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Health & Society

Taishoff Center Assistant Director Dee Katovitch named Fulbright Specialist

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By News Staff

The Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education Assistant Director Diana “Dee” Katovitch will travel to the University of Iceland this April as a Fulbright specialist. Katovich will spend three weeks in Reykjavik working with the university to develop new opportunities…

Arts & Culture

Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award Reading and Reception

Monday, April 9, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A reading and reception celebrating the winner of the annual Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award will take place on Thursday, April 19, at noon in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons in Bird Library. The event is free and open to…

Business & Economy

University of Michigan Professor to Give Jerry Miner Lecture April 12

Monday, April 9, 2018, By News Staff

The Jerry Miner Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 12, from 3:30-5 p.m. in 426 Eggers Hall. This year’s speaker, Susan Dynarski of the University of Michigan, will present “Increasing Economic Diversity at a Flagship University: Results from a…

Campus & Community

Covington, Schaf Named Class of 2019 Senior Class Marshals

Monday, April 9, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Covington and Schaf will lead the Class of 2019 and carry their class banner to open Syracuse University’s 165th Commencement ceremony.

Campus & Community

‘Born a Crime’ Selected as First Book for New Syracuse Reads Program

Friday, April 6, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Peer facilitators sought to engage new students in book discussions Syracuse Reads Call for Peer Leaders from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. Beginning in the fall semester, new students will participate in a shared academic experience to explore together themes…

STEM

Invent@SU Students Design Inflatable Cushion to Help People with Mobility Challenges

Friday, April 6, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

As part of the Invent@SU session held in New York City during the summer of 2017, Kalia Barrow ’17 and Ruby Batbaatar ’19 invented “Pneu-Strength.” There device is an inflatable cushion system that can help people with mobility issues to…

Campus & Community

12 Seniors Named as University Scholars, Highest Undergraduate Honor

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By News Staff

Twelve seniors have been named as the 2018 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. University Scholars will represent the entire graduating class at the May 13 Commencement ceremony. On Wednesday, May 9, the scholars will…

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2018 VPA Scholars

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 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…

STEM

Innovation Orange: Katharine Lewis

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Katharine (Kate) Lewis, a professor in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, researches how certain kinds of cells are formed in the spinal cord. In this edition of Innovation Orange, we see how the use…

MedPage Today

What the Veterans Affairs Needs

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Mike Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and founding executive director of IVMF, was interviewed by MedPage today an article about the nomination of Dr. Ronny Jackson as the next head of Veterans Affairs.  “Jackson’s Nomination to Run…