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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Receives 2021 Shannon-Nyquist Technical Achievement Award
Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for outstanding contributions in the fields of distributed inference…
Nominations Sought for One University Assessment Awards
Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) announce a call for nominations for Syracuse University’s One University Assessment Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 11. [Update March 18, 2022: The call for nominations has been extended through…
Insight on the diplomacy happening between Russia and Western Allies
Reporters looking for third-party experts related to issues around diplomacy and the ongoing tensions between Russia and Western European countries and the US, please see comments from Steven Pike, assistant professor of public relations at the Newhouse School at Syracuse…
Crucial Conversations Series to Be Offered Through Women in Leadership Initiative
The popular Crucial Conversations Series will be offered this semester through the Women in Leadership (WiL) initiative. The seven-week, in-person class will begin on Friday, Feb. 25, and run through April 8. Participants must attend for all seven weeks. Register…
‘Be the Change:’ María De Jesús G’11 on Educational Leadership, Making a Difference Beyond the Classroom
When María De Jesús G’11 was an undergraduate at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, she worked as a cashier at Nojaim’s Supermarket, once an anchor of the city’s Near Westside neighborhood. “My interest in leadership began there,” recalls De Jesús,…
Lender Student Fellows Think Globally, Act Locally to Ease Struggles for Underrepresented Population
An interest in social as well as reproductive justice. A desire to deepen connections between a university and the community in which it’s located. Reducing the struggles of female refugees and their children. It’s true the current cohort of Lender…
Professor Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Linguistic Theory, Turkish Linguistics
Jaklin Kornfilt, professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cyprus for her contributions to theoretical and Turkish linguistics. The honorary doctorate is the highest honor conferred by the…
Falk Professor Roopnarine Leads International Discussion on Benefit of Childhood Play
Born into poverty in Guyana, a country roughly the size of Idaho in the northeastern corner of South America, Jaipaul Roopnarine had to contend with hunger, neighborhood violence and other adverse early childhood experiences. As a way of escaping this…
“SU professor explains ins and outs of 40-year-high inflation”
Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice and director of Executive Education in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the WSYR segment “SU professor explains ins and outs of 40-year-high inflation.” Penfield, an expert on supply chain management and manufacturing, discussed…
Marcelle Haddix Appointed Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives
Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Marcelle Haddix, Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race and Justice in reading and language arts, to the position of associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Executive Committee of the…