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Tonight, for Valentine’s Day: Love and Dreams at Holden Observatory
Holden Observatory, the second-oldest building on the Syracuse University campus, will open its doors at 9:30 p.m. today for a Valentine’s Day tour. If you’re lucky, if the gray clouds of February roll away for a few hours, you might…
National Engineers Week Events
In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Saturday, Feb. 18. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…
Fanfare for the Common Man
The last place Pat Wiese ever imagined himself was in the pages of the Syracuse Post-Standard. In a Sean Kirst column. “My first interaction with Sean came in the form of a phone call,” says Wiese, a Le Moyne College…
Black History Month Celebration Begins Wednesday
Syracuse University’s annual Black History Month celebration begins Wednesday, Feb. 1, with a kickoff event from 7-9 p.m. in the Schine Student Center Jabberwocky Café. The event will feature a soul food dinner provided through a collaboration between the Office…
The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81
It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…
Sportscaster Dave O’Brien ’86 Treasures Chance to Live His Dream
Dave O’Brien ’86 often fell asleep listening to radio broadcasts of his beloved Boston Red Sox, typical behavior for a sports-loving boy growing up in Massachusetts. Devoted baseball fans, O’Brien and his father, Robert, spent many afternoons watching the Red…
Contrasting Construction in Bulgaria
Students in the new course “Construction Management Practices in Eastern Europe” began their studies early last summer in the heart of Bulgaria, spending two weeks examining historic and modern construction sites throughout the country. The trip began with a visit…
The Origins of Healing
The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…
Take the Pressure off Holiday Cooking
Chef Mary Ann Kiernan teaches students about creating delicious dishes in a hectic environment in her “Restaurant and Food Services Operation” course. Holiday cooking may not be quite as chaotic as a restaurant kitchen, but for those feeling harried by…