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Campus & Community

Olympic Reflections from Gold and Bronze Medalist Herman Frazier

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University’s Senior Deputy Director of Athletics Herman Frazier is a man who has lived the Olympic dream. A gold and bronze medalist, Frazier has played a key role in many of the Olympic Games since 1976. Frazier talks about…

STEM

Physicists Awarded NSF Grant to Study Cancer-Cell Behavior

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By Rob Enslin

M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti and Jennifer Schwarz have been awarded a three-year, $686,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to apply principles of soft-matter physics to cancer therapy.

Campus & Community

Nine Current and Former Athletes, Coaches to Participate in Olympics

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By News Staff

Participants include basketball players Carmelo Anthony and Michael Gbinije, rower Natalie Mastracci, field hockey player Alyssa Manley, heptathlete Uhunoma Osazuwa and track & field athletes Flings Owusu-Agyapong and Katie Zaferes.

Health & Society

New Book by David B. Falk Professor Rick Burton Out This Week

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By Scott McDowell

Rick Burton, the David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management, will release his newest book, “Sports Business Unplugged: Leadership Challenges from the World of Sports” (from Syracuse University Press) at a most auspicious time. The book, due in stores this…

Campus & Community

Four Distinguished Alumni to Be Honored at 2016 Arents Ceremony

Thursday, August 4, 2016, By News Staff

The recipients are Jim Brown ’57, James Cunningham ’74, Dr. Robert Jarvik ’68, H’83 and Arielle Tepper Madover ’94.

STEM

Researchers Confirm Marine Animals Live Longer at High Latitudes

Wednesday, August 3, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have shown that high-latitude bivalves live longer and grow slower than those in the tropics. Their findings are the subject of an article in the “Proceedings of the Royal Society B” (The Royal…

STEM

Liddy Elected Vice Chair of Deans for Computing Research Association

Wednesday, August 3, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Elizabeth D. Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool) was elected to the position of vice chair of the deans group for the Computing Research Association (CRA), an organization of more than 200 North American institutions active in computing…

Campus & Community

CFAC Closed for Maintenance

Wednesday, August 3, 2016, By News Staff

July 25-Aug. 7, 2016, the office of the Community Folk Art Center will be closed for building maintenance. The office will reopen Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. We apologize for any inconvenience.   http://communityfolkartcenter.org/ Community Folk Art Center 315.442.2230 cfac@syr.edu

Campus & Community

Newhouse Students Interning at Summer Olympic Games

Tuesday, August 2, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

When the 2016 Summer Olympic Games kick off Friday in Rio de Janeiro, 23 students from the Newhouse School will be part of the team that brings coverage of the event to the world community. They are among 258 student…

Veterans

IVMF Launches SCServes-Lowcountry Network to Assist Nation’s Vets

Tuesday, August 2, 2016, By Keith Kobland

A VIP ribbon cutting and keynote address from U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Christopher Lu were held Tuesday, Aug. 2, to mark the launch of SCServes-Lowcountry network, connecting South Carolina human service providers to more effectively manage service requests…