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Getting to know Carrie Grogan Abbott

Saturday, August 25, 2012, By News Staff

This past July, while many on campus were enjoying the slower pace of summer, or taking long-anticipated vacations, Carrie Grogan Abbott, director of First-Year and Transfer Programs, was at her desk making dozens of phone calls, sending emails and coordinating countless logistics for one of the University’s biggest events of the year: Syracuse Welcome.

Health & Society

New study finds female athletes rarely used as ad spokespeople

Friday, August 24, 2012, By Michele Barrett

As athletes and fans celebrated new world records, international milestones and personal bests during the 2012 London Olympic Games, one story that repeated itself was the prominent role female athletes played in fueling U.S. Olympic success and medal count. The…

Arts & Culture

Actor, author Taye Diggs to receive Distinguished Alumnus Award from SU Alumni Club of Southern California

Friday, August 24, 2012, By News Staff

Award-winning actor and author Taye Diggs ’93, a drama alumnus of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), is being honored by the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Southern California (SUACSC) on Oct. 20. Diggs was chosen by…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, August 22

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Earth Magazine, Gizmodo and Red Orbit reported on the Syracuse University Lava Project—a mix of science, art and education to investigate the physical properties, aesthetics and educational opportunities of creating basaltic lava flows in a…

Veterans

IVMF announces expanded effort to disseminate veteran-focused academic research

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

Building upon its highly successful weekly Research Brief program, an initiative designed to catalogue, summarize and disseminate peer-reviewed, academic research focused on issues and topics impacting veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University…

Media, Law & Policy

New Maxwell School Advisory Board chair named

Tuesday, August 21, 2012, By News Staff

One of America’s most outstanding public servants has been named chair of the Maxwell School’s Advisory Board. Sean O’Keefe, who served as secretary of the navy, administrator of NASA, comptroller and chief financial officer of the Department of Defense and…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Welcome 2012 to receive new students beginning Aug. 22

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Aug. 22, approximately 3,800 first-year and transfer students will arrive at Syracuse University to kick off the 2012-13 academic year. When they do, Syracuse Welcome, SU’s orientation program, will help them get acclimated and ready to start the…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law welcomes Class of 2015 and inaugural LL.M. students

Monday, August 20, 2012, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

The Syracuse University College of Law welcomes its 116th first-year law class on Aug. 20 with 250 students arriving for a weeklong orientation program, including an expanded community service project to help local food pantries. New to campus this year…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Board of Trustees elects three new members

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

At the Syracuse University Board of Trustees annual meeting, three individuals were elected as new trustees. Lauren B. Cramer L’94 joined the New York law firm McLaughlin & Stern in 1995, and is a member of the Association of the…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, August 20

Monday, August 20, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Syracuse University graduate and Commencement speaker Stephen Barton ‘12 is mentioned in a USA Today article about the aftermath of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., one month later. A blog post by Milton Mueller,…