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Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Novelist Dana Spiotta to Read at YMCA Arts Branch Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dana Spiotta, a highly acclaimed novelist and an associate professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, will present a reading on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the YMCA’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC)’s visiting author series. The free event…

Campus & Community

Counseling Center Announces Fall Group Schedule, Including New Students of Color Group

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Natalie Rudakevych

The Counseling Center is offering a number of group therapy options for students this semester. Group therapy is a unique and effective way for students to form connections, practice communication and experience healthy relationship patterns.  Groups are offered Monday through…

STEM

Passive Liquid Flow Can Aid Nanotechnology Development, Study Suggests

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

A new study, inspired by water’s movement from roots to leaves in tall trees, shows that a certain kind of passive liquid flow, where liquids naturally move in response to surface atomic interactions instead of being driven by external forces like pumps,…

STEM

Mathematician’s Work on Complex Geometry Recognized Internationally

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Mathematics Assistant Professor Yuan Yuan has recently been recognized for his work on complex geometry with both a Simons Collaboration Grant and an invitation to speak at a prestigious conference, the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM). The geometry you…

Veterans

First Outside Contractor Hired to Work on Future NVRC Site Is Veteran

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By News Staff

The first outside contractor hired to work on the National Veterans Resource Complex (NVRC) is a veteran. Daniel MacDonald, founder and owner of MacDonald Engineering, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1986-1992 and is now working as a land surveyor…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Bring Public Housing Proposals to People of Brownsville

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By News Staff

On Saturday, Sept. 10, students and faculty from the Syracuse Architecture NYC Summer 2016 program displayed their work on Livonia Avenue in Brownsville as part of the public festival Live! On Livonia and the HOPE Summit, organized by Brownsville Partnership/…

Health & Society

Sport Management Club Honored with Community Team Spirit Award at Salvation Army Celebration

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By News Staff

The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University was honored with the Community Team Spirit Award at the Salvation Army’s 45th Annual Civic Celebration held Sept. 14 at the Oncenter. Kevin Reese ’17, co-chair of the Club’s Charity Sports Auction, accepted…

Arts & Culture

SUart Galleries Opens ‘Maurice Sendak: 50 Years; 50 Works; 50 Reasons’

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

Now on view at The Syracuse University Art Galleries is the exhibition “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years; 50 Works; 50 Reasons,” a comprehensive retrospective of select works by the late artist. The original work is supplemented with accompanying comments by celebrities,…

Health & Society

Maxwell Fulbright Professor to Study Elder Care in Post-War Bosnia

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Azra Hromadžić lived under siege for three years in the former Yugoslavia. After the war, Hromadžić earned a scholarship to a U.S. college and began her life in academics.

Campus & Community

M. Dolan Evanovich Appointed Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience

Tuesday, September 20, 2016, By News Staff

Calling him a versatile leader with an impressive track record of success, Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of M. Dolan Evanovich to the position of Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience. He will assume his…