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South Asia Center Call for FLAS Summer 2014 Applications

Thursday, December 12, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2014. The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI, assists students in…

Arts & Culture

Filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami Named VPA’s Alpert Visiting Artist

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has named independent filmmaker and celebrated director Abbas Kiarostami as its 2014 Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. Kiarostami will be at Syracuse University Jan. 27-Feb. 7 to conduct a workshop with VPA…

Arts & Culture

Design Student Competition Focuses on Innovative Ideas for Built Environment

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By Erica Blust

Five teams of fourth-year industrial and interaction design (IID) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design will compete on Friday, Dec. 13, in the program’s annual 360° IID Competition, which encourages comprehensive research, analysis and…

Campus & Community

Opening Doors, Opening Minds

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By Keith Kobland

College of Law students are also opening some eyes, and hope their efforts will strengthen rights for people of all abilities. This video explains how. Open Doors Project at SU College of Law from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. Here…

Campus & Community

College of Arts and Sciences’ George Langford Announces Plans to Step Down as Dean

Wednesday, December 11, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Dean of The College of Arts and Sciences, George M. Langford, today announced that he will complete his term as dean on June 30, 2014. Appointed dean in 2008, Langford plans to return to full-time teaching, research and…

Campus & Community

Jerry P. Ross Named Registrar

Tuesday, December 10, 2013, By News Staff

Jerry P. Ross has been appointed registrar for Syracuse University. The announcement was made today by Don Saleh, vice president for enrollment management. “I’m grateful to the committee for their hard work and thorough consideration during an expansive national search,”…

Media, Law & Policy

Shoemaker Honored with Inaugural Guido H. Stempel III Award

Friday, December 6, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Pamela Shoemaker, John Ben Snow Professor in the Newhouse School, has been honored with the inaugural Guido H. Stempel III Award for Journalism and Mass Communication Research. The award is given by the faculty of the E.W. Scripps School of…

Campus & Community

Students Organize Initiatives for Typhoon Haiyan Relief

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Nov. 8, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, slammed into portions of Southeast Asia, hitting the Philippines particularly hard. The storm left unbelievable devastation in its wake. More than 5,600 deaths have been officially recorded, and…

STEM

Physics Department Yields Award-Winning Dissertations

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Two physicists with ties to The College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded national dissertation prizes. Shiladitya Banerjee G’13, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago, is the recipient of the American Physical Society (APS)’s Award for Outstanding…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Commits to Attainment Goal, Joins National Partnership

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By News Staff

On Wednesday, Lumina Foundation announced that Syracuse will be among the first 20 cities in America to partner with the organization in an effort to mobilize around the importance of increasing the number of Syracuse residents who go to college….