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Campus & Community

A&S advisor, Syracuse Football Star Scott Freeney ’97 Helps Students Win in the Classroom

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Hannah, a first-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), can’t decide on a major. Sitting across from her advisor in a cozy, book-lined office in the Hall of Languages, the 19-year-old admits she’s at a crossroads. “I’m good…

Campus & Community

Masonry Restoration Begins on Trio of Crouse College Cupolas

Thursday, May 23, 2019, By News Staff

The cupolas atop historic Crouse College are being removed and restored this summer. The first was carefully detached from its rooftop placement and lowered by a large crane to ground level on Wednesday morning (May 23), with the other two…

STEM

Negussey Named American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

Dawit Negussey, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)—an honor that recognizes the contributions and creative solutions of civil engineers…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries’ Inclusion and Accessibility Librarian Featured Speaker at Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians

Monday, May 20, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Katherine Deibel, Syracuse University Libraries inclusion and accessibility librarian, was a featured speaker at the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) Annual Conference on May 14 in Lexington, Kentucky. Deibel’s closing keynote presentation was titled “When You’re the…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage to Receive $10,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts

Friday, May 17, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage was awarded a $10,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the 2019/2020 season Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Cold Read is Syracuse Stage’s launch pad for making new play development and production…

Campus & Community

Eight Will Make Impacts around the Globe through Fulbright Grants

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This fall, Grace Gugerty ’19 will head to Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award. There, she will serve in a primary or secondary school in a rural area, and hopes to implement a project involving the National Scouting…

Campus & Community

InclusiveU Students Continue Advocacy Work for Inclusive Higher Education

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Karly Grifasi

Students in Syracuse University’s InclusiveU program spent this year advocating for inclusion for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities beginning with a visit to Capitol Hill last fall and ending with a visit to campus from U.S. Representative John Katko….

STEM

Students Partner with Industry on Wearable Cooling Device

Thursday, May 16, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

While many people work in climate-controlled buildings, certain jobs require workers to toil in oppressive heat. Military personnel, firefighters, construction workers and many others don’t have many good options for keeping cool in their line of work. This spring, a…

Business & Economy

Students Take Home Five Prizes in NY Business Plan Competition; Law Student Earns Top Tech Prize

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student teams won five prizes in the 10th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) organized by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on April 26 in Albany. Syracuse University teams won the most of any university…

Media, Law & Policy

The Stand Connects Newhouse Students with Local Community

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, By Lani Rich

As The Stand director Ashley Kang tells the story, the project that would define 10 years of her professional life began in 2007, when now-retired professor Steve Davis wanted to get his news reporting students off campus. “All these students…