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University establishes Cynthia Reynolds Memorial Fund for Veterans in memory of staff member
Cynthia “Cindy” Reynolds (1957-2012), known to her children as “Mia,” was a 13-year employee of Syracuse University and veteran of the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of sergeant. In her memory, her colleagues and friends at the University have established…
VPA’s Phillips named inaugural honorary fellow at New Zealand’s Massey University
Memory research partnership strengthened Kendall Phillips, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and a professor of communication and rhetorical studies in VPA’s Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, has been…
Place of Remembrance, Gateway to Campus undergo planned summer refurbishing work
One of Syracuse University’s most symbolic and cherished campus locations is undergoing a planned refurbishing this summer—a project that will ensure the structural longevity of the area that honors the 35 SU study abroad students whose lives were lost in…
Araca Project announces 2012 season of works by emerging theater artists
Six works by up-and-coming theater artists make up the 2012 season of the Araca Project, an early career development initiative of the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), the University of Michigan and…
Portrait of Thomas V. Wolfe unveiled at Hendricks Chapel
A portrait of Thomas V. Wolfe was formally unveiled at Hendricks Chapel on June 1. The portrait, part of the Syracuse University Art Collection, will be hung in the chapel’s narthex this summer, displayed alongside four other portraits of previous…
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel receives certificate of excellence from TripAdvisor
For the second consecutive year, the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel has received the Certificate of Excellence Award from TripAdvisor. The award,presented for 2012, was sent to David Heymann, general manager of the Sheraton recently by TripAdvisor for Business, headquartered in…
EarthScope national seismic monitoring project arrives in Upstate New York
Upstate New York is about to become part of EarthScope, the largest science project on the planet. Robert Moucha, a geophysicist in the Department of Earth Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is in charge of scouting locations…
Summer camp for physics teachers: Building particle detectors at SU
Ten high school physics teachers from Upstate New York will spend three weeks this summer at Syracuse University building cosmic ray counters, testing components of a neutrino detector and learning about the latest results of experiments being conducted on CERN’s…
Shenandoah Trio to hold fundraising concert in Hendricks Chapel June 17
The Shenandoah Trio and Mohawk journalist Doug George-Kanentiio will hold a fundraising concert and lecture honoring Kateri Tekakwitha on Sunday, June 17, at 4 p.m. in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel. Tekakwitha (1656-1680), a Mohawk-Algonquin, will be canonized by Pope Benedict…
Project Advance 2012 Teachers of the Year ignite passion in the classroom
What qualities should a Teacher of the Year have? Should he or she be memorable, or well-liked, or have students who regularly achieve outstanding test scores? Certainly, all these are necessary to be an effective teacher, says Maria Zeitlin Trinkle….