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Proposal Period Open for 2019 SCRC Faculty Fellows Program

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries (SCRC) is now accepting proposals for two faculty fellows who would like to provide students with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to handle, analyze and interpret SCRC’s primary source materials in their classes….

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Shared Competencies to Enhance Undergraduate Student Learning

Monday, March 4, 2019, By News Staff

To help better prepare students to be engaged leaders in a global society, the Syracuse University Senate endorsed six shared competencies last semester. These educational goals characterize what every Syracuse University undergraduate student should know and be able to do…

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University Lectures Presents NPR’s Nina Totenberg Tuesday Night

Monday, March 4, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures series welcomes award-winning NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event—featuring the veteran journalist in an on-stage conversation with College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise—is free…

Gladys McCormick

Associate Professor of History and the Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
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VPA School of Design Students Win Syracuse University ACC InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By News Staff

A group of prominent judges—including investors, technologists, funders and successful entrepreneurs—selected College of Visual and Performing Arts School of Design students Quinn King (left) and Alec Gillinder (right) as winners of the prestigious ACC InVenture Prize at Syracuse University. The…

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Students Reflect on Study Abroad Experiences Made Possible by Gilman Scholarship

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Zack Watson’s college experience has been a full one so far. A student veteran, Watson served in the U.S. Marines for five years. He completed boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. He…

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Jackson Appointed Director of Special Collections Research Center

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By News Staff

Petrina Jackson has been named director of the Special Collections Research Center, effective in June. She comes to the Syracuse University Libraries from Iowa State University, where she has been head of Special Collections and University Archives since 2016. Previously,…

STEM

Applications Open for Peak2Peak, Innovate Ireland Immersion Experience Programs

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By J.D. Ross

Applications are now open for the final two School of Information Studies (iSchool) immersion experience programs of the 2019 calendar year. The programs, Peak2Peak and Innovate Ireland, are open to all graduate and undergraduate students at Syracuse University, regardless of…

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VPA Director of Student Success to Serve as Middle States Peer Evaluator

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Erica Blust

Carol J. Ruffin, director of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Office of Student Success, has been named a peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). MSCHE peer evaluators are qualified higher education professionals…

Media Tip Sheets

Warming Seawater Is Making Ice Shelves More Vulnerable

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, NASA reported that an iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City is expected to break off an ice shelf in Antarctica. Researchers say the iceberg could be the largest to break from the Brunt Ice Shelf…