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Arts & Culture

Creative Musician James Gordon Williams to Headline Local Events

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

James Gordon Williams, a creative musician, composer and critical musicologist at Syracuse University, will be the focus of three upcoming local events. The pianist is an assistant professor of African American studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences….

Arts & Culture

Professor Recognized by Council of Writing Program Administrators

Friday, March 6, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a national award for his work on large-scale writing assessment. Tony Scott, associate professor of writing and rhetoric, has received the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)’s Outstanding Scholarship…

Arts & Culture

Religion Faculty Earn Top Honors

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Three religion professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have received major research fellowships. Vincent Lloyd, assistant professor of religion, has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Collaborative Research Fellowship. He will use it to study…

STEM

Geologist Reveals Correlation Between Earthquakes, Landslides

Tuesday, November 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

A geologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has demonstrated that earthquakes—not climate change, as previously thought—affect the rate of landslides in Peru. The finding is the subject of an article in Nature Geoscience (Nature Publishing Group, 2014) by…

Media, Law & Policy

No Summer Break for Technology Commercialization Law Program

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

A team of students in the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) spent their summer working with entrepreneurs, startups and inventors to provide information on the legal and regulatory issues involved with bringing new technologies to the market….

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…

Arts & Culture

‘Inner Fish’ Author to Deliver Fall Milton Lecture

Monday, May 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Neil Shubin, a nationally renowned paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer, will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Shubin—author of the bestselling “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of…

March 21 Conference Explores Violence’s Impact on Children, Families

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Michele Barrett

The Department of Child and Family Studies in Falk College will host, “A Community in Trauma: The Impact on Children and Families.”

Arts & Culture

Arts & Sciences, School of Education Offer Joint Degree in Spanish Education

Wednesday, December 18, 2013, By Rob Enslin

In response to the growing need for qualified language teachers, Syracuse University is offering a bachelor’s degree in Spanish education. The program meets the academic requirements for initial New York State certification to teach Spanish in grades 7-12. The B.A….

SyracuseCoE 13th Annual Symposium to Address Urban Reinvention

Friday, October 18, 2013, By News Staff

SyracuseCoE—New York State’s Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems—will host its 13th Symposium at the Oncenter Complex in downtown Syracuse.