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Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?

Thursday, May 25, 2017, By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…

Campus & Community

Students Selected for Summer Research and Mentorship Opportunity

Tuesday, May 23, 2017, By Carol Boll

Twenty Syracuse University students from across the disciplines have each won a $2,000 stipend to conduct research and other creative projects this summer under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The competitive research opportunity was made possible through a partnership…

Campus & Community

New Members Inducted into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University inducted 56 new members and two honorary members into the Alpha Sigma chapter of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society during the spring semester. The induction ceremony took place in Hendricks Chapel, during which the new members…

Health & Society

Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…

Campus & Community

$5 Million Gift From Board of Trustees Chairman Steven W. Barnes ’82 to Help Create a State-of-the-Art Health, Wellness and Recreation Complex

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

Steve and Deborah Barnes cite University’s transformative, student-centric vision as motivation for gift A new state-of-the-art, health, wellness and recreation complex, which until now has been a conceptual component in the draft Campus Framework, is now one step closer to…

Arts & Culture

Recent Graduate’s Films Shown at Retrospectives in Cannes and Ithaca

Thursday, May 18, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

A recent film graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will have a retrospective of seven of her films shown on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend. The films by Ioana Turcan G’17—who created six of…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Recipients of 43rd Annual Light Work Grants in Photography

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work has announced the 43rd annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2017 recipients are Mary Helena Clark, Joe Librandi-Cowan and Stephanie Mercedes. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to…

Campus & Community

In Syracuse, Plans to Renew Forgotten Promise at Deeply Moving World War I Monument

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Bill Orzell understands the promise. It is reinforced for him by the sheer power of a statue in Billings Park in downtown Syracuse, across the street from the abandoned grandeur of the old Central High School. The statue portrays an…

Campus & Community

‘Salute to Service’ Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries of 147 Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University honored employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2016 at the annual “Salute to Service” celebration on Tuesday, May 16, during a luncheon in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Faculty and staff honored—147 overall—marked anniversaries of 25 years…

Campus & Community

Dara J. Royer Named Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

A dynamic national leader in marketing and communications and the architect behind award-winning brand transformations has been selected to launch and oversee Syracuse University’s newly integrated Division of Communications and Marketing. Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Dara…