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Campus & Community

Professor Emeritus Harold Jones Encourages Student, Faculty Discovery through Gifts to Forever Orange Campaign

Wednesday, March 11, 2020, By Shaina M. Hill

“Think globally, act locally.” It’s a concept that Harold Jones, professor emeritus of Spanish, and his wife, Barbara, have put into practice over their nearly 53 years of marriage. Together, they’ve worked to make a global impact through their giving…

Arts & Culture

Communications Design Students Selected as Graphic Design USA ‘Students to Watch’

Saturday, March 7, 2020, By Erica Blust

Fatima Al Khaldi and Sarah Noll, senior communications design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, were selected and featured as 2020 “Students to Watch” in Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) Magazine. Each year, GDUSA selects…

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2020 VPA Scholars

Saturday, March 7, 2020, By Erica Blust

Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are…

Campus & Community

Comptroller Urges All Employees to Take Advantage of Direct Deposit Option

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Payroll Office pays nearly 12,000 employees every month. Even though the majority of the University’s employees take advantage of direct deposit, nearly 10 percent still receive paper checks on payday. In addition to helping the University meet its…

STEM

Learning and Leading: Seth Reed Is Mission in Action

Wednesday, March 4, 2020, By Betsey Brairton

Seth Reed has a generous philosophy about his experience at Syracuse University: “What I learn here is not just for me,” he says. A third-year chemical engineering student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Reed says he feels…

STEM

Biotechnology Program Offers New Master’s Degree

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Dan Bernardi

You will be hard-pressed to find a group of students at Syracuse University more enthusiastic about their studies than biotechnology majors. One group of biotechnology students has even recently formed the Biotechnology Society to unite peers with a shared passion…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Students Lobby in Albany for Continued HEOP Funding

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) offers economically and educationally disadvantaged individuals a chance to transform their lives through education. The program provides access to a Syracuse University degree for students from New York State. University College…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Reflects on Sesquicentennial

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will honor Syracuse University’s founding 150 years ago on March 24, also known as National Orange Day, with special exhibition tours and a pop-up exhibit. Visitors to Bird Library on that day…

Campus & Community

Libraries Provide Access to E-book Package from JSTOR

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries has acquired access to more than 45,000 e-book titles, copyright year 2017 and earlier, hosted on the JSTOR platform as part of an e-resource collections pilot. The JSTOR e-book package contains titles from many major university presses,…

Media, Law & Policy

Jim ’87 and Audra ’89 Weiss, W2O Group Announce Dual Gifts to the Newhouse School

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University alumnus Jim Weiss ’87, chairman, founder and CEO of W2O Group, and his wife, alumna Audra Weiss ’89, have announced two gifts to the Newhouse School in support of the W2O Center for Social Commerce and the W2O Emerging…