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Veterans

Tillman Scholars Applications Now Open

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By News Staff

The application process for the Tillman Scholars program, which funds education for student veterans and spouses of veterans, will open Feb. 1. The scholarship honors Pat Tillman. In 2002, Tillman, a starting safety for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals,…

Associated Press

University Professor Charles Driscoll on Creating Ice Storms in the Lab

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

University Professor of Environmental Engineering Charles Driscoll talks to the AP on new research to better understand ice storms.

Campus & Community

Registration Open for Spring Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people regardless of individual ability or disability can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for five training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

The Christian Science Monitor

Roy Gutterman, Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, on White House’s Relationship with the Press

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor for the article What Sean Spicer’s first news conference tells us about White House press relations under Trump

The Washington Post

Assistant Professor Yüksel Sezgin on the implications of a Turkish constitutional amendment

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Yuksel Sezgin, assistant professor of political science, wrote for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog an op-ed entitled How a constitutional amendment could end Turkey’s republic.

Campus & Community

Middle States Self-Study Asks: Are We Doing What We Say We Do?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Carol Boll

For the past four months, more than 140 members of Syracuse University’s faculty, staff, and student body have been exhaustively scrutinizing nearly every aspect of University programs, operations and services to determine how well it meets the standards and requirements…

Arts & Culture

Registration Open for Spring Art Workshops for Young People

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Erica Blust

The art education program is now accepting reservations for its spring 2017 Art Workshops for Young People, a laboratory school taught by art education undergraduate and graduate students dually enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and School…

Campus & Community

Reminder: Office of Civil Rights Representatives on Campus Today, Tomorrow

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By News Staff

As a reminder, today representatives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will be on campus to assess Syracuse University’s processes for handling of complaints of sexual violence or harassment. This is standard protocol: these OCR…

Business & Economy

AJ Damiano ’19 Wins Entrepreneurship Organization Regional Competition

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Angelo (AJ) Damiano, founder of student startup PowerSpike, has won the U.S.-Western NY regionals of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s (EO) 2017 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The competition, which was held in Buffalo on Jan. 19, is open to student entrepreneurs who…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Nominated for National Magazine Award for Article on Donald Trump and His Followers

Friday, January 20, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Acclaimed author and Syracuse University English Professor George Saunders is a nominee for a 2017 National Magazine Award (a.k.a. Ellie) in the Feature Writing category for his article “Who Are All These Trump Supporters” in the July 11/18, 2016, issue…