been added to the list of those…

Arts & Culture

Applicants sought for 2013-14 SU Humanities Center-CNY Humanities Corridor Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By News Staff

Fellowship has been established in partnership with New York Council for the Humanities The SU Humanities Center and the New York Council for the Humanities have announced the call for applications for the 2013-14 Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellowship. The…

Campus & Community

Neighbors helping neighbors through the United Way

Thursday, December 6, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Fritz Diddle sees the impact the United Way has every day in his work at On Point for College—it’s in the success of hundreds of young people in the community.

STEM

iSchool sophomores win MLB.com College Challenge

Wednesday, December 5, 2012, By J.D. Ross

In an all-night competition that drew from their creative strengths, baseball knowledge, programming skills and presentation prowess, a team ofSchool of Information Studies (iSchool) sophomores pulled off a win in the third annual MLB.com College Challenge.

Health & Society

Sport Management Club holds online auction in collaboration with Steiner Sports to benefit Special Olympics New York

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Management Club at SU, in collaboration with Steiner Sports Memorabilia, is holding an online auction of more than 25 premium items at http://bit.ly/TC9Whl now through Dec. 16. Just in time for the holidays, this online auction is part…

Arts & Culture

Getting to know: Glassblower Sally Prasch

Tuesday, December 4, 2012, By News Staff

The shelves, drawers, nooks and crannies of Sally Prasch’s laboratory in the basement of the Center for Science and Technology are packed with a myriad of glass items—round and square rods, tubes, connectors, valves, stopcocks, ampules and more—from the minuscule…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Henry Lambright penning history of Mars exploration program for NASA

Saturday, December 1, 2012, By Carol Boll

As a graduate student at Columbia University in the early 1960s, Henry Lambright immersed himself in government and political science studies only to discover that his true passion lay a bit farther afield—in outer space.