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Campus & Community

Comedian Mike Epps to Appear at Theta Xi Fundraiser

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By News Staff

The Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. presents its fifth annual fall comedy show, “Laugh Till You Turn Blu,” on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:00 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium (doors open at 6 p.m.). This year will…

Business & Economy

Whitman School’s MS in Finance Program Ranked #33

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s M.S. in finance program has moved up to Number 33 in the country, according to TFE Times’ annual ranking of graduate finance programs. The program was chosen from the nearly 100 universities that offer…

Campus & Community

Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 2

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By News Staff

Open Enrollment, the annual period when University faculty, staff and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins Monday, Nov. 2, and continues through Friday, Nov. 13. There are a few changes—and some good news—for benefits…

Campus & Community

Letter from DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, By News Staff

Dear Students, Parents, Faculty, and Staff: Yesterday morning, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) distributed information about two off-campus incidents involving two Syracuse University students. As Chief of DPS and as the father of two Syracuse University students, my number…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Presents Readings by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Martha Collins Nov. 5

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with a special program by Minnie Bruce Pratt and Martha Collins, award-winning poets and social activists. Also part of the Visiting Author Reading Series of the YMCA Arts Branch’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC), the…

Arts & Culture

Mary Karr Next Author in the Raymond Carver Reading Series

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a reading by acclaimed memoirist and poet Mary Karr ’H15, the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature at the University, where she delivered the 2015 Commencement…

Campus & Community

Bookstore Features Children’s Book Week

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

The University Bookstore in Schine Student Center will hold a special celebration of Children’s Books Oct. 26-31. The celebration encourages young people and their caregivers to discover the joy of the world through books and stories, and includes interactions with…

Veterans

VetSuccess on Campus Program Available at University

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

Through the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an experienced vocational rehabilitation counselor on the Syracuse University campus to assist the growing number of service members, veterans, and dependents attending school under the Post-9/11…

STEM

Associate Psychology Professor Amy Criss Receives Awards for Work on Memory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Amy Criss, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently received two awards for her research. The first award comes from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), which…

STEM

Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.