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Campus & Community

Call for Syracuse Welcome 2016 Volunteers

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, By News Staff

The time has come again to start recruiting for Syracuse Welcome 2016 volunteers. In continuation of our tradition, we are seeking volunteers to welcome new students and families in a variety of ways. Over 3,500 students are expected to arrive…

Veterans

Falk College Hosts Discussion Series for PTSD Awareness Month in June

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, By Michele Barrett

To educate the local community about issues related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Falk College is offering a discussion series during the month of June, which is designated as National PTSD Awareness Month to raise public awareness of PTSD and…

Arts & Culture

Xiaowen Zhu G’12: Following Global Path to Career as Independent Artist

Wednesday, June 1, 2016, By Erica Blust

Xiaowen Zhu earned a master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree from the art video program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts‘ Department of Transmedia  in 2012. A London-based documentary filmmaker, media artist, curator and writer, she uses video,…

Media, Law & Policy

David Crane Testifies at House Subcommittee Hearing on ISIS Genocide Declaration

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Martin Walls

On May 26, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) faculty member David M. Crane testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations at the Rayburn…

STEM

A Dynamic Data Driven Approach to Information Fusion

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Professors Biao Chen and Pramod Varshney and Associate Professors Yingbin Liang and Jian Tang in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, along with researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have been awarded a multi-year grant from the…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists among Recipients of Breakthrough, Gruber Prizes

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The honors keep rolling in for the Gravitational Wave Group in the College of Arts and Sciences. Based in the Department of Physics, the group’s 22 members are among the recipients of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and…

Health & Society

Doctoral Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By News Staff

Kimberly Natalia Williams, doctoral student in the Cultural Foundations of Education program in the School of Education, is getting additional funding and support to complete her dissertation proposal. Williams was recently awarded with the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF), from…

Campus & Community

Fulbright Program Sends Students, Alumni to Sites Around the World

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Several students and recent alumni were awarded scholarships by the Fulbright Student Program during the 2015-16 academic year to pursue their interests at destinations around the world in the coming year. Three were awarded study/research grants, four were selected to…

Campus & Community

Message to Campus Community from Pete Sala

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With the end of the school year behind us, the start of summer is here at Syracuse University. While some of us are headed home or are ready to embark on a variety of summer…

Campus & Community

University Place Promenade Project to Get Underway

Wednesday, May 25, 2016, By News Staff

The University Place Promenade Project, which will transform University Place into a dynamic pedestrian promenade connecting Bird Library, Schine Student Center and the Newhouse School complex, will get underway in the coming weeks.