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Excellence Personified

Monday, May 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) celebrated the accomplishments of its 2017-18 fellows. The cohort consisted of semesterlong Faculty Fellows as well as yearlong Dissertation Fellows and Graduate Student Public Humanities Fellows. Vivian May, director of the…

Voice of America

Talks Continue Over Ending North Korean Nuclear Program

Thursday, May 17, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

James Steinberg, a former deputy secretary of state for the Obama administration, recently spoke with Voice of America about the ongoing talks regarding the potential end of North Korea’s nuclear program. He discussed the relationships between both North and South…

Campus & Community

Enshrined in Language

Thursday, May 17, 2018, By Rob Enslin

When the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) bestowed the annual Gerlinde Ulm Sanford Award on Erma Martin in April, it marked the first time the coveted prize went to a non-academic. Which is just fine with Gail Bulman G’96, the award’s founder….

Campus & Community

Student-Athletes’ Success Reflected in NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate

Wednesday, May 16, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Each program at Syracuse surpassed the minimum standard of 930 (a perfect score is 1,000) and, in combining the program numbers, the University earned the highest four-year average since tracking the APR began.

Campus & Community

Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, May 16

Monday, May 14, 2018, By News Staff

The Syracuse University American Red Cross Club and the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will host a blood drive on Wednesday, May 16 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center….

Campus & Community

Five New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees

Monday, May 14, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has announced the election of five new members to its Board of Trustees. The new members include alumni Harold “Hal” Fetner ’83 and Elisabeth “Lisa” Fontenelli ’86, and Michael A. Newhouse, Jeffrey Scruggs and David N. Watson, all…

Media, Law & Policy

Summit to Showcase Innovative Uses of Government Data

Friday, May 11, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), the City of Syracuse, and the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany are joining together to offer the Upstate Data Summit at Syracuse University in June. The one-day event, planned for…

Poynter

Without Context, Fact Checking Becomes Moot

Friday, May 11, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Fact checking is key to all publications in order to inform the public to the best of their abilities. However, according to research from Maxwell professor Emily Thorson, fact checking may take a backseat if the audience does not fully…

Campus & Community

Dean, Faculty and Student Representatives Play Important Role with Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees

Friday, May 11, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has announced that two students have been named as representatives to the Board of Trustees. Ghufran Salih ’20 and Emma Peca ’21 were named as undergraduate student representatives to the Board. Salih, the incoming Student Association president, and…

Campus & Community

Tammy Hong, Justine Paul Named 2018 Seinfeld Scholars

Thursday, May 10, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Each year Syracuse University honors the talents of outstanding faculty or students through a program made possible by a generous gift from Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, a distinguished  alumna of Syracuse University and member of the University’s Board of Trustees.