Search Results for: ,cUr

Arts & Culture

SPAWN Conference Addresses First-Order Metaphysics June 26-28

Friday, June 23, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Rising stars in philosophy will get a chance to shine at the 12th annual SPAWN conference at Syracuse University. SPAWN, which stands for “Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop and Network,” will run from Monday, June 26, to Wednesday, June 28, in the Kilian…

Self

VPA Faculty Interviewed about Size-Inclusive Fashion

Friday, June 23, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

James Fathers, Director of the School of Design and Professor of Industrial and Interaction Design, and Jeffrey Mayer, associate professor, were both interviewed by Self magazine for the article  ‘Straight/Curve’ Highlights the Ridiculous Reason There Aren’t More Plus-Size Fashion Options

Arts & Culture

LLL Professors Rack up National, University Awards

Tuesday, June 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), based in the College of Arts and Sciences, have received awards for excellence in teaching, research and service. Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Latino-Latin American…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families, Cornell University Awarded $1.5 Million Grant from SBA

Tuesday, June 20, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), in partnership with the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, has been awarded $1,500,000 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This is one of two…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Associate Professor Nathan A. Sales Nominated to Lead U.S. Counterterrorism Bureau

Monday, June 19, 2017, By News Staff

The White House announced last week its intention to nominate Syracuse University College of Law associate professor Nathan Sales as the State Department’s coordinator for counterterrorism. Professor Sales previously served as deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Department of…

New York Times

Gary Pieples Quoted in NYTimes Article About Predatory Car Loans

Monday, June 19, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Gary Pieples, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Director, Securities Arbitration & Consumer Law Clinic was interviewed by the New York Times for the article “The Car Was Repossessed, but the Debt Remains.”

Health & Society

Alumnus Plans to ‘Race Across America’

Friday, June 16, 2017, By John Boccacino

More than 3,000 miles—and every type of possible terrain—separate picturesque Oceanside, California, from Annapolis, Maryland. Over the course of seven to eight days, Syracuse University alumnus Ryan Jean ’09 and three teammates will race across those 3,000 miles on bicycles…

STEM

Mathematician Awarded NSF CAREER Grant

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is the recipient of a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). William Wylie, assistant professor of mathematics and a member of the Geometry/Topology Research Group, is using the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse to Host International ‘World English’ Conference June 30-July 2

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than 200 presenters from six continents will converge at Syracuse University for the 22nd annual conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), June 30-July 2. Titled “Local and Global Contexts of World Englishes,” the conference will present…

Campus & Community

Don’t Fall For a Student Employment Scam

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

If you receive unsolicited email inviting you to apply for a job that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Information Technology Services (ITS) urges you to be vigilant.  Numerous Syracuse University students have recently reported such scams…