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Campus & Community

Students Inducted into Prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society

Wednesday, June 21, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Forty-one students in the College of Arts and Sciences were inducted into the Syracuse University chapter of the premier honor society Phi Beta Kappa May 12. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest honorary society for students in the liberal arts,…

Arts & Culture

LLL Professors Rack up National, University Awards

Tuesday, June 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), based in the College of Arts and Sciences, have received awards for excellence in teaching, research and service. Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Latino-Latin American…

Campus & Community

Public Exhibition at SyracuseCoE Explains Transportation Alternatives for CNY

Monday, June 19, 2017, By Kerrie Marshall

The public is invited to a presentation of a “Feasibility Assessment of Sustainable Transportation (FAST): Syracuse,” a recent study on sustainable transportation alternatives for Central New York. The findings of FAST: Syracuse will be shared in a research and technology forum…

Media, Law & Policy

Free Speech Expert Roy Gutterman Explains the SCOTUS Decisions on Two First Amendment Cases

Monday, June 19, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, Syracuse University Associate Professor and Director of The Tully Center for Free Speech, comments about the recent Supreme Court decision on Lee v. Tam and Packingham v. North Carolina. Lee v. Tam “Matal v. Tam, formerly Lee v. Tam,…

Business & Economy

Supply Chain Professor: Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods Is Game Changer for Grocery Industry

Friday, June 16, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

An announcement Friday by online retailer Amazon regarding its intended purchase of Whole Foods is a game changer for the grocery industry, according to an expert in supply chain management and practices. Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice in…

The Daily Star

Professor Grant Reeher Interviewed about Senator Gillibrand’s Choice of Words

Thursday, June 15, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, Maxwell professor, was interviewed by The Daily Star for the article Gillibrand’s salty language raises eyebrows.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse to Host International ‘World English’ Conference June 30-July 2

Wednesday, June 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

More than 200 presenters from six continents will converge at Syracuse University for the 22nd annual conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), June 30-July 2. Titled “Local and Global Contexts of World Englishes,” the conference will present…

Veterans

Ryan Gross Named 2017 Tillman Scholar

Tuesday, June 13, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ryan Gross grew up hearing stories about his grandfathers’ military experiences during World War II, leading tank units through the Battle of the Bulge and serving on a Navy destroyer in the Pacific. Inspired by their service, he accepted a…

Media, Law & Policy

Maggie at the Bat

Monday, June 12, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Renée Crown University Honors Student Maggie Siciliano ’17 presents her research on the daughter-father bond created by America’s pastime, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Her research is titled “A Passion That Lasts a Lifetime: The Father/Daughter Relationship in Baseball.”

WSYR

Physics Professors Interviewed about the Search for Gravitational Waves

Tuesday, June 6, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, and Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, were both quoted by WSYR for the news report SU Grad Key in Major Astronomy Breakthrough.