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Media, Law & Policy

Sociology Department Presenting at ASA Conference in Seattle

Monday, August 22, 2016, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen professors, Ph.D. students and researchers in the Department of Sociology are participating in the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Seattle Aug. 20-23. They join approximately 4,000 other sociologists for four days…

Campus & Community

Lillian Slutzker, Longtime Benefactor of Syracuse University, Passes Away

Friday, August 19, 2016, By News Staff

Lillian Slutzker, a longtime supporter of Syracuse University and the former owner of Manny’s athletic apparel store on Marshall Street, passed away on Thursday, August 18, at the age of 98. She is predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, who died…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Warren Named New York Choral Director of the Year

Thursday, August 18, 2016, By Erica Blust

The New York chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (NYACDA) has named John Warren, associate professor and director of choral activities in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music,…

Media, Law & Policy

Alumni in Rio Sharing the Stories of the Olympics

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The nine current and former athletes and coaches from Syracuse University competing at the Rio Olympics are not the only members of the Orange family who have made their way to Brazil for the games. Along with familiar fellow alumni…

STEM

Researchers Awarded Grant to Develop, Implement Strategies for New Antibiotics

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a major grant to develop and implement strategies for the discovery of new antibiotics. Anthony Garza and Yan-Yeung Luk, associate professors of biology and chemistry, respectively, are recipients of…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘About Prints: The Legacy of Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17′

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The exhibition features over 80 original works on paper, highlighting a variety of printmaking techniques such as engraving, etching, aquatint and other experimental processes by master printmakers.

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Arts & Culture

‘A Magnificent Obsession’ through Nov. 10 at Palitz Gallery

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“A Magnificent Obsession: Selections from the Hamilton Armstrong Collection of Prints,” now on display at Palitz Gallery, showcases work from artists born in the 19th century—a time when the reproductive qualities of printmaking had trumped the more intimate and handmade…

Business & Economy

Gartner Gives Top 20 Rankings to Supply Chain Management Programs at Whitman

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

Gartner Inc. announced this month that the supply chain management program (SCM) at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is one of the top 20 in the country, granting a #17 ranking to the graduate program and a #20…

Campus & Community

University Prepares to Welcome Newest Students

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Each year, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs, in collaboration with a number of University departments, hosts Syracuse Welcome, the University’s new student orientation program for incoming, full-time, undergraduate students. Preparations to welcome the more than 4,000 first-year and…