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STEM

Syracuse Physicists among Recipients of Breakthrough, Gruber Prizes

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The honors keep rolling in for the Gravitational Wave Group in the College of Arts and Sciences. Based in the Department of Physics, the group’s 22 members are among the recipients of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics and…

Health & Society

Doctoral Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By News Staff

Kimberly Natalia Williams, doctoral student in the Cultural Foundations of Education program in the School of Education, is getting additional funding and support to complete her dissertation proposal. Williams was recently awarded with the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF), from…

Campus & Community

Fulbright Program Sends Students, Alumni to Sites Around the World

Thursday, May 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Several students and recent alumni were awarded scholarships by the Fulbright Student Program during the 2015-16 academic year to pursue their interests at destinations around the world in the coming year. Three were awarded study/research grants, four were selected to…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama No. 8 on Hollywood Reporter’s Best Drama Schools List

Monday, May 23, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama has jumped to no. 8 on the Hollywood Reporter’s (THR) list of the “Top 25 Undergraduate Drama Schools.” For the past two years the department has been ranked no. 13;…

STEM

Senior Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Tuesday, May 17, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Joshua Woods, a senior chemical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and chemistry minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The fellowship was…

STEM

Garcia-Murillo Awarded Fulbright Grant for Research in Spain

Monday, May 16, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Martha Garcia-Murillo has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant for the spring of 2017. The grant will allow Garcia-Murillo to conduct research at the Institut Barcelona d’EStudis Internacionals (IBEI) in Barcelona, Spain. She will…

Campus & Community

Commencement Address by Donald Newhouse

Monday, May 16, 2016, By Keith Kobland

The following is a transcript from the Commencement Address by Donald Newhouse ’51 at the Carrier Dome on Sunday, May 15. I am proud that a Newhouse graduate was selected student speaker, but Kaitlyn, you sure are a hard act…

Campus & Community

Donald Newhouse ’51 Delivers 2016 Commencement Address

Sunday, May 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Donald Newhouse ’51, president of Advance Publications, delivers the 2016 Commencement address. (Transcript of Donald Newhouse address) “I am proud that a Newhouse graduate was selected student speaker, but Kaitlyn, you sure are a hard act to follow. Thank you,…

Health & Society

Falk College Announces First-of-its-Kind U.S. Undergraduate Degree in Sport Analytics

Wednesday, May 11, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The degree will provide students with a deep understanding of math, statistics, research methodology, sport economics, database management, finance and computer programming integral to sport analytics.

Arts & Culture

Padgett Receives Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award

Tuesday, May 10, 2016, By Erica Blust

William Padgett, an associate professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, has been named a recipient of the Continuum + Arthur Pulos Award, which recognizes innovation in interdisciplinary design education at…