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Campus & Community

Students Assist Refugee Families in Learning English

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Ten Syracuse University students helped new refugees and their children become a little more familiar with life in a new country this past semester. The students, along with other community volunteers, assisted in teaching English as a Second Langauge (ESL)…

STEM

Teaching Drones to Stay on Target

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By News Staff

Many of us would be lost without Google Maps to help us navigate to our destinations. And many of us have experienced the frustration when low signal strength prevents us from knowing where we are or where we are going….

STEM

Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…

Arts & Culture

Professor of Practice David Rezak on David Bowie’s Legacy

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

David Bowie, superstar and rock icon, has passed away but his music and style have left an enduring mark on pop culture. David Rezak, a professor of practice in music and entertainment industries and director of the Bandier Program in…

Campus & Community

Danielle Reed ’16 Selected as Student Speaker for MLK Celebration

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Danielle Reed ’16 has been named as the student speaker for the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Celebration, which takes place at the Carrier Dome on Jan. 31. Reed is a senior from Atlanta with a double major in Spanish…

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Wins Major Book Award

Tuesday, January 5, 2016, By Amy Mertz

Frederick Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2015 Journal of the History of Philosophy (The Johns Hopkins University Press) Book Prize. The prize, which includes a $5,000 award, is in recognition of…

Media, Law & Policy

Jay Alter ’16 Continues University Broadcast Tradition

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Keith Kobland

For one of the leading broadcast schools in the country, it’s a story with a familiar ring. A young talented broadcaster, after honing his skills at Newhouse and WAER, becomes a familiar voice, announcing regionally and nationally televised sporting events….

Media, Law & Policy

HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…

Health & Society

School of Education Administrator, Educator Receives Prestigious Award

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

Kathy Hinchman, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Education and professor in the Reading and Language Arts Center, received the Albert J. Kingston Service Award given by the Literacy Research Association (LRA). Formerly the National Reading Conference,…

Arts & Culture

AMH Professor Teams Up with Oberlin Ethnomusicologist on Scholarly Article

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Amy Mertz

In their recent article, “Collaborative Fieldwork, Stance, and Ethnography,” Deborah Justice, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Fredara Hadley, visiting assistant professor in ethnomusicology at Oberlin College…