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Campus & Community

Students Receive Financial Support, Make Alumni Connections through Our Time Has Come Scholarship Program

Friday, May 3, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

As an Our Time Has Come scholar, Abigail Covington ’19 had the opportunity to connect with a longtime supporter of Syracuse University students at the 2017 Coming Back Together (CBT) reunion. The triennial event draws black and Latino alumni back…

Campus & Community

Construction to Impact Pedestrian Access Near Barnes Center at The Arch Site Starting May 13

Friday, May 3, 2019, By News Staff

On May 13, the project construction site limits for the Barnes Center at The Arch will be expanded to support the final summer of construction activities. The entire north end of the site (between the Barnes Center at The Arch…

Veterans

Maureen Casey: Problem Solver Who Just Can’t Quit

Friday, May 3, 2019, By Eileen Korey

Maureen Casey’s office at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is more than 150 miles from her childhood home on a dairy farm in Hudson Falls, New York. But the lessons she learned there, tending dairy cows and…

Business & Economy

Three Reasons Why Major League Baseball Attendance Is Slumping

Thursday, May 2, 2019, By Keith Kobland

Many Major League Baseball teams are witnessing big drops at the box office this season. Newhouse School Professor Brad Horn, former vice president for communications and education at the Baseball Hall of Fame, suggests three reasons why. There’s a cold, harsh…

STEM

Varshney Graduate Scholarship Established in the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Thursday, May 2, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

For the first time this fall, the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship will be awarded in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The scholarship will provide financial assistance to graduate students pursuing a doctoral degree in…

Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence Shares Student Survey Findings

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, By News Staff

The Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence has reviewed and summarized the results of a student climate survey designed to gauge attitudes, awareness and experiences related to sexual and relationship violence. Conducted last April, this survey was designed…

Campus & Community

44 Stars of Excellence Awards Honor Members of Campus Community

Monday, April 29, 2019, By News Staff

The 44 Stars of Excellence Awards acknowledge students, advisors and recognized student organizations (RSOs) who demonstrate outstanding dedication and commitment to their organization and its mission. The Gala honoring the 2019 nominees was hosted April 18. The 2019 44 Stars…

Campus & Community

Student Offers Free Film Workshop for Youth on the South Side

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

A young woman sits in an office chair with her laptop on her lap. She opens the laptop. The camera pans across the back of the laptop, then zooms in on the woman’s eyes. Her eyes are wide open; she…

Media, Law & Policy

INSCT Welcomes Five National Security Experts as Distinguished Fellows

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Martin Walls

The Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)—a collaboration between the College of Law and the Maxwell School—has added five senior national security experts to its academic and advisory leadership team. These distinguished fellows—drawn from the upper echelons of the…

Arts & Culture

Conversations About Beauty: New Book by Dean’s Professor Harvey Teres Probes ‘Unseen Power of Aesthetic Experience’

Sunday, April 28, 2019, By Rob Enslin

People’s encounters with beauty is the subject of a new book by Harvey Teres, Dean’s Professor for the Public Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). “Conversations about Beauty with Ordinary Americans: Somebody Loves Us All” (Common Ground…