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Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Stages ‘Punk Rock’ by Simon Stephens

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

The Department of Drama tackles the volatile combination of adolescence and anxiety in Simon Stephens’ 2009 play “Punk Rock.” Directed by Robert Moss, this production from one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights runs at the Storch Theatre Feb. 19-28…

Campus & Community

Abolition and the Origins of Sharecropping

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By News Staff

Guest speaker is Melanie Dupuis from the Pace University Department of Environmental Studies and Science will speak on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. This free lecture, to be held in Eggers Hall, Room 018,  is a joint event with…

STEM

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes

Health & Society

Marriage and Family Therapy Program Reaccredited

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, By Michele Barrett

The Ph.D. program in Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) was recently awarded reaccreditation by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s (AAMFT) Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). The COAMFTE is…

Arts & Culture

Feminist Scholar Awarded Guest Professorship in Germany

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Distinguished Professor and chair of women’s & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean’s Professor of…

Health & Society

Syracuse University Fit Families Program to Include Children with Autism

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The Fit Families Program for Children with Autism, a research-based physical activity program for families with children with autism ages 5 to 10, is currently accepting applications for its five-session workshop beginning in March. Luis Columna, associate professor of exercise…

STEM

Moon Appointed Interim Chair of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Friday, February 5, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Young B. Moon has been appointed interim chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Moon, who assumed the role at the beginning of February, will serve as interim chair…

Campus & Community

16 Upperclassmen Selected to Prestigious Leadership Program

Friday, February 5, 2016, By News Staff

Sixteen Syracuse University juniors and seniors have earned full scholarships to the prestigious 2016 Dulye Leadership Experience (DLE)—an annual professional development program that prepares college students to confidently transition into the workplace. Founded by alumna Linda Dulye ’77, the highly…

Dr. King Celebration Features Marc Lamont Hill, Unsung Award Winners

Monday, February 1, 2016, By Keith Kobland

More than 1,000 people were at the Carrier Dome Sunday night to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to listen to the captivating words of Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College…

Health & Society

Education Professor Contributes to Global Study on Childhood Obesity

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Tiago Barreira, assistant professor in the School of Education’s department of exercise science, is part of a team of researchers who collaborated on The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle, and the Environment.