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Campus & Community

Syracuse ROTC Students Achieve Prestigious Placements

Monday, April 30, 2018, By Stephanie Salanger

Two Syracuse University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets have achieved prestigious honors; Cadet Bethany Murphy has been awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship and Cadet Battalion Commander Ashlynn Borce has been accepted…

Campus & Community

Disability Caucus and Campus Conversation about Disability Justice Tonight

Monday, April 30, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Tonight, April 30, the campus community is invited to an accessible campus conversation about what is meant by “disability justice,” “ableism” and “intersectionality.” Priya Penner, Disability Student Union (DSU) president; Jennith Lucas, DSU vice president; Diane Wiener, director of the…

STEM

Syracuse University Team Wins 2018 National Cyber Analyst Challenge

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

A team of Syracuse University students was awarded first place and $20,000 in the National Cyber Analyst Challenge (NCAC) at Temple University in Philadelphia in April. The team was comprised of cybersecurity graduate students Priyank Thavai and Sirisha Prakash from the College of…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, Syracuse University Leadership to Visit Alumni in China

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Chris Velardi

Chancellor Kent Syverud headlines a team of University leadership traveling to China to participate in a series of programs for University alumni, students and families during the month of May. “Syracuse Around the World” will be held in Hong Kong…

Forbes

Expert Kohn on Elderly Financial Literacy

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Research by Nina Kohn,  the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Syracuse University’s College of Law, was recently cited in the Forbes article, “Vast Majority Of Elder Financial Abuse By Guardians Can Be Prevented, Experts Tell…

STEM

Investigating Shocks to the System, Fardad Receives CAREER Award

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

On an average day in India not so long ago, the circuit breakers on a single powerline got tripped. That caused the breakers on another line to go down. Then another. Then another. It happened again and again throughout the…

Campus & Community

Danielle Schaf Is Syracuse University’s First Beinecke Scholar

Thursday, April 26, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Danielle Schaf, a junior majoring in anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and in forensic science and writing and rhetoric in Arts and Sciences and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program,…

Campus & Community

Mayfest 2018 Beverage Bracelets Now on Sale

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Beverage bracelets for Mayfest 2018 are on sale at the Schine Student Center Goldstein Auditorium upper lobby area, starting at 11 a.m. This year, as shared in February, beverage options are expanded for students of legal age to purchase and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Announces 2018 Mirror Awards Finalists

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced the finalists in the 2018 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 14 in New York City. Tickets and tables for…

Health & Society

Jennifer Karas Montez Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship to Support Research on Health Disparities among U.S. States

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Jessica Smith

 Jennifer Karas Montez, the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a 2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, the most generous and prestigious fellowship in the social sciences and…