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Northern Lights In Rare Spots This Week – This Is Why

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

Those looking up at the sky in northern U.S. states and most of Canada may catch a glimpse of the northern lights this week. Sam Sampere is a physics lab manager at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Below,…

Campus & Community

Memorial Service for Thomas J. Walsh Set for Saturday

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Thomas J. Walsh G’84, retired executive vice president of advancement and external affairs, passed away May 10 following a long battle with cancer. Walsh received a bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College and a master’s degree in drama from the…

Business & Economy

Students Take Home Five Prizes in NY Business Plan Competition; Law Student Earns Top Tech Prize

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student teams won five prizes in the 10th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) organized by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on April 26 in Albany. Syracuse University teams won the most of any university…

Media, Law & Policy

The Stand Connects Newhouse Students with Local Community

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By Lani Rich

As The Stand director Ashley Kang tells the story, the project that would define 10 years of her professional life began in 2007, when now-retired professor Steve Davis wanted to get his news reporting students off campus. “All these students…

Campus & Community

Walters Takes Helm, Five New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 13, 2019, By News Staff

As Kathleen A. Walters ’73 assumed her new role as chair of the Board of Trustees, Syracuse University also announced the election of five new trustees. The new members are James P. Kidder L’01, who will become president of the…

Campus & Community

Pellow Receives Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching

Monday, May 13, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Deborah Pellow, professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Maxwell School, is the 2019 recipient of the William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. A&S Dean Karin Ruhlandt conferred the prize on…

Veterans

Small Business Week Success: From Airman to Entrepreneur

Friday, May 10, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Originally from Long Island, Logan Bonney G’17 enrolled in classes at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) in 2008, intent on studying aircraft mechanics. Military service wasn’t necessarily on his radar but he saw the hands-on training his roommate was getting…

Campus & Community

Four to Attend Prestigious Public Policy and International Affairs Institutes

Thursday, May 9, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Four Syracuse University students have been selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. PPIA is a summer program hosted by five institutions across the country with strong public policy programs. It…

STEM

Stanton Named Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Thursday, May 9, 2019, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Jeffrey Stanton was named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). Stanton joins 19 other distinguished industrial-organizational psychologists who were awarded fellow status at the group’s 34th annual conference last month…

Third Annual Syracuse Ramadan Dinner Planned for May 18

Thursday, May 9, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The third annual Syracuse Ramadan Dinner will be held Saturday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at Manley Field House. Iftar (Ramadan dinner) will be served after remarks and a presentation on Islam and Ramadan. More than 600 community members attended…