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Twelve Seniors Named as 2014 Syracuse University Scholars
Twelve graduating seniors have been named as the 2014 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. University Scholars will represent the entire graduating class at the May 11 Commencement ceremony. On Thursday, April 24, the scholars…
Maxwell’s 2014 Model UN Team Named Outstanding Delegation in New York City
The Maxwell School’s 2014 Model United Nations team was recently honored as an Outstanding Delegation at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) conference held April 12-17 at UN headquarters in New York City. This distinction is the highest level of recognition for…
College of Arts and Sciences Appoints New Communications Director
Sarah Scalese, a communications professional with more than 10 years of experience in both higher education and corporate public relations, has been named director of communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is responsible for developing and implementing…
Sternlicht to Lecture on Jewish Literature in Nation’s Capital May 19
New York City’s Lower East Side, as seen through the eyes of early Jewish American writers, is the subject of a special presentation by a Syracuse University professor at the Library of Congress. Sanford Sternlicht G’62, professor emeritus of English…
Anthropologist Wins Arts and Sciences’ Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching
Douglas V. Armstrong, a Syracuse University professor in the Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs and The College of Arts and Sciences, has been tapped to receive the latter’s William Wasserstrom Prize for the Teaching of Graduate Students. He…
Charles Clotfelter: ‘Colleges and Their Customers: The Market for Baccalaureate Education in the Age of Merit and Disparity’
EFAP – Jerry Miner Lecture Series April 24, 3:30-5 p.m., 426 Eggers Hall, Center for Policy Research Charles Clotfelter is Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Economics and Law at Duke University, where he has…
New Meredith Professors to Be Named During Faculty Recognition Event
Milton L. Mueller, professor in the School of Information Studies, and Ravi Dharwadkar, professor in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, will be named as the 2014-15 Laura and L. Douglas Meredith Professors of Teaching Excellence at a ceremony…
Grad Student Aims to Find Research Answers on Alcohol for African Americans
It turns out that blacks don’t use alcohol that much compared to other groups. Previous research shows that they start drinking later, and then don’t drink as much as whites, for example.
Geologists Prove Early Tibetan Plateau Was Larger than Previously Thought
Earth scientists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the Tibetan Plateau—the world’s largest, highest and flattest plateau—had a larger initial extent than previously documented. Their discovery is the subject of an article in the journal…
Karin Ruhlandt Named Interim Dean-Designate of The College of Arts and Sciences
Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina today named Karin Ruhlandt interim dean-designate of The College of Arts and Sciences. Ruhlandt has served as chair of the Department of Chemistry since 2009 when she was also named a…