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Physicist Jedidah Isler Named TED Fellow

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Jedidah Isler to make an astronomical impact. In December, the astrophysicist was named a TED Fellow for the Class of 2015. Next month, she travels to Vancouver to join 20 other fellows and the TED community at…

Progress Report: Student Concerns

Thursday, February 12, 2015, By News Staff

Amid the long-term strategic planning happening across campus, several members of Chancellor Syverud’s Executive Team continue to work with faculty and staff to take action on critical issues raised last semester by students. The Chancellor has directed his team to…

Campus & Community

Free Six-Week Tobacco Cessation Programs for Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By News Staff

Free Tobacco Cessation Program. There is still time to register! The University is offering a free, six-week tobacco cessation program off campus for faculty and staff. Begins, Monday, March 2, and runs for six consecutive Mondays. 10-11a.m. This session is…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents Lecture on ‘Master Thieves’

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will present “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist,” a lecture by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Stephen Kurkjian.  The lecture will be presented Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 5:30 p.m….

Campus & Community

SOULscape Weekend Getaway to Help Students Find Meaning and Purpose

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Shannon Andre

A SOULscape Weekend Getaway, sponsored by the Office of Health Promotion and Hendricks Chapel, will take place Feb. 28 to March 1 at the Minnowbrook Conference Center  in Blue Mountain Lake. Based on the popular campus conversation series Soulful Sit-Downs,…

Campus & Community

Once Upon a Crime

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Forensic analysis is nothing like it appears on TV, says FNSSI scientist Michael Marciano.

Campus & Community

Fans Invited to Give to United Way Before, During Duke Game

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By News Staff

Before the Syracuse University men’s basketball team tips off against Duke Saturday, Feb. 14,  at 6 p.m., fans approaching the Carrier Dome will have an opportunity to donate to the United Way of Central New York. More than 50 student…

Media, Law & Policy

Law Professor LaVonda Reed Named Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Wednesday, February 11, 2015, By Carol Boll

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today announced that LaVonda N. Reed, professor in the College of Law, will join the Office of the Provost as associate provost for faculty affairs. In her new capacity, Reed will be a…

STEM

Project ENABLE’s New Site Extends Information to More Librarians

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Public and academic librarians across the United States now have a comprehensive, easily accessible, hands-on informational resource to help them increase their competence and confidence to provide high-quality services to people with disabilities. Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access By Libraries Everywhere)…

Campus & Community

Newton Appointed a Provost’s Faculty Fellow

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Carol Boll

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today announced that she has appointed Cathryn Newton, dean emerita and professor of earth sciences and of interdisciplinary sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, to serve as a Provost’s Faculty Fellow….