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Bhatia Receives 2015 WEPAN University Change Agent Award

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, By News Staff

On June 11, Meredith Professor Shobha K. Bhatia was honored at the 2015 WEPAN Change Leader Forum as a University Change Agent. WEPAN, which stands for Women in Engineering ProActive Network, confers its University Change Agent Award in honor of an…

Arts & Culture

Vivian May Appointed Director of Humanities Center

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences has a new director. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), will take the helm of the Humanities Center on July 1. She succeeds interim…

Professor Explains How to Track a Computer Hacker

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

“A typical footprint is the IP address of the computer. If you hack into a computer, there will be a record that shows what device actually connected with this computer. But an amateur hacker is easily caught, especially if they…

STEM

Physicist Awarded Grant to Study Physical Cell Biology

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to study how the shape and motion of individual cells mold biological tissues into three-dimensional shapes. M. Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is part…

Arts & Culture

Student Wins Honors Capstone Awards for Original Novel

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has received two major capstone project awards from the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Anastasia Selby ’15 is the winner of both the David Orlin Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project and…

Syracuse University Retail Expert Comments on the Closing of Gap Stores

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

“What ails The Gap is bigger than a couple of hundred underperforming stores. For the past several years the brand has lost its identity, relevance and resonance with the American public,” says Amanda Nicholson, associate dean and professor of retail practice…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Launch National Publication ‘For Freshmen, by Freshmen’

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Content comes from more than 150 contributing writers from about 50 schools across the country, all of them incoming freshmen.

STEM

Ph.D. Student Jackson Receives Two Prestigious Fellowships

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Corey Jackson’s summer schedule is a full one. The doctoral student at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has received two prestigious fellowships that will keep him busy over the next few weeks while helping him fill out his future…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse to Honor ESPN’s Beth Mowins G’90 with Marty Glickman Award

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will present the third annual Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media to alumnus Beth Mowins G’90 at an invitation-only event July 29 in New York City. Follow on Twitter at #TheMartyAward. Fellow alumnus Bob Costas…

Campus & Community

University to Create More Study Abroad Opportunities

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

While almost half of all Syracuse University students take part in study abroad programs, the University is looking to create opportunities that are available for all students, especially veterans, first-generation students and those in STEM and health studies.