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Campus & Community

Syracuse University’s 161st Commencement Fact Sheet

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Keith Kobland

The main ceremony will be held at the Carrier Dome on Sunday, May 10, beginning with the degree candidates’ procession at 9:30 a.m. Graduates of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) will participate in the 117th…

Campus & Community

Reminder: Campus Goes Tobacco Free July 1

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By News Staff

To help ensure a healthy, productive, respectful environment in which to work, learn and live, Syracuse University will be a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus, effective July 1. Smoking and the use of all tobacco and tobacco-related products, including e-cigarettes and…

FNSSI to Host Training Workshop for DNA Mixture Analysis Software May 11-14

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Forensic scientists from around the globe will converge on the University campus for a training workshop involving a revolutionary new DNA mixture analysis software called STRmix. Running May 11-14, the workshop will take place in the Forensic & National Security…

STEM

Geologist Jeff Karson Publishes Book on Oceanic Abyss

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Starting with a historical summary of seafloor exploration, “Discovering the Deep” describes the geologic components of the Earth’s oceanic crust and the processes that have created it.

Arts & Culture

English Department Shines at Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference

Thursday, May 7, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences was the bona fide star of the 56th annual conference of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS), recently held in Montreal, Canada. More than 15 people affiliated…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Press Club Award Winners include Students, Faculty, Staff

Wednesday, May 6, 2015, By News Staff

Students, faculty and staff from Syracuse University were among the winners of this year’s Syracuse Press Club Awards. WAER broadcasters and staff were honored with several awards in both news and sports categories. The station’s work won the categories of…

STEM

Liddy Selects Teresa A. Dahlberg Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Monday, May 4, 2015, By News Staff

Dahlberg comes to Syracuse from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a highly selective private university where she serves as chief academic officer and dean of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering.

Veterans

Taking Care of Business

Monday, May 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

To date, nearly a thousand “wounded warriors” have completed the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans program. Sixty-five percent of them have launched businesses, of which 93 percent are still in operation.

STEM

Driscoll Co-Authors Study on Health Benefits of EPA Plan

Monday, May 4, 2015, By News Staff

States will gain large, widespread and nearly immediate health benefits if EPA sets strong standards in the final Clean Power Plan, according to the first independent, peer-reviewed paper of its kind, published today in Nature Climate Change.

Campus & Community

Message to Our Community

Friday, May 1, 2015, By News Staff

The following message from Chancellor Syverud was sent to the campus community today. Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: Like so many of you, I have been following the news coverage of events taking place in Baltimore this week and I…