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Scholars Announce Activities for 2015 Remembrance Week
The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.
Scholar Spotlight: Justin Mattingly ’17
Justin Mattingly is busy with dual majors in newspaper and online journalism (Newhouse) and political science (Maxwell) and minors in sport management (Falk College), history (Maxwell) and, soon, sport analytics (Falk). But that’s only part of the story. He also…
Point of Contact Celebrates 40th Anniversary on Nov. 13 with Patron Gala
A new publication documenting Point of Contact’s history through the lens of its permanent art collection will be released at the annual Point of Contact Patron Gala on Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. This year’s event is a celebration of…
Chancellor’s Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup Members Announced
On Sept. 28, Chancellor Kent Syverud announced the creation of a new University-wide Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. Since then, more than 100 members of the campus community nominated themselves or another person to join the workgroup. The nomination…
Legendary Singer-Songwriter David Crosby to Conduct Master Class Oct. 16
Legendary singer-songwriter and social justice activist David Crosby, a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with the iconic bands the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, will conduct a master class, “A Conversation with David Crosby,” on Friday,…
Scholar Spotlight: Joseph Howard ’16
Instead of watching television this summer, Whitman School marketing management major Joseph Howard got the chance to try life on the other side of the screen. As an intern for ABC Family in New York City, he was able to see…
SOULscape Weekend Retreat Supports Students in Finding Meaning, Purpose
A SOULscape Weekend Getaway, sponsored by the Office of Health Promotion and Hendricks Chapel, will take place Oct. 10-11 at the Minnowbrook Conference Center in Blue Mountain Lake. Based on the popular campus conversation series Soulful Sit-Downs, SOULscape welcomes students…
A Hunger for Knowledge
A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant extension, enabling him to continue studying a rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). James Hougland, assistant professor of chemistry, has received an additional…
Whitman School Welcomes New Faculty
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has welcomed seven new faculty members for the 2015-16 academic year. Kıvanç A. Avrenli, is assistant professor of statistics whose teaching interests focus on applied statistical methods, probability theory, statistical modeling and design…
Second Annual Cycle in the City set for Sunday, Sept. 13
The Connective Corridor has once again partnered with 40 Below on a fun bike festival that showcases the growing bicycle culture across Syracuse. And, as the Corridor’s green bike lanes have been installed across the connector route between University Hill…