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Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate in a nearly full Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In his nearly 25-minute remarks, the Chancellor provided a comprehensive update on a number of items, including matters relative to student life, academic affairs, executive searches and Fast Forward Syracuse. Chancellor Syverud has been regularly delivering remarks at Senate meetings to provide an update on key University initiatives. This was his first to the University’s governing body since the start of 2016.
University Announces Finalists to Design National Veterans Resource Complex
The selection committee has chosen three finalists to advance to the final round of the competition.
Fake a Knee—Professor, Students Develop Device for Joint Repair Research
When patients undergo traditional knee replacement surgery, the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint is replaced with one built with metal, plastic and polymers. Along with their natural joint, patients lose a certain quality of life. Risk…
NCAA Approves University’s Request to Begin Men’s Basketball Scholarship Reductions This Season; Only Five Scholarship Reductions Remain After 2015-16
Syracuse University today announced that the chair of the NCAA Committee on Infractions has approved the University’s request to begin serving the Men’s Basketball scholarship penalty this season. As a result, after the 2015-16 season, only five scholarships remain from…
Philosopher Wins Major Book Award
Frederick Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2015 Journal of the History of Philosophy (The Johns Hopkins University Press) Book Prize. The prize, which includes a $5,000 award, is in recognition of…
Photographer Gregory Heisler Settles into a New Career
A few decades ago—when darkrooms and Kodachrome were staples of professional photography—a “hotshot” photographer spoke at the Rochester Institute of Technology about his extremely successful career. In the audience sat an eager young college student who worked up enough courage…
Syracuse University Launches Design Competition for National Veterans Resource Complex, Announces Members of Selection Committee
Memorial Scholarship Fund Established in Honor of Richard ’52 and Eleanor Johnson
A couple’s legacy will have a lasting impact on future generations of Syracuse University students. The estate of Richard ’52 and Eleanor Johnson has donated $2.4 million to the University to establish a scholarship fund. The Richard T. Johnson and…
Planned Power Outages on Campus Jan. 8
A number of planned power outages are scheduled to take place on campus on Dec. 24 and Jan. 8. Lyman and Smith halls will experience a power outage on Thursday, Dec. 24. The outage at both buildings is expected to…
An Examined Life
The Rev. Robert Grant ’39 never thought he’d go to college. After all, it was the height of the Depression, and his family barely scraped by on his father’s meager salary as a janitor. Then fate intervened, as it would…