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Five Candidates to Receive Honorary Degrees at 159th Commencement Exercises
The five 2013 honorary degree candidates are: Alan Gerry, Judith S. Kaye, Commencement speaker Nicholas Kristof, Wangarai Muta Maathai (posthumously), and Charles Payne ’70.
International Exchange: Cultivating Fulbright Students
Third-year Ph.D. anthropology student Stephen Johnson returned from India last summer knowing that he hadn’t fully explored all of his questions for his Ph.D. topic on the relationship between Tibetan refugees and Indian communities.
Now he has another opportunity—and a prestigious, international distinction that has made it possible.
Research Shows Potential for Quasicrystals
Ever since their discovery in 1984, the burgeoning area of research looking at quasiperiodic structures has revealed astonishing opportunities in a number of areas of fundamental and applied research, including applications in lasing and sensing. Quasiperiodic structures, or quasicrystals, because…
Lutheran Campus Ministry presents ‘Laugh in Peace Comedy Tour’ April 19
The Lutheran Campus Ministry at Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will present a Stand-Up Comedy Night as part of the nationally acclaimed “Laugh in Peace Comedy Tour” on Friday, April 19. It will be the signature event of the 100th anniversary…
Activist John Prendergast to Continue Conversation on Human Rights in Africa April 8
In September 2012, five people from the Congo—survivors and refugees from the Congolese civil war—captivated audiences at Syracuse Stage with their searing portrayals of their struggles to leave the past behind and form a new, peaceful community in Central New…
Nicholas J. Armstrong Named IVMF Fellow
Further building on its commitment to leverage the resources of higher education in service to those who have served, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has appointed Nicholas J. Armstrong, a research fellow at the…
VPA Seniors Present Fifth-Year Thesis Work at XL Projects
The industrial and interaction design (IID) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design is presenting the degree-culminating thesis work of 17 fifth-year seniors through March 24 at XL Projects, 307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The…
Library E-Reserves Moves to Blackboard
In recent years, use of Syracuse University Library’s electronic course reserve service, commonly known as e-reserves, has dropped dramatically: total requests have decreased by 54 percent, and the number of faculty using e-reserves has decreased by 35 percent. The library’s…
Science and Dalai Lama Focus of 2013 Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture
Physicist Arthur Zajonc, president of the Mind and Life Institute in Hadley, Mass., will present “Conversing with the Dalai Lama: 25 Years of Dialogue with Science” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in Gifford Auditorium. The lecture is free and…
White House Recognizes IVMF program Grads, SU Alumna as Female Veteran Champions of Change
On March 18, the White House honored 14 female veterans as Champions of Change, including Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) and Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program graduate and V-WISE ambassador Marylyn Harris, V-WISE graduate Ginger Miller,…