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STEM

Grad Student Finds LIS Program Lets Him Combine Personal Passions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Three personal passions drive graduate student Taylor Davis-Van Atta’s pursuits at the University, and they triangulate the path he is carving for his future professional life through the study of librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Davis-Van Atta,…

Arts & Culture

University at Forefront of Creative Industries Management

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The University is home to four such programs that are highly interdisciplinary and lead to a master’s degree: the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the Audio Arts Program and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies.

Media, Law & Policy

Photographer Gregory Heisler Settles into a New Career

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

A few decades ago—when darkrooms and Kodachrome were staples of professional photography—a “hotshot” photographer spoke at the Rochester Institute of Technology about his extremely successful career. In the audience sat an eager young college student who worked up enough courage…

Campus & Community

Sarah Scalese Appointed Associate Vice President for University Communications

Monday, December 21, 2015, By News Staff

Sarah Scalese has been named associate vice president for University Communications. In this capacity, she will oversee the University’s Office of News Services, Office of Publications and the Office of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. In October,…

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…

Media, Law & Policy

2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship Goes to Newhouse Senior

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Max Darrow, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, is the recipient of the 2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship. The scholarship, which is given by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), was established in 2007 to…

Media, Law & Policy

HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…

Health & Society

School of Education Administrator, Educator Receives Prestigious Award

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

Kathy Hinchman, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Education and professor in the Reading and Language Arts Center, received the Albert J. Kingston Service Award given by the Literacy Research Association (LRA). Formerly the National Reading Conference,…

Arts & Culture

AMH Professor Teams Up with Oberlin Ethnomusicologist on Scholarly Article

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Amy Mertz

In their recent article, “Collaborative Fieldwork, Stance, and Ethnography,” Deborah Justice, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Fredara Hadley, visiting assistant professor in ethnomusicology at Oberlin College…

A Message from Chancellor Kent Syverud

Wednesday, December 16, 2015, By News Staff

December 16, 2015 Dear Parents: Over the last few days, many of you have reached out to me, the Department of Public Safety (DPS), or a member of the University’s leadership team to express your concern about the safety of…