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STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Gabriel Smolnycki ’17

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When Gabriel Smolnycki graduates, his diploma will list his major as mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, but that won’t capture the full breadth of his Syracuse education. In addition to mechanical, he’s taking electrical engineering…

STEM

Fake a Knee—Professor, Students Develop Device for Joint Repair Research

Friday, January 15, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When patients undergo traditional knee replacement surgery, the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint is replaced with one built with metal, plastic and polymers. Along with their natural joint, patients lose a certain quality of life. Risk…

Campus & Community

Travel Refinements and Further Training as Travel Team Reconvenes

Thursday, January 14, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

At the recommendation of the Travel and Entertainment Initiative Team, the University is taking the following actions to address the immediate concerns raised by faculty, staff and students related to the Travel Policy that took effect Sept. 1, 2015. While…

Arts & Culture

With Recent Retirement of Esther Gray, Team Will Guide University Lectures

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Since its founding in 2001 through a generous gift from Syracuse University alumnus and trustee Robert B. Menschel ’51, the University Lectures has hosted many of the world’s foremost artisans, authors, educators, designers, journalists, legal scholars, musicians, scientists, social activists…

Campus & Community

Pan Am 103 Victims to be Remembered at Dec. 21 Service

Friday, December 18, 2015, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The chaplains of Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will conduct a remembrance service on Monday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on the same date 27 years…

Arts & Culture

Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production—including intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer—and at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…

Campus & Community

Scholar Spotlight: Adeyemi Adediran ’16

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Adeyemi Adediran transferred to Syracuse University from a university in his home country of Nigeria in 2014. A philosophy major, he won that department’s Peterfreund Prize for undergraduates this past summer. He spent the summer volunteering at a community center…

Arts & Culture

Palitz Gallery presents ‘Painting in Clay: The Fired Landscapes of Margie Hughto’

Tuesday, December 1, 2015, By Scott McDowell

“Painting in Clay: The Fired Landscapes of Margie Hughto” at Palitz Gallery features new work by the internationally recognized artist as well as a selection highlighting her long and varied career in ceramic art. The exhibition is open Monday to…

Health & Society

Q&A: Nutritionist Jane Burrell Uzcategui on the Red Meat Controversy

Thursday, October 29, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

On Monday, the World Health Organization issued a report stating that processed meats such as bacon and hot dogs cause cancer. It also said that red meat “probably” causes cancer. The findings were drafted by a panel of 22 international…

Campus & Community

Phase Two of Connective Corridor Completed

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, By News Staff

Ceremonial pavers marking the completion of phase two of the Connective Corridor project will be placed at the midpoint of the route linking University Hill and Downtown Syracuse at a celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The festive event will include…