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Campus & Community

Canadian Minister of Transport, Former Astronaut Marc Garneau to Visit the Maxwell School on April 5

Friday, March 29, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Marc Garneau, minister of transport for the Government of Canada, will speak on “Trade, Transport and Space” on Friday, April 5, at 10 a.m. in the Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall. The lecture is sponsored by the Howard G….

Campus & Community

Repairs to Campus Utility Systems Saturday and Sunday

Thursday, March 28, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University Facilities Services will be working with project contractors to make two emergency repairs on campus utility systems on Saturday, March 30, and Sunday, March 31. On Saturday and Sunday, a failed chilled water valve is being replaced in…

Arts & Culture

Internationally Acclaimed Architect Farshid Moussavi to Deliver Einhorn Lecture

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture will host London-based architect Farshid Moussavi on Thursday, April 4, at 5:15 p.m. in Slocum Hall as its annual Einhorn Lecturer. Moussavi is a professor in practice in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate…

Health & Society

Alumna Cerri Banks, Skidmore College Dean of Students, to Deliver 2019 School of Education Convocation Address

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Allison DeVoe

Cerri Banks ’00, G’04, G’05, G’06, dean of students and vice president for student affairs at Skidmore College, will deliver the convocation address at the 2019 School of Education convocation ceremony on May 11, 2019. In her role at Skidmore…

STEM

Physicists Reveal Why Matter Dominates the Universe

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University’s Sheldon Stone helps discover matter-antimatter asymmetry in charmed quarks Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks. Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the…

Campus & Community

Following in His Mother’s Footsteps, As She Leads by Example

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

Ronnie Holmes III knew by fourth grade that he wanted to pursue a career in engineering. And he knew that the Syracuse City School District’s Say Yes to Education program would make it possible for him to earn the college…

Campus & Community

Lights Out on Saturday: Earth Hour Draws Attention to Energy Consumption and Its Effects on the Environment

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University Sustainability Management is encouraging students, faculty, staff, and their friends and family to participate in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 30, at 8:30 p.m. Millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour…

Campus & Community

Sixth ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Symposium Announced

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By News Staff

The sixth “Cripping” the Comic Con symposium is Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Schine Student Center. The event welcomes all community members to a day centered on this year’s theme, “And Justice for All…?,”…

STEM

Food Truck for the Physics Mind Comes to Campus March 28

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Keith Kobland

What’s billed as the “food truck for the physics mind” will be coming to campus Thursday, March 28. A 44-foot trailer, filled with a variety of physics apparatus, will be pulling up to campus, and students, faculty and staff invited…

Campus & Community

A Culture of Customer Service and Continuous Learning in Environmental Health and Safety

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, By Eileen Korey

Rebecca (Becky) Ponza has spent over 25 years working at Syracuse University, starting in an entry-level technician position and rising to become director of Environmental Health and Safety Services (EHSS), part of Campus Safety and Emergency Services. EHSS is responsible…