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Alumni to Receive Eggers, Generation Orange Awards During Orange Central

Tuesday, September 29, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University will recognize the extraordinary contributions of both its senior alumni and its younger alumni during Orange Central homecoming during the weekend of Oct. 22-25. The Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award will be presented to Molly Corbett Broad…

Campus & Community

Thursday Morning Roundtable Celebrates 50 Years of Civic Engagement

Friday, September 25, 2015, By Eileen Jevis

Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) will celebrate 50 years of service to the Central New York community at a breakfast on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at Drumlins, 800 Nottingham Road, Syracuse. Charles Blow, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times and…

STEM

Physicists Use Grant Award to Facilitate Teacher Training

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Two physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have received a grant award designed to strengthen the teaching of high school physics throughout the region. Allen Miller, professor emeritus of physics, and Sam Sampere, an instructional lab manager, have received $7,500 from the John…

Campus & Community

Pope in the U.S.: Q&A with Associate Professor Margaret Susan Thompson

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Pope Francis is taking the United States by storm. The buildup to his meeting at the White House, speeches before Congress and the United Nations, and a Mass at the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this week has been…

Health & Society

‘Food Foolish’ Author to Speak at CoE

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

John Mandyck ’89, G’92, chief sustainability officer of UTC Building and Industrial Systems and the co-author of the book “Food Foolish” will be speaking about the hidden connection between food waste, hunger and climate change at the Syracuse Center of…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Advance Search for Gravitational Waves

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the first observation run of the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave (LIGO) Detector, after a meticulous five-year rebuild.

Syracuse Symposium™ Presents Human Rights Film Festival Sept. 24-26

Friday, September 18, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its “Networks” theme with the 13th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), Sept. 24-26.

Harnessing the Power of Social Media during the GOP Debate

Thursday, September 17, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Dr. Jenny Stromer-Galley, an expert in social media and political campaigns offers insight on how candidates used social media to their advantage during the GOP debate on September 16. She said that Carly Fiorina, one of the winners of the debate,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School to Honor Leading Alumni at 50th Anniversary Celebration

Tuesday, September 15, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Fifty alumni of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications—accomplished professionals from all areas of the media industry—will be honored at a special event Oct. 29 in New York City. Attendees at the “50Forward” Gala will observe 50 years of…

Campus & Community

Advocate of Liberal Arts Education to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture

Monday, September 14, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

William Deresiewicz, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning essayist and critic, and frequent college lecturer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Titled “The Value of a Liberal Arts Education,” Deresiewicz’s presentation…