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Campus & Community

Syracuse Welcome 2015 Kicks Off

Wednesday, August 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Thousands of new students are beginning to make their way to campus today.

Business & Economy

Two Whitman Entrepreneurship Professors Receive 2015 Greif Research Impact Award

Monday, August 24, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

A paper co-authored by Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s Johan Wiklund, professor of entrepreneurship, and Professor Tom Lumpkin, the Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship, was selected to receive the 2015 Greif Research Impact Award. The two professors were…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Networks’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Monday, August 24, 2015, By Rob Enslin

“Networks” is the theme of the 2015 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Impact of the First Female Army Rangers

Thursday, August 20, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Christine T. Tarnowski, Major (RET), United States Army, Senior Director, Operations, Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University: “As a career female soldier, the access and opportunity of military service schools historically banned to female service members…

STEM

iSchool, Le Moyne Partner for Accelerated Graduate Degree Programs

Tuesday, August 18, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Officials with the School of Information Studies and Le Moyne College today celebrated an agreement that reaffirms and expands the academic collaboration that has existed between the schools since 2011. The plans for the new Fast Track graduate education path…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Announces Creation of Faculty Advisory Group to Advance Medical School Idea

Friday, August 14, 2015, By News Staff

The Faculty Advisory Group will advise University leaders on the idea of a veteran-focused College of Medicine at Syracuse University.

STEM

FNSSI to Acquire Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencer

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By News Staff

Researchers in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) are using a major grant award to acquire a powerful, new instrument for forensic genomic analysis. The recipients are Michael Marciano, a FNSSI senior scientist; Kevin Sweder, a FNSSI professor…

Arts & Culture

Talent Agency to Present Teen Art Portfolios Aug. 14

Thursday, August 6, 2015, By Erica Blust

Local teen artists who participated in the six-week summer intensive offered by Talent Agency Teen Art Portfolio Development, Inc., will exhibit their work at an open house on Friday, Aug. 14, from 4-6:30 p.m. at the agency’s art studios, 831…

Media, Law & Policy

William C. Banks Named Interim Dean of College of Law

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, By Robert Conrad

William C. Banks, Board of Advisers Distinguished Professor of Law and founding director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), has been named the College of Law’s interim dean, effective Aug. 1. Banks has more than 35 years’…

STEM

Stromer-Galley’s Bias Retraining Game Wins ‘Serious Play’ Honors

Monday, August 3, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Human decision-making is prone to cognitive biases, the shortcuts people take because their brains are wired to make decisions quickly with limited information. However, a game developed by a research team that includes a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty…