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Campus & Community

Commencement Address by Poet Mary Karr

Sunday, May 10, 2015, By News Staff

If you’re lucky, you fell in love here. And if you’re really lucky, you had your heart broken. Because that made you a deeper person and maybe forced you to find friends to lean on. Syracuse is now your alma mater, your soul’s mother, and mine.

STEM

Student’s Philanthropy Leads to NSF Fellowship in Mercury Research

Friday, May 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Jacqueline Gerson, a graduate student in environmental engineering science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has earned a highly competitive graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The award will fund her research on mercury contamination from artisanal gold…

Campus & Community

Class of 2015 Speaker Reflects on Undergraduate Experiences

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

As he prepares to graduate this Sunday, Matt Fernandes reflects on what bit of wisdom he would pass on to future Syracuse University students. First, dream big. Then figure out how you achieve it. “This sounds like such a general statement, but it’s about not being afraid of the idea,” says Fernandes, who is a University Scholar and this year’s student speaker at Commencement.

Campus & Community

Students Recognized for Garnering National Scholarships

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

In the competitive world of national scholarships, Syracuse University students stand out among their peers vying for the most distinguished high honors. The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising (CFSA) held two recent events to recognize student scholars, both those…

STEM

Geologist Jeff Karson Publishes Book on Oceanic Abyss

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Starting with a historical summary of seafloor exploration, “Discovering the Deep” describes the geologic components of the Earth’s oceanic crust and the processes that have created it.

Campus & Community

2015 CUSE Soccer Academy Summer Camp

Wednesday, May 6, 2015, By News Staff

The 2015 CUSE Soccer Academy Summer Camp is open to both boys and girls ages 5-13.  The first part of the camp is devoted to coaching, with the second left free for small-sided World Cup-style soccer games! Unless you are…

Campus & Community

Steven W. Barnes to Serve as Next Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees

Wednesday, May 6, 2015, By Kevin C. Quinn

The Syracuse University Board of Trustees Organization and Nominating Committee and the Executive Committee have unanimously approved the nomination of Trustee Steven W. Barnes ’82 to serve as the next Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees. Barnes will assume…

Media, Law & Policy

Kriesberg Publishes New Book: ‘Realizing Peace’

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, By News Staff

Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology and founding director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (now the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration) at the Maxwell School, has published his newest book,…

Campus & Community

University 2015-16 Budget Includes Lowest Percentage Tuition Increase in 49 Years

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, By News Staff

The University’s 2015-16 budget will include the lowest percentage tuition increase in 49 years, along with the largest commitment to University-funded financial aid ever, with a total of $228 million earmarked for undergraduate students. The full-time undergraduate tuition for the…

Veterans

Scholar Spotlight: Jesse Campion ’15

Tuesday, May 5, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

As an undergraduate at Temple University, Jesse Campion never thought he would end up in the military. But then 9/11 happened. “That kind of shifted the tide,” he says. After graduating in 2002, he started learning more about the benefits…