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Whitman’s Easton, Haynie, McKelvie join editorial boards
Three faculty members in the Whitman School of Management have recently joined the editorial boards of respected journals in the fields of business and management. Fred Easton, professor of supply chain management and director of the Robert H. Brethen Operations…
Paris Noir’s ‘jazz moment’
Popular study abroad program enters second decade In “Shadow and Act,” a collection of essays about the black experience, Ralph Ellison describes jazz as the “art of assertion within and against the group.” Each jazz moment, he writes, springs from…
Whitman names winners in semiannual student Capstone Competition
Sixty-three student teams representing more than 300 Whitman seniors competed in the semiannual Capstone Business Plan Competition held Dec. 9-10 at the Whitman School of Management. At the conclusion of both the fall and spring semesters, Whitman’s Department of Entrepreneurship…
SU’s South Side Innovation Center receives support to train entrepreneurs for clean energy sector
New program to put residents of Syracuse’s South Side and others on career pathway to employability and entrepreneurship The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced today that it is providing funding to Syracuse University’s South Side…
Huey Hsiao appointed the new associate director for Office of Multicultural Affairs
The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) within the Division of Student Affairs has appointed Huey Hsiao as its new associate director. Hsiao will begin the position on Jan. 1, 2012. Currently, he is serving as assistant director of student services…
First Cyber Engineering Semester completed by inaugural cohort
On Dec. 14, Syracuse University celebrated the completion of its Cyber Engineering Semester program by the first cohort. The program—the first of its kind in the nation—prepares students to design, build and verify highly assured systems and to meet the…
New track in speech-language graduate program focuses on high-needs preschoolers
$1.25 million federal Department of Education grant will support initiative Last year, more than 700,000 preschoolers were eligible for services under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); 46 percent of those children were identified with speech or language…
SU students host first annual student leadership conference in Feb. 2012
Syracuse University students who participate in the Student Leadership Institute (SLI) are planning and hosting the first annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. It will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference…
Carrie Grogan Abbott appointed director of Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs
The Division of Student Affairs has announced the appointment of Carrie Grogan Abbott as the director of the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs (FYTP). Abbott joined the office on Nov. 16. “Given Carrie’s strong collaboration skills, rich experiences in…
Ancient rocks provide clues for oxygen appearance in Earth’s atmosphere
The appearance of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere probably did not occur as a single event, but as a long series of starts and stops, according to an international team of researchers who investigated rock cores from the northwest region…