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Washington Post Chief Correspondent Dan Balz to Visit Newhouse Sept. 29
Dan Balz, award-winning chief correspondent at the Washington Post, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Sept. 29. He will discuss the 2016 presidential campaign in a question-and-answer session with Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional…
Knight Foundation Recognizes SpeakEZ Efforts with Prototype Grant
The Knight Foundation Prototype Fund has recognized the work of a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member and several classes of his students in creating a system to help a refugee population use mobile phones to more easily communicate…
Weight Watchers is Coming to SU
Want to learn more about Weight Watchers®? The University Wellness Initiative is hosting a Weight Watchers® information session to give you an opportunity to meet the Weight Watchers® Meeting Leader and see if Weight Watchers might be right for you….
iSchool Faculty Receive Grant for Promoting Children’s Creative Thinking
Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) professors who have worked on several library resources projects before will begin another innovative one soon, aimed at school librarians and the students they serve, thanks to funding from a National Leadership Grant for…
BE Wise Seeks Students to Become Peer Educators
The BE Wise campaign, within the Division of Student Affairs, is recruiting new peer educators for the 2015-2016 academic year. Peer educators are dedicated students who work with staff from the Counseling Center and Office of Health Promotion to provide educational…
Author Stephen Kuusisto Opens Carver Series Sept. 16
Stephen Kuusisto, an acclaimed poet, essayist and memoirist, as well as a University professor, will kick off the Fall 2015 Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Kuusisto will participate in an…
BE Wise Kicks Off Campus Campaign at Fourth Annual BE-BQ
The BE Wise campaign within the Division of Student Affairs is kicking off its year-long campaign at the fourth annual BE-BQ event this Friday, Sept. 11, from 5-8 p.m. on the Quad. The campaign strives to generate awareness of alcohol…
Steinberg to Conclude Tenure as Maxwell Dean Following 2015-16 Academic Year
Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs Dean James Steinberg has announced that he will be stepping down as dean at the end of the academic year 2015–2016. Steinberg has been at the helm of the Maxwell School since 2011. …
NSF Funds Position to Realize Potential of University’s Cyberinfrastructure
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $396,098 to fund a full-time campus cyberinfrastructure engineer (CIE) position for two years. The engineer will provide technical expertise and leadership to realize the potential of existing University cyberinfrastructure investments and…
New Student Convocation Welcomes Freshman, Transfer Students
Senior Class Marshal Tatiana Williams ’16 offered four pieces of wisdom to incoming students during the University’s New Student Convocation Thursday evening in the Carrier Dome. Find your crew. Discover yourself. Have fun. And follow your vision. “Welcome to the…