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McNair Scholars Program Applications Open for 2019-2020

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, By Allison DeVoe

The Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program has opened applications for 2019-2020 McNair Scholars. Students with a strong interest in graduate education and a keen interest in research should apply by Feb. 24, 2019. The federally funded McNair Scholars program prepares high-achieving undergraduate…

Campus & Community

‘You’re Only as Good as the Last Meal That You Served’: Food Services and the Annual MLK Celebration

Monday, January 28, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

Jim Ponzi, associate director of production and commissary operations, started work on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. After a full day of overseeing operations of Syracuse University’s food production, serving an average of 17,000 meals, he worked past midnight. An Orange…

Campus & Community

Free Drop-in Yoga for Faculty and Staff

Monday, January 28, 2019, By News Staff

Recharge your workweek with Wednesday yoga, starting Feb. 6. Reset your mind and body with Drop-in Yoga, led by Laura Enslin, a certified yogi and University faculty member. Regardless of your age or yogic experience, this hourlong session offers something…

Arts & Culture

Carver Reading Series to Present Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88

Friday, January 25, 2019, By Rob Enslin

The Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off spring semester with a program by poet Christopher Kennedy G’88, professor of English and director of the top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Wednesday,…

Campus & Community

Connecting Students to the Greater Community

Friday, January 25, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syeisha Byrd G’12 is the director of the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel. In that role, she connects Syracuse University students with service opportunities in the greater community. She will be honored as a 2019 Dr. Martin Luther…

Campus & Community

Feb. 28 Campus Symposium Explores Issues of Equality, Privilege, Justice in South Africa and Syracuse

Thursday, January 24, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will be the setting of an evening symposium exploring issues of equality, privilege and justice in Syracuse and South Africa. “No Innocence This Side of the Womb,” hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement, will bring…

STEM

Engineering Students Design Sumo Wrestling Robots

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The task for students was to build with a specific set of skills. It needed to be able to stay inside a marked circle and have away to push other robots outside the circle. “Just like sumo wrestling but a…

Campus & Community

New Campuswide Initiative to Support Teaching, Research in Policy and Governance of Autonomous Systems

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, By Eileen Korey

A new interdisciplinary effort at Syracuse University will advance knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems, exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies. From self-driving cars to drone delivery systems, from robotic underwater…

Campus & Community

Office of Program Development Adopts New Name, Adds Alumni Advisory Council

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Office of Program Development has a new name: the Office of Multicultural Advancement. Simultaneously, the office has announced the formation of a new alumni advisory council. Both moves are intended to further the Office of Multicultural Advancement’s mission…

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Syracuse Architecture Announces Spring 2019 Visiting Critics

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the school. Four studios will be held this spring. James Leng (Boghosian Fellow 2018–2019) Leng will teach the…