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STEM

Pramod Varshney Receives Honorary Doctorate from Drexel University

Thursday, June 19, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and director of Syracuse University’s Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE), received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Drexel…

Veterans

Newhouse to Host Workshop for Active Duty Military Aug. 15 and 16

Thursday, June 19, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Military Visual Journalism program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications  will present a two-day workshop, “Managing Your Digital Arsenal,” Friday, Aug. 15, and Saturday, Aug. 16, on the Syracuse University campus. The workshop is open to all…

Campus & Community

Two Faculty to Speak on Committee’s Efforts to Develop Backup Plan for Carrier Dome

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By Kevin Morrow

Two members of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on the Carrier Dome Backup Plan will offer an overview of the workgroup’s findings and respond to questions on Thursday, June 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 304B in the Schine Student Center. Representing…

Arts & Culture

Bradley Awarded $94,000 by Immortality Project at University of California, Riverside

Friday, June 13, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

It’s been a great month for Ben Bradley, chair of the Department of Philosophy and director of the Integrated Learning Major in Ethics. Earlier in June, Bradley was named the inaugural Sutton Distinguished Chair and just recently, he was awarded…

Campus & Community

University College Dean Bea González Awarded NAACP Community Service Award

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Bea González, dean of University College, was recognized with a Community Service Award by the Syracuse/Onondaga County NAACP at the 35th Annual Freedom Awards Banquet held in May. The Community Service Award is the most distinguished honor given by the…

Arts & Culture

Professor Unveils ‘Lost Play’ by 17th-Century Master in Madrid

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The discovery of a “lost play” by one of Spain’s greatest writers was the subject of a recent standing-room-only event in Madrid, featuring a professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Alejandro García-Reidy, assistant professor of Spanish in…

Health & Society

Blending Passions for Playing, Studying Sports

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive…

Arts & Culture

Flamenco Guitar Virtuoso to Perform in Syracuse to Benefit Syracuse Stage

Tuesday, June 3, 2014, By News Staff

Flamenco guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook will perform in Syracuse one night only, Saturday, June 7, to benefit Syracuse Stage. The concert will start at 9 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium in the Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center on…

Veterans

IVMF Receives $450,000 from Sam’s Club to Support Women Veteran Entrepreneurs

Friday, May 23, 2014, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $450,000 grant from the Sam’s Club Giving Program to support women veteran entrepreneurs through its business management training program V-WISE, Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship. The Sam’s…

STEM

Student Presented with Dream Award Scholarship on National Television

Friday, May 23, 2014, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) sophomore Charlene Hinton was presented with a Dream Award Scholarship by television show host Katie Couric in an appearance on Couric’s talk show program. Hinton was also a recent recipient of the Chancellors Award for…