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Campus & Community

SU Showcase Offers Sustainability Workshops

Wednesday, January 22, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU Showcase will sponsor two workshops this semester that will offer students opportunities to learn about sustainability issues, engage in hands-on projects with students from many disciplines and earn a credit. The workshops are “Verdant Compound: Cultivating Self-Reliant Communities” (SOL…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Connects with Campus Community on His First Day

Monday, January 13, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The semester’s first day of classes marks the official start of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s tenure as Syracuse University’s 12th Chancellor and President. It’s a day filled with meetings and gatherings with students, faculty and staff.

Campus & Community

Statement from Interim Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina Regarding Boycotts of Israeli Academic Institutions

Tuesday, January 7, 2014, By News Staff

“In light of the resolution by the American Studies Association (ASA) and other groups to boycott Israeli academic institutions, I have received numerous communications from members of the SU extended community inquiring about the University’s position on the boycott, despite…

Arts & Culture

Giving Peace a Chance


Friday, December 13, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Although the Perpetual Peace Project’s (PPP) coming-out party was the 2010 Syracuse Symposium, Professor Gregg Lambert says the initiative can trace its roots to an event some 13 years earlier in South Africa.

Campus & Community

College of Arts and Sciences’ George Langford Announces Plans to Step Down as Dean

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences, George M. Langford, today announced that he will complete his term as dean on June 30, 2014. Appointed dean in 2008, Langford plans to return to full-time teaching, research and…

STEM

Biologist Develops Method for Monitoring Shipping Noise in Dolphin Habitat

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has developed a system of techniques for tracking ships and monitoring underwater noise levels in a protected marine mammal habitat.

Arts & Culture

SU Professor Organizes ‘Visual Literacy’ Institute to Strengthen Immigrant Voice

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Using art to develop language and literacy was the theme of a recent two-day institute at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Among the organizers was Amanda Brown, assistant professor of linguistics in The College of Arts and Sciences….

Media, Law & Policy

Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.

Business & Economy

‘Grow Your Business’ to Educate Small Business Owners

Thursday, November 21, 2013, By Lindsay Wickham

The South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) will host the Grow Your Business Boot Camp and Business Expo, funded by Sam’s Club Giving Program. The event will take place Dec. 7 from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the SSIC. The Grow Your Business…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Students Organize to Aid Typhoon Survivors

Thursday, November 21, 2013, By News Staff

Two weeks ago, super Typhoon Haiyan, called the most powerful storm to make landfall in recorded history, severely battered the central Philippines with never-before-seen torrential winds and storm surges. Its effects have been described as catastrophic. A group of students…