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Arts & Culture

Carver Series Presents Novelist Elissa Schappell Dec. 9

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The last reading for the fall semester in the Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences will be by novelist, columnist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair Elissa Schappell. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, Schappell will participate…

How Anxiety about Terrorist Attacks Could Change Our Politics

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Keith Kobland

In the wake of the devastating month marked by the downing of a Russian passenger plane, simultaneous suicide attacks in Beirut and coordinated attacks in Paris, American fears of terrorism are likely to increase. That in turn could shape policy…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact’s El Punto Art Studio Awarded $39,000 by NYS Council of the Arts

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By News Staff

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact a three-year grant of $13,000 per year, for a total of $39,000, for its arts education program, El Punto Art Studio. Created in 2010…

Campus & Community

Working Groups Named to Drive Academic Strategic Plan Implementation

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University’s Academic Strategic Plan Oversight Committee has announced the appointment of faculty, staff and students to six working groups that will help inform the committee’s work to implement the University’s new Academic Strategic Plan. Each of the six working…

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Awarded German Order of Merit

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Amy Mertz

Frederick Charles Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded one of Germany’s highest civilian honors. Last month, he was presented the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany…

Scott Warren Selected for Association of Research Libraries Leadership Program

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Scott Warren has been selected to participate in the 2016-2017 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Leadership Fellows Program. Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship at Syracuse University Libraries, will join 27 other professionals in this executive leadership program that…

Campus & Community

Shaped Clay Society Mug Sale to Be Held Dec. 2-4

Wednesday, November 25, 2015, By News Staff

The Shaped Clay Society in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will host its annual mug sale Dec. 2-4 in the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. Hours for the sale are Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to…

Campus & Community

Statement from Kevin Quinn, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, Regarding NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee Decision

Wednesday, November 25, 2015, By News Staff

“Today, the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee issued its decision in response to Syracuse University’s appeal of the sanctions imposed on the University on March 6, 2015. The University submitted its appeal on March 20, 2015. “The appeal decision resulted in the reduction…

Media, Law & Policy

Three College of Law Professors Awarded Internal Research Grants

Monday, November 23, 2015, By Robert Conrad

Associate Professors in the College of Law Lauryn Gouldin, Michael Schwartz and Cora True-Frost have been awarded research grants from the University. The research grants are part of the University’s campus-wide Internal Grant Program. Gouldin’s grant is to support the…

STEM

Professor Works on Innovations in Window Efficiencies

Monday, November 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Eric Schiff wants to see innovative ways to retrofit single-pane windows to make them more efficient. As a program director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, he is leading an effort to make that happen.