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Thursday Morning Roundtable Announces Meritorious Community Service Award

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Thursday Morning Roundtable (TMR) presented its Meritorious Community Service Award to Margaret Charters at its April 17 meeting. In 1972, TMR established the annual award to present to individuals who make valuable contributions to the community without widespread recognition. Charters,…

Campus & Community

CAPES Awards Presented to Students, Organizations for Contributing to Public Good

Wednesday, April 30, 2014, By News Staff

The Chancellor’s Awards for Public Engagement and Scholarship were given out Thursday, April 24, at a celebration in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. The awards recognize individual students, groups of students, residence halls, residence floors, student organizations and academic projects or…

STEM

Syracuse University Physicists Confirm Existence of New Type of Meson

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made several important discoveries regarding the basic structure of mesons—subatomic particles long thought to be composed of one quark and one antiquark and bound together by a strong interaction. Recently, Professor…

Arts & Culture

Two A&S Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Two professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. M. Cristina Marchetti, the William R. Kenan Professor of Physics and associate…

STEM

Faculty, Students Using Big Data to Analyze Energy-Use Patterns

Tuesday, April 29, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A team from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is conducting research analysis using big data sets from the Pecan Street Research Consortium, a global collaboration working on utility system operations, climate change, integration of distributed energy and storage, and…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Welcomes NYS Attorney General as Commencement Speaker May 9

Monday, April 28, 2014, By Keith Kobland

New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman will serve as Commencement speaker for the College of Law at its graduation exercises Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. in the Carrier Dome. As attorney general, Schneiderman is the highest-ranking law…

Health & Society

In Class FST 706: Gender, Food, and Rights

Monday, April 28, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Falk College features a new graduate-level course that explores one of the world’s most important issues: access to food. Professor Anne Bellows provides a unique perspective for students, and as part of the class, students are brought to the United…

Campus & Community

Innovation and Opportunities Assessment Report Now Available

Friday, April 25, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University today issued the summary findings from the Innovation and Opportunities Assessment process that began last fall. Last year, the University retained Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, to conduct the Innovation and Opportunities Assessment and offer…

Arts & Culture

Students from Syracuse, Taiwan and Hong Kong Collaborate on Taipei Project

Thursday, April 24, 2014, By News Staff

This past March, three architecture studios—35 students, along with multiple faculty members—spent a week in Taipei as part of the Rubin Global Design Studio, an annual architecture travel program. They are led by Syracuse Architecture faculty members, including Angie Co,…

Arts & Culture

Stephanie James Named Founding Director of VPA’s School of Art

Thursday, April 24, 2014, By Erica Blust

Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Stephanie James the founding director of the college’s future School of Art. James is a fine artist and currently associate dean and head of the School of Visual Arts…