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Health & Society

Falk Graduate Students Host Golf Tournament to Benefit Vera House May 9

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The Sport Venue and Event Management Graduate Program in Falk College is hosting a charity golf tournament to benefit Vera House on May 9 at Timber Banks Golf Club in Baldwinsville, N.Y., beginning at 12:30 p.m. Monies raised will support…

Campus & Community

Professor James W. Watts Hosts Religion and Senses Symposium in Germany

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

A fellowship funded by Germany’s Ministry for Education and Research has allowed religion professor James W. Watts to apply his work on the Syracuse University-based Iconic Books Project to a broader study of the interaction of religion and the senses….

STEM

Christina Tobias ’18: Building the Skills in Engineering and Rowing

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Christina Tobias ’18 is sure of two things—she was born to row and become an engineer. In high school, her passion for math gave way to coding. Her time outside of class was spent competing with her rowing team. When it…

Campus & Community

Laura Sanders Appointed Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The Division of Student Affairs has announced the appointment of Laura E. Sanders as director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. The appointment comes after an extensive search process led by a search committee composed of students from…

Campus & Community

University Leader Christopher M. Sedore to Conclude Tenure in Enrollment Management

Friday, April 1, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management Christopher M. Sedore has announced he will conclude his tenure at the University to begin a new position as the next president of the New York State Education and Research Network (NYSERNet). Sedore, who…

Campus & Community

‘Take Back the Night’ Unifies Student Body against Sexual Assault on Campus

Friday, April 1, 2016, By News Staff

“We are committed to having this conversation, to moving that bar forward. Not just for one night, but a continued and sustained conversation,” says keynote speaker Don McPherson at Take Back the Night, a sexual assault awareness and prevention rally…

Arts & Culture

National Book Award-Winning Author Jacqueline Woodson to Speak April 5

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of “Brown Girl Dreaming,” will speak on Tuesday, April 5, at 5:30 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium. Her talk, titled “Brown Girl Dreaming,” after her award winning memoir, is free and open to the public. Free…

Arts & Culture

Cruel April 2016 Kicks Off at Point of Contact Gallery

Thursday, March 31, 2016, By News Staff

Cruel April, Point of Contact’s annual poetry event, will open to the public on April 7 at the Point of Contact Gallery in downtown Syracuse. The program will host poetry readings on every Thursday in April at 6 p.m., followed…

STEM

Milcarek Wins ASHRAE Graduate Student Award

Wednesday, March 30, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Ryan Milcarek ’14, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been chosen to receive an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Graduate Student Grant-In-Aid. The $10,000 grant will support his…

Campus & Community

25 Days of Fitness

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, By News Staff

The Department of Recreation Services, Healthy Monday Syracuse, the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative and the Summit Federal Credit Union are sponsoring a campuswide event to kick-start the beginning of the spring season and encourage individuals to challenge themselves to a…