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Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

Health & Society

Newhouse Student Shares Theme of Living Loud, Being Proud of Differences

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Justin Bachman ’19 has never forgotten the day that changed his life and started him on his mission.

SOE Alumna Appointed to President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Thursday, November 17, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

President Barack Obama has announced his intention appoint Rebecca S. Salon MS ’75, PhD ’01 (Special Education), to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). Salon is project director for the LEAD Center. Led by National Disability Institute with…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Youth Orchestras to Present Fall Concert Nov. 20

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present their fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 p.m. at West Genesee High School, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus, N.Y. Tickets for the concert are $10…

Fuller and Jones Kolod Join Athletics Leadership Team

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By SU Athletics

Director of Athletics John Wildhack is adding two members to his senior leadership team. Chris Fuller will join the Orange athletics department as deputy athletics director, external operations, and Kristen Jones Kolod will become the deputy athletics director and chief…

Health & Society

Maxwell School Alumni Establish Multimillion Dollar Bequest to Fund Citizenship Education

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By Jessica Smith

The bequest furthers the school’s ability to nurture students as they learn and develop into informed world citizens and decision makers.

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses November Meeting of University Senate

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud provided a budget overview to the University Senate during his appearance Wednesday afternoon in Maxwell Auditorium. He also discussed the Campus Climate Survey, announced two new appointments and mentioned recent revisions to the University policies impacting free…

Arts & Culture

Writers to Discuss Mentoring at Thursday Event

Monday, November 14, 2016, By News Staff

The Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Composition’s Nonfiction Reading Series, the English Department and the creative writing program will co-sponsor a reading with former M.F.A. students Annie Liontas and Jeff Parker, editors of the book “A Manner of Being: Writers…

Business & Economy

Global Entrepreneurship Week Features Keynote by Founder Carl Schramm

Sunday, November 13, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

The first-ever campuswide Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration kicks off at Syracuse University with a keynote by its founder, Carl Schramm, University Professor and former president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The opening event, “The History of Innovation,”…

Arts & Culture

Quilts of Valor Donation Made by Hendricks Chapel Quilters Group

Friday, November 11, 2016, By Roxanna Carpenter

The Hendricks Chapel Quilters group recently created a “Quilts of Valor” (QOV) piece, a quilt that says “thank you” and is awarded to a U.S. military service member or veteran. QOV is a nationwide charity, and the quilt built by…