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STEM

Students Earn 2019 National Science Foundation Awards

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

Syracuse University graduate students Jane Pascar, Katie Piston and Thomas Welles ’17 have been awarded 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. This highly selective fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics…

Campus & Community

Amnat Chittaphong ’99, G’02 Dedicates Career to Effecting Change

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, By John Boccacino

Out of one of the darkest, most painful moments of his life, Amnat Chittaphong ’99, G’02 turned the hatred and anger he felt into a career serving underrepresented students. In the process, he reconnected with his Asian American roots in…

STEM

College of Engineering and Computer Science Hosts Its First Silicon Valley Immersion Trip

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

This spring, the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) launched its first-ever Silicon Valley Immersion Trip. Set during Spring Break, the pilot program exposed 10 undergraduates to a variety of notable Silicon Valley tech companies with connections to Syracuse…

Campus & Community

‘Portals Through the Haze,’ a Boghosian Fellow Exhibition, Opens May 3

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

“Portals Through the Haze: Accelerated Modernization and The Three Gorges” will be on exhibition beginning Friday, May 3, in the Marble Room on the first floor of Slocum Hall. The exhibition represents the culmination of a yearlong design research and…

Campus & Community

Friday Premiere Party Planned for Inclusive Micro-Short Student Film ‘Third Shift’

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, By News Staff

The creative micro-short film “Third Shift”—co-produced by The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University Libraries, InclusiveU and College of Visual and Performing Arts film and design students—will have its world premiere on Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m. at a year-end…

Campus & Community

Remembering Bobbi Harris: Nursing Alumna, Professor Emerita Served at Syracuse for 33 Years

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, By Valerie Pietra

Barbara “Bobbi” Lee Harris ’61, Ph.D. ’90, Syracuse University alumna and professor emerita of nursing, passed away in February 2019. Harris was born in 1939 on Long Island and spent much of her adult life living in Syracuse. She earned…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Press Presents First Volumes in Critical Arab American Studies Series

Monday, April 22, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University Press has released the two inaugural volumes in its new Critical Arab American Studies series. This groundbreaking series features innovative scholarship and cutting-edge theoretical work that extends the study of Arab Americans beyond Orientalist and Islamophobic paradigms. The…

Campus & Community

Anthropology Professor Hans Buechler Marks 50 Years of Service

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Mary Elizabeth Horsington

Hans Buechler is an anthropologist at heart. He is fascinated by people and their stories—where they come from, what they do in their working lives and how it shapes their world view. When Syracuse University honored the Maxwell School anthropology…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Award Four Honorary Degrees at 2019 Commencement

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

An international diplomat and champion for human rights; a global executive and philanthropist; an expert economist and leader in U.S. monetary policymaking; and a successful family business entrepreneur and social justice philanthropist will be awarded honorary degrees at Syracuse University’s…

Arts & Culture

Fred Wellner: Making Magic from Metal

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

Fred Wellner ’17 is a native of Baldwinsville and a senior designer with Syracuse University Press. He is also a talented metalwork artist and a regular participant in the University’s On My Own Time (OMOT) exhibition. Through the years, OMOT…