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Application Period Opens for 10th Annual Winston Fisher Seminar

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

It’s only the second month of the new academic year and already the College of Arts and Sciences is busily preparing for the 10th annual Winston Fisher Seminar, a weeklong immersion program timed to coincide with spring break 2015. Named…

Phi Beta Sigma Hosts Annual Women of Distinction Event

Wednesday, October 8, 2014, By Shannon Andre

On Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Theta Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., hosts the fourth annual Women of Distinction event in Goldstein Auditorium at 7:14 p.m. This year’s panelists include reality and television star Alani “LaLa” Anthony, Primetime…

Three Will Be Honored with George Arents Award at Orange Central

Tuesday, October 7, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Richard M. Jones ’92, G’95, L’95, Angela Y. Robinson ’78 and Donald Schupak ’64, L’66 will receive the George Arents Award, the University’s highest alumni honor. The award recognizes alumni who are pioneers and leaders in their fields.

STEM

Physicist Wins NSF Award to Advance Scientific Cyberinfrastructure

Monday, October 6, 2014, By News Staff

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to upgrade the cyberinfrastructure used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to search for gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time that were first…

Syracuse University Welcomes Patricia H. Mautino to Board of Trustees

Monday, October 6, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University is pleased to announce the election of Patricia H. Mautino ’64, G’66 to the University’s Board of Trustees. She was elected to her position at the annual Board of Trustees meeting held on campus in May and will…

Campus & Community

WellsLink Hosts 11th Annual Transitions Ceremony to Honor Class of 2017 Scholars

Friday, October 3, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, hosts its 11th annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 31, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The ceremony honors WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have successfully…

Media, Law & Policy

Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry Receives $177,060 from NSF

Friday, October 3, 2014, By News Staff

The Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry, based in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School, is the host of the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry (IQMR).  IQMR has been awarded $177,060 from the National Science…

Health & Society

R. David Lankes Writes About Being ‘The Boring Patient’

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Professor R. David Lankes shares a personalized, humor-filled account of his experience being diagnosed with and living with cancer over the last two-plus years in his new book “The Boring Patient.”

NSF Fellows Given Creative Freedom to Explore Varied Topics

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Ph.D. student Ariel Ash-Shakoor is helping create biomaterials that are better able to interact with human cells. She was one of three Syracuse University students in 2014 given a strong nod of encouragement to continue in their various fields through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Veterans

IVMF Announces New Community-Based Initiatives in Support of Record Department of Veterans Affairs Funding

Thursday, October 2, 2014, By News Staff

In recognition of the VA’s announcement of an additional $207 million for community-based organizations supporting homeless and at-risk veterans and their families, the Institute of Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is expanding its Community of Practice, community-centered…