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Let it rain: Monitoring effectiveness of downtown green roof

Monday, September 17, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

Civil engineering professor Cliff Davidson had a breathtaking view of the City of Syracuse from a rooftop garden Thursday. But it’s the possibilities of that prime location that made the experience memorable.

Health & Society

Linda Stone Fish appointed David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By Michele Barrett

Linda Stone Fish was named the inaugural David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Syracuse University’s Falk College. For more than two decades, Stone Fish has devoted herself to training master’s and doctoral students in the…

Arts & Culture

Notre Dame philosopher headlines SU’s first William P. Alston Lecture Sept. 22

Wednesday, September 5, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Peter van Inwagen, the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, is delivering the inaugural William P. Alston Lecture at Syracuse University. Titled “Russell’s China Teapot,” the lecture will take place on Saturday, Sept. 22,…

STEM

Earth sciences major spends summer in Costa Rican cloud forest

Wednesday, August 22, 2012, By News Staff

Waking up to howler monkeys greeting the morning, hiking past colorfully plumed toucans flying through the trees and looking out for poisonous vipers winding through the forest, Natalie Teale, a senior Earth sciences and geography major in Syracuse University’s College…

Campus & Community

Timothy Eatman and Scott Peters named Imagining America co-directors

Monday, August 13, 2012, By Jamie Haft

Syracuse University and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) announce the appointments of Timothy K. Eatman and Scott J. Peters as IA co-directors, effective Aug. 1. “With Eatman and Peters as directors, IA will continue to advance…

STEM

Earth sciences major spends summer in Costa Rican cloud forest

Saturday, August 11, 2012, By News Staff

Waking up to howler monkeys greeting the morning, hiking past colorfully plumed toucans flying through the trees and looking out for poisonous vipers winding through the forest, Natalie Teale, a senior Earth sciences and geography major in Syracuse University’s College…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Phillips named inaugural honorary fellow at New Zealand’s Massey University

Thursday, July 19, 2012, By Erica Blust

Memory research partnership strengthened Kendall Phillips, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in VPA’s Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has been…

New steam station equipment saves 3 million gallons of water each year

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Steam Station is now a lot greener when it comes to water. The plant recently installed two new air compressors that will cut its water use by three million gallons a year. The energy-efficient equipment will also…

Shenandoah Trio to hold fundraising concert in Hendricks Chapel June 17

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, By News Staff

The Shenandoah Trio and Mohawk journalist Doug George-Kanentiio will hold a fundraising concert and lecture honoring Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, June 17, at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. Tekakwitha (1656-1680), a Mohawk-Algonquin, will be canonized by Pope Benedict…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Tuesday, May 22

Tuesday, May 22, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Over the weekend the death of Pan Am Flight 103 convicted bomber Abdelbasat al-Megrahi made headlines around the world. Syracuse University was mentioned in thousands of news articles including stories filed by the Associated Press,…