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Syracuse City High School Students Among Those Experiencing College Life

Friday, August 9, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

Twenty-four Syracuse City School District high school students were awarded scholarships to attend Syracuse University’s Summer College Program. The scholarships were a partnership between Syracuse University and the Syracuse City School District and were awarded based on academic achievement or…

Campus & Community

Whitman Staff Member Heads to Thailand Representing Team USA in Dragon Boat Racing

Wednesday, August 7, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Ben Schlimmer’s agility and passion for paddling watersports was most certainly passed down from his father and grandfather. A son of a canoe enthusiast and grandson of a Boy Scout troop leader who led adventurous water excursions, Schlimmer has adeptly…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Architecture Hosts Summer Programs for Secondary School Students

Tuesday, August 6, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

The School of Architecture welcomed future architects from across the nation and around the world to Slocum Hall this summer as part of two programs focused on architectural study. Summer Architecture College Between June 29 and July 26, a total…

Campus & Community

Libraries Hosting International Student Check-In

Friday, August 2, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries welcomes international students to campus Aug. 5-21 with international student check-in in the Quiet Reading Room on the lower level of Bird Library. While the Quiet Reading Room is being used for check-in, it will not be…

STEM

Research Paper Wins ‘Best Methods’ Social Media Conference Award

Friday, August 2, 2019, By Diane Stirling

School of Information Studies Associate Professor Lu Xiao has been recognized for research that employs multiple methodologies to examine the factors surrounding a comment’s persuasive power on social media, and the ability of those comments to change viewpoints that have…

Health & Society

City High School’s Summer Bridge Program Connects to Syracuse University

Friday, August 2, 2019, By Jennifer Russo

Fifteen rising ninth graders are on the Syracuse University campus this week as part of a developing program to encourage students from the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central high school (ITC) to seek pathways to college and careers in…

Campus & Community

New Seating in Hendricks Chapel Will Accommodate Growth and Enhance Accessibility

Wednesday, July 31, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Recent renovations to Hendricks Chapel continue to make history. In February, People’s Place Café celebrated a grand reopening with a renewed interior and updated menu. In May, central air conditioning was turned on in the main chapel for the first…

STEM

Black Moon Event Bridges Fiction, Mythology and Science

Wednesday, July 31, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

For those looking up at the sky tonight in North America, you may notice something missing – the moon! That’s because July 31 marks a lunar event called the “black moon” which is the second new moon that happens in…

STEM

Mechanical Engineering Students Partner With Millennium Engineering to Build Drone Ground Station

Tuesday, July 30, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

While still undergraduate students, Kyle Hobart ’19, Julia Telesca ’19, Jacklyn Hingre ’19, Veronica Diaz Lafferty ’19 and Nathan Johnson ’19 were already working with an international company—Millennium Engineering. For their senior design project, the team took on the task…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Review Student Housing to Better Support Student Experience

Tuesday, July 30, 2019, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Guided by student input, throughout the 2019-20 academic year, Syracuse University will conduct a holistic review of its student housing to better understand residential options and determine future needs in support of enriching the student experience. Representatives from the Division…