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Business & Economy

Online Education Gains Momentum at Syracuse with Innovative Programs

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The Newhouse School receives thousands of applications every year from prospective students. One in particular recently stood out. It was the first application to the school’s new online master’s program, Communications@​Syracuse—and it came just four hours after the announcement of the program launch.

Campus & Community

SURFACE Repository Surpasses One Million Downloads

Tuesday, February 17, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In December 2014, Syracuse University Libraries’ SURFACE repository surpassed its one-millionth download, just four years after its launch in October 2010. Items downloaded on that historic day spanned the disciplines and represented 10 SU schools and colleges, University Archives, Syracuse…

Arts & Culture

Fashion Curator, Author Amy de la Haye to Present Lectures

Monday, February 16, 2015, By Erica Blust

Curator and author Amy de la Haye, the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History and Curatorship at the London College of Fashion, will present two free, public lectures and book signings as part of her weeklong residency at the Sue…

10th Annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza Is Feb. 22

Monday, February 16, 2015, By Shannon Andre

The 10th Annual Cora A. Thomas Gospel Extravaganza, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Thomas Family, the Gifford Foundation, WAER and Power 620, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22, at Bethany Baptist Church, 149 Beattie St. This year’s…

Campus & Community

2015 SATSA Conference

Friday, February 13, 2015, By News Staff

Please join us on Feb. 27-28 at Syracuse University for the 2015 SATSA Conference. Our conference, “The Global Threat: Emerging Issues in National Security,” will take place at the College of Law and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs….

Arts & Culture

‘The Lubin Legacy: Celebrating 50 Years at the Joseph I. Lubin House’

Friday, February 13, 2015, By Scott McDowell

In 1965, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees met for the first time at Lubin House, 11 East 61st St., New York City. Joseph I. Lubin, a New York philanthropist had risen from an impoverished childhood in Brooklyn to become…

Campus & Community

Diversity Law Day at Syracuse University College of Law

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University College of Law and the Law School Admission Council will be co-sponsoring Diversity Law Day on Thursday, Feb. 26. This program is part of the DiscoverLaw.org initiative targeting students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the legal…

STEM

Physicist Jedidah Isler Named TED Fellow

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Jedidah Isler to make an astronomical impact. In December, the astrophysicist was named a TED Fellow for the Class of 2015. Next month, she travels to Vancouver to join 20 other fellows and the TED community at…

Campus & Community

Habitat for Humanity Offers Spring Break Project Trips

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

The Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF chapter of Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications to attend one of three spring break trips to work on housing projects. Students can attend home building projects in Sebring, Fla.; Lafayette County, La.; or Raleigh,…

Campus & Community

Free Six-Week Tobacco Cessation Programs for Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By News Staff

Free Tobacco Cessation Program. There is still time to register! The University is offering a free, six-week tobacco cessation program off campus for faculty and staff. Begins, Monday, March 2, and runs for six consecutive Mondays. 10-11a.m. This session is…