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Arts & Culture

New ELI Director Announced

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

David Lind has been appointed the new director of the English Language Institute at University College. Lind has a B.A. in history from Cornell University and an M.Ed in applied linguistics from Open University. For the past two years, Lind…

STEM

Girl Who Codes Helps Girls Who Code

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Sophie Estep

According to the National Center for Women in Technology’s 2016 analysis, only 26 percent of professional computing occupations in the United States are held by women. This statistic is shocking in the current age of educational equality, but is on a…

Campus & Community

Four Questions with Carrie Abbott about Syracuse Welcome

Monday, July 17, 2017, By Shannon Andre

With Syracuse University preparing to welcome its newest students to campus this August, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is busy putting the final touches on Syracuse Welcome 2017, Syracuse’s new student orientation program.  Each year, the staff and…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Research Gets Major Boost from New Program

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Syracuse’s Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising (CFSA) recently chose nine undergraduate researchers to participate in the newly created Young Research Fellows Program (YRFP). Funding for this Universitywide program, including a two-year stipend, is made possible by a gift from Elliott Portnoy…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Joel Kaplan on the Media’s Role in Trump-Russia Investigation

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By News Staff

Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional graduate studies and professor and acting director of online master’s in communications in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, points out how integrally involved news media are in the unfolding investigation of the Trump…

Margaret Susan Thompson

Associate Professor, History and Political Science
STEM

University Awarded $4 Million to Boost Retention of Minority Students in STEM

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Carol Boll

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $4 million grant to Syracuse University to lead an effort to develop and implement strategies for augmenting the number of underrepresented minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs of…

Campus & Community

Sen. Gillibrand to Host Town Hall at Syracuse University on Friday

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, By News Staff

Friday, July 14, at 5 p.m., U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will host a town hall at Syracuse University. Gillibrand will take questions from constituents on issues ranging from health care to jobs and the economy. This event will be the first…

Campus & Community

Alumni Association to Host New Student Send-Offs

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, By John Boccacino

The Syracuse University Alumni Association (SUAA) will host a series of New Student Send-Off events this summer to welcome the newest members of the Orange family. Hosted in partnership with SU’s regional alumni clubs, members of the Board of Trustees, individual…