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Campus & Community

Over the Summer Syracuse University Makes Substantial Investments in Accessibility Improvements, Classroom Enhancements

Thursday, August 25, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

One of the best places to capture a Syracuse University memory is at the flagship gateway sign below the Hall of Languages and Place of Remembrance. Students, family and friends often stop to snap photos in front of the iconic…

Arts & Culture

A Cautionary Tale about One Alumna’s Battle with Depression, Poor Body Image

Wednesday, August 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Lilly Thomann ’15, G’16 was an undergraduate at Syracuse University, she seemed to have it all: grades, talent, an appealing presence, popularity. “On the outside, I had it together,” she says. Indeed, Thomann, who hails from affluent West Caldwell,…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Renews Commitment, Plans to Launch a Series of New Initiatives to Further Enhance Diversity Among Student Body, Faculty and Staff

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University will launch a series of new initiatives aimed at further enhancing diversity among the student body, faculty and staff. The renewed commitment comes on the heels of the diligent efforts of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion,…

Media, Law & Policy

Sociology Department Presenting at ASA Conference in Seattle

Monday, August 22, 2016, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen professors, Ph.D. students and researchers in the Department of Sociology are participating in the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Seattle Aug. 20-23. They join approximately 4,000 other sociologists for four days…

Campus & Community

Lillian Slutzker, Longtime Benefactor of Syracuse University, Passes Away

Friday, August 19, 2016, By News Staff

Lillian Slutzker, a longtime supporter of Syracuse University and the former owner of Manny’s athletic apparel store on Marshall Street, passed away on Thursday, August 18, at the age of 98. She is predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, who died…

STEM

Researchers Awarded Grant to Develop, Implement Strategies for New Antibiotics

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a major grant to develop and implement strategies for the discovery of new antibiotics. Anthony Garza and Yan-Yeung Luk, associate professors of biology and chemistry, respectively, are recipients of…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘About Prints: The Legacy of Stanley William Hayter and Atelier 17′

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The exhibition features over 80 original works on paper, highlighting a variety of printmaking techniques such as engraving, etching, aquatint and other experimental processes by master printmakers.

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Media, Law & Policy

Burdick Leads Study on Social Housing Projects in Brazil

Tuesday, August 16, 2016, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom have awarded $597,000 to a project led by Professor John Burdick (anthropology) to observe differently organized social housing projects in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to…

Media, Law & Policy

The motives and mechanism for putting Gawker out of business is “something to worry about”

Tuesday, August 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy S. Gutterman, Director of the Newhouse School Tully Center for Free Speech and Associate Professor of Newspaper and Online Journalism, offers insight on the events that led to Gawker Media being put up for auction. Gutterman, an alumni of both Newhouse…