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Marc Lamont Hill Named 2016 MLK Keynote Speaker
Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College and a leading journalistic voice in social justice, will be the keynote speaker for the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at the University on Jan. 31,…
iSchool Faculty Receive Grant for Promoting Children’s Creative Thinking
Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors who have worked on several library resources projects before will begin another innovative one soon, aimed at school librarians and the students they serve, thanks to funding from a National Leadership Grant for…
BE Wise Seeks Students to Become Peer Educators
The BE Wise campaign, within the Division of Student Affairs, is recruiting new peer educators for the 2015-2016 academic year. Peer educators are dedicated students who work with staff from the Counseling Center and Office of Health Promotion to provide educational…
Four Alumni Receiving Prestigious Arents Award for Excellence
The recipients are: Emmy Award-winning media executive Erica Branch-Ridley ’87; advertising agency principal Eric Mower ’66, G’68; scholar, teacher and administrator Donna Shalala G’70, H’87; and sports marketing guru Brandon Steiner ’81.
Jeffrey Gonda Honored with Supreme Court Historical Society Award
Jeffrey Gonda, assistant professor of history at the Maxwell School, was honored by the Supreme Court Historical Society with the Hughes-Gossett Award for Best Journal Article. Gonda was presented the award by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during a ceremony…
ITS Connects Researchers to Computing Resources with New Website
Information Technology Services (ITS) recently launched a new website focused on the computing systems and services available to the research community at the University. ResearchComputing.syr.edu provides a technical overview of the variety of computing resources available to researchers from all…
Apple Festival Planned Sept. 11
The Department of Recreation Services within the Division of Student Affairs is hosting the annual Apple Festival, in partnership with SU Food Services, on Friday, Sept. 11, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Quad. The festival provides the University community…
Scholar Spotlight: Jason Emerich ’16
Football player Jason Emerich is committed not only to his team and his own success in the classroom—where the sport management major has earned an almost permanent spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll—but also to the continued health and…
School of Education Announces New Faculty Appointments
The School of Education has appointed five new faculty members, who officially began their new positions in August: Michael Gill (disability studies), Eunjung Kim (cultural foundations of education), David Knapp (music education), Tumay Tunur (exercise science) and Julia White (inclusive…
Better Cancer Treatment Through Nanotechnology
Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia in the College of Engineering and Computer Science is collaborating with Assistant Professor Juntao Luo of Upstate Medical University to develop a way to deliver cancer-fighting drugs more effectively using nanoparticles. The National Institutes of Health…