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From atoms to satellites
Alumnus Alfred U. Mac Rae receives Distinguished Alumni Award While those who attended SU during the late 1950s may not have known his name, many recall the Ghost of Archbold Stadium, a.k.a. Alfred U. Mac Rae ’54, G’57, Ph.D. ’60….
iSchool’s It Girls Retreat shows high school girls possibility of careers in technology
It’s Monday afternoon, Nov. 12, and the main hallway of the iSchool is filled with unusual activity—approximately 92 high school girls from across the country, along with several of their parents, are getting ready to showcase their final projects as…
Paperback writers (and hardcover ones too): SU’s creative writing program turns 50
Raymond Carver said that the secret of good writing wasn’t talent—there’s plenty of that around, he added—but a person’s ability to put his signature on everything he does.
‘How Corporate Socialism is Devastating America’ at Nov. 15 TMR
The Nov. 15 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature David Cay Johnston, visiting distinguished lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management. He will discuss how corporate socialism is devastating America. Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Prince Sultan bin Salman of Saudi Arabia receives Chancellor’s Medal
His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), chairman of the board of trustees of the Prince Salman Center for Disabilities Research in Riyadh and the first Arab astronaut, will be awarded Syracuse University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Medal for Outstanding Achievement during a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 16.
Biology’s circle of life
Nature is all about cycles—the circle of life. Likewise, the history of the Department of Biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences could be summed up in terms of life cycles. That cycle, which began 140 years ago,…
Annual ‘Stand Up for Education’ Comedy show Nov. 10
Along with the other Orange Central events taking place this week, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc,. and Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., in collaboration with the Orange Central Planning Committee, will host the third annual stand up comedy show on…
Cold Case Justice Initiative hands over 196 new names of potential victims in civil rights era killings to Department of Justice
The Directors of the Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at SU recently hand-delivered to Justice Department officials a list of 196 additional names of suspicious civil rights era killings. The FBI has been working from a previous list of 122…
‘IVMF At One Year’ celebration recognizes anniversary and milestones; open house slated for Nov. 9
This week, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), founded in June 2011 by Syracuse University as the result of a historic partnership with JPMorgan Chase & Co., celebrates the one-year anniversary of its founding and formal ribbon-cutting/opening of…
International students find much to interest them in U.S. presidential election
The debates, the media coverage, seemingly endless campaigning. Americans have endured months of buildup to the U.S. presidential election. Two students—Chi Chen, a junior studying psychology, and Yutian Yang, a third-year Ph.D. student in chemical engineering—have watched the U.S. process,…