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Veterans

Values Based Leadership: Secretary of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Speaks to Maxwell Students, Faculty, Staff

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Jessica Smith

The Maxwell Auditorium was standing room only on Wednesday for remarks by Robert A. McDonald, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The former CEO of Procter & Gamble and U.S. Army veteran discussed “Values Based Leadership,” applying the…

STEM

LIS Student Selected for ALA Spectrum Scholarship

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Maria Provini, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a recipient of the 2016-17 American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarship. Provini is one of 61 recipients of the competitive…

Campus & Community

University to Expand Libraries’ South Campus Facility for Research Treasures

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Dean of Libraries David Seaman has announced the creation of a state-of-the-art addition to the Syracuse University Libraries Facility, to provide 15,000 square feet of climate-controlled space in which to preserve the University’s rare and archival research and teaching collections….

Campus & Community

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald Visits University

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Maxwell Auditorium was standing room only on Wednesday for remarks by Robert A. McDonald, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The former CEO of Procter & Gamble and U.S. Army veteran discussed “Values Based Leadership,” applying the lessons…

Arts & Culture

SU Community Members Share Their Summertime Reads

Thursday, July 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

We want to know what good reads University community members are delving into during the lazy days of summer—and offer a chance to win SU gear for their submission. Take a look below at some of the titles that are…

New Research Unveils how Former Presidential Candidates Failed to Harness Social Media

Wednesday, July 20, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Jerry Robinson, a PhD candidate at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and researcher with Illuminating 2016, a new project at the iSchool’s Center for Computational and Data Sciences ,tracking the Twitter and Facebook feeds of active presidential campaigns, writes…

Arts & Culture

Baseball Hall of Fame Interns Experience Historic Halls of America’s Pastime

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

In the storied exhibition spaces of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, two Syracuse University students are helping share the history of America’s beloved summer sport.

STEM

Physicist Wins NSF Grant to Support Subatomic Particle Research

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, By Carol Boll

The National Science Foundation has awarded $160,000 to Matthew Rudolph, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, to continue his work with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN’s accelerator complex near Geneva, Switzerland. The two-year…

Campus & Community

Economic Development Leader to Retire from Syracuse University

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, By News Staff

After nearly a decade serving the University and the Central New York region, Marilyn Higgins, vice president of community engagement and economic development, has announced her plan to retire from Syracuse University this summer. Following her retirement, Higgins will serve…

Media, Law & Policy

Emergency Exercise Planned for Monday

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Student journalists and emergency response officials will get the chance to put their skills to the test on Monday, July 25. That’s when the yearly mock incident drill will be held. It’s an exercise that takes much planning, along with…