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Health & Society

School of Education Hosts Student Group from Japan’s Kobe University

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

A group of students from Kobe University in Japan visited the University during the first week of February. The seven students, both undergraduate and graduate, and their faculty mentor spent a week with School of Education faculty and local school…

Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship Nominations Sought

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, By News Staff

Nominations are currently being sought for the 2015-16 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship. Every year, Syracuse University recognizes students, faculty, staff and organizations that have a profound impact on the University and the surrounding community through engagement and…

Arts & Culture

Poet Roger Reeves Is First in Raymond Carver Series Spring Lineup

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Poet Roger Reeves will be the first writer to give a reading in the spring 2016 lineup of the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, Feb. 17. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented…

Campus & Community

Author-Scholar to Explore Wisdom of Private Sector Models in Higher Education

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Carol Boll

Christopher Newfield, professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk titled “The Great Mistake: How Private-Sector Models Damage Universities, and How They Can Recover” on Friday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m….

STEM

University Hosts Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Rob Enslin

More than 100 undergraduate women in physics—some from as far away as the University of Maine and Rutgers University—recently converged on campus to discuss their changing role in the field. In January, Syracuse University was one of nine institutions to…

STEM

Gravitational Waves Discovery, New Carnegie Classification Underscore Research Excellence at Syracuse

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

From all over campus to all around the world, a momentous discovery in the world of physics was made known Thursday.

Veterans

Winners Announced in D’Aniello Family Foundation Business Plan Competition

Friday, February 12, 2016, By News Staff

IVMF Receives $1 Million Gift from D’Aniello Family Foundation

Campus & Community

Lil O’Rourke ’77, G’04, Longtime University Leader, to Conclude Tenure in Advancement and External Affairs

Friday, February 12, 2016, By News Staff

After more than 30 years at Syracuse University, Elizabeth “Lil” Breul O’Rourke ’77, G’04, senior vice president for principal gifts and international advancement, has announced she will depart the University in early March to become president of the University of…

“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…