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Arts & Culture

‘Best of Foundation’ Features Art and Design Student Work

Wednesday, February 18, 2015, By Erica Blust

Art and design students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) first-year foundation program are exhibiting their work in “Best of Foundation 2015” through Wednesday, March 4, at J&J Smith Gallery, 117 Smith Hall. The exhibition is free…

Business & Economy

Online Education Gains Momentum at Syracuse with Innovative Programs

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The Newhouse School receives thousands of applications every year from prospective students. One in particular recently stood out. It was the first application to the school’s new online master’s program, Communications@​Syracuse—and it came just four hours after the announcement of the program launch.

Campus & Community

SURFACE Repository Surpasses One Million Downloads

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In December 2014, Syracuse University Libraries’ SURFACE repository surpassed its one-millionth download, just four years after its launch in October 2010. Items downloaded on that historic day spanned the disciplines and represented 10 SU schools and colleges, University Archives, Syracuse…

Veterans

First Data Chairman, CEO Frank Bisignano Announces $7 Million Partnership with IVMF

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By News Staff

First Data, the global leader in payments technology and services solutions, today announced a new seven-year, $7 million commitment to the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) to fund education, research, training and opportunities for transitioning veterans entering the…

Arts & Culture

Fashion Curator, Author Amy de la Haye to Present Lectures

Monday, February 16, 2015, By Erica Blust

Curator and author Amy de la Haye, the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History and Curatorship at the London College of Fashion, will present two free, public lectures and book signings as part of her weeklong residency at the Sue…

Arts & Culture

Serious Subjects Become Funny in SU Drama’s ‘Lips Together, Teeth Apart’

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Playwright Terrence McNally excels at making wild and witty comedy out of serious and thoughtful matters. In this 1991 off-Broadway triumph, two couples grapple with the mundane (burgers and kites) and the momentous (illness and infidelity) as they try to…

Campus & Community

Survey to Assess Faculty Satisfaction

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University is joining peer institutions in this year’s administration of a national survey on faculty job satisfaction in order to assess and, where necessary, make improvements in the faculty experience. The survey was created and is administered by the…

STEM

Bond Receives CAREER Award to Investigate a Niche for Biomass

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Renewable, bio-based products may offer many benefits ranging from decreased greenhouse gas emissions to improved domestic energy security. However, despite growing interest in replacing fossil resources with renewable alternatives, biomass refining industries, particularly those producing biofuels, have struggled to compete with…

Media, Law & Policy

National Wildlife Federation President and CEO to Speak at Maxwell

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and a 2006 M.P.A. graduate of the Maxwell School, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in Maxwell…

STEM

Physicist Jedidah Isler Named TED Fellow

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Jedidah Isler to make an astronomical impact. In December, the astrophysicist was named a TED Fellow for the Class of 2015. Next month, she travels to Vancouver to join 20 other fellows and the TED community at…