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Memorial to Celebrate Dean Lorraine Branham Will Be May 9

Monday, April 29, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University will host a formal memorial on Thursday, May 9, to honor the life, legacy and tremendous contributions of Dean Lorraine Branham. The memorial will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Hendricks Chapel and feature remarks by Chancellor Kent Syverud,…

Campus & Community

Ten Tons of Love: Call for Donations

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Gabrielle Lake

The annual Ten Tons of Love collection drive will begin this Friday, May 3, and continue until Monday, May 13. Once donated, these items support members of the campus and local communities. To support efforts of addressing hunger and homelessness,…

Campus & Community

Winners Announced for Go Teal Sexual Assault Awareness Month Decorating Contest

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Gabrielle Lake

Throughout the month of April, Syracuse University raised awareness surrounding sexual assault. More than 10 programs and events brought awareness to campus while highlighting the importance of educational resources and supporting those impacted by sexual and relationship violence. To help…

Media, Law & Policy

INSCT Welcomes Five National Security Experts as Distinguished Fellows

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Martin Walls

The Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)—a collaboration between the College of Law and the Maxwell School—has added five senior national security experts to its academic and advisory leadership team. These distinguished fellows—drawn from the upper echelons of the…

Arts & Culture

Conversations About Beauty: New Book by Dean’s Professor Harvey Teres Probes ‘Unseen Power of Aesthetic Experience’

Sunday, April 28, 2019, By Rob Enslin

People’s encounters with beauty is the subject of a new book by Harvey Teres, Dean’s Professor for the Public Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). “Conversations about Beauty with Ordinary Americans: Somebody Loves Us All” (Common Ground…

STEM

BioInspired Institute Brings Together Faculty with Related Research Interests from Across the University

Thursday, April 25, 2019, By Eileen Korey

Hiring of faculty is underway for the newly named BioInspired Syracuse: Institute for Material and Living Systems. BioInspired Syracuse (previously referred to as Bio-enabled Science and Technology) is one of the previously announced seven multidisciplinary research clusters that will bring…

STEM

Yona Lei Named Recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize

Thursday, April 25, 2019, By News Staff

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) has announced that Yongna (Yona) Lei, a senior majoring in biochemistry and minoring in philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the 2019 Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize. Norma…

Campus & Community

Academic Strategic Plan: Creating an Unsurpassed Student Experience

Thursday, April 25, 2019, By Shannon Andre

A core theme of the Academic Strategic Plan (ASP), creating an unsurpassed student experience is a priority for Syracuse University as we aim to prepare students for future success. The efforts to support this component of the ASP are well…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Director Shane Lavalette Awarded Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

Thursday, April 25, 2019, By Cjala Surratt

Shane Lavalette, photographer, independent publisher and director of Light Work, is one of 111 artists, along with 12 organizations, to be awarded $3.168 million in funding from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in its 2018-19 grant cycle. The foundation’s average grant to…

Media Tip Sheets

LIGO Livingston Detector Catches Binary Neutron Star Merger, Says Physics Professor

Thursday, April 25, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

Today, the LIGO Livingston detector and VIRGO detector captured another binary neutron star merger Stefan Ballmer is an associate professor of physics at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Below, he answers four key questions about the LIGO/VIRGO detection,…