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Syracuse Professor, Alumnus Co-Found Group to Address Rights of People with Disabilities Worldwide
The Tangata Group, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the proposition that disability rights are human rights, has been created to assist nations in successfully adhering to international disability law and policy, disability inclusive development and participatory human rights…
Chancellor Syverud Announces Leadership Changes to Better Align with Strategic Vision
Bea González and J. Michael Haynie to oversee new, expanded portfolios As Syracuse University continues to implement the bold concepts contained within the Academic Strategic Plan and Campus Framework, Bea González and J. Michael Haynie, two key members of Chancellor…
Hosein Earns Prestigious DNI Grant
Assistant Professor Ian D. Hosein in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded a Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. The DNI grant program promotes the careers of young faculty…
Pan Am 103 Memorial Service to Be Held Dec. 21
The chaplains of Hendricks Chapel will conduct a remembrance service on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on the same…
Discovery Improves Heat Transfer in Boiling
While the average person associates boiling with cooking dinner, the process is also widely used to transfer heat across surfaces. It is used in refrigerators, in industrial boilers and even on the international space station to reject heat from its…
Alumnus Establishes Ludwig Stein Memorial Fellowship for Seniors in Painting
College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) painting alumnus Ken Maxwell ’03 has established a fellowship in memory of his former professor at Syracuse University. The Ludwig Stein Memorial Fellowship supports a senior or seniors studying painting in the college’s…
Rock and a Hard Place
When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…
Revisions Approved to Academic Integrity Policy
Proposed revisions to the University’s Academic Integrity Policy have been approved by the Chancellor’s Executive Team with the support of the University Senate. The changes will go into effect Jan. 1. Based on the recommendations of an advisory committee comprising…
Call for entries: 2017 Mirror Awards
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the 11th annual Mirror Awards honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 15, 2017. Enter now at http://mirrorawards.com. Awards will be given in four categories:…
The Spark
BEACH CLOSED. NO SWIMMING. CONTAMINATED WATER. Growing up on Long Island Sound, Kristin Angello ’99 was frequently disappointed by these words. Every summer, sewage and toxic runoff from city streets transformed her summer hangout into a polluted mess. Fortunately, the…