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Campus & Community

Call for Proposals—PLACA

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Roxanna Carpenter

Attention Syracuse University Graduate Students—Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) Graduate Student Summer Research Grants. This year PLACA will grant awards to graduate students of up to $1,500 to support field research in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Media, Law & Policy

Thaler Pekar ’85 Presenting ‘Why and How True Stories Matter’ Thursday at Newhouse

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

In a loud, complex and data-saturated media landscape, true stories matter more than ever. Thaler Pekar ’85 will discuss why the ability to spot, structure and share stories is crucial to success as a professional communicator and present different ways…

STEM

Syracuse Physicist to Discuss Black Holes April 8

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The intriguing and fascinating world of black holes is the subject of a lecture by nuclear physicist Paul Souder, benefiting the Southern Cayuga Planetarium and Observatory in Aurora, New York. Souder, a professor of physics in the College of Arts…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Hosts Scholarly Book Publishing Workshop on Feb. 24

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Scholarly book publishing is the focus of an upcoming workshop in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Suzanne Guiod, editor in chief of Syracuse University Press, and Beth Bouloukos, senior acquisitions editor at State University of New York (SUNY) Press, will…

Arts & Culture

Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano: ‘World-Class Education’ at Syracuse in Jazz, Blues—and Life

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For more than three decades, Frank Malfitano ’72 has served as executive director and guiding force behind Jazz Fest, an event he founded in greater Syracuse. Admission is free for the annual festival, which has brought some of the greatest…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…

Christopher A. Scholz

Professor of Earth Sciences

Linda Ivany

Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of Undergraduate Studies
STEM

Sustainable Enterprise Partnership Awards $19,000 to Explore Innovations in Green Building

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

Syracuse University’s Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council awarded $19,000 to fund new research in the area of green building construction methods, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) wood products in multi-family housing. Rene Germain,…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Saxophonist, Writer Jackiem Joyner to Visit Campus Feb. 20

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University continues its celebration of Black History Month with a visit by a former local resident who is a star on the smooth jazz circuit. Jackiem Joyner—a chart-topping saxophonist, producer and composer, as well as an emerging writer—is headlining…