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Campus & Community

Students from 22 States, Five Countries Get Head Start on College Life

Thursday, July 7, 2016, By Eileen Jevis

Students beginning their first year at Syracuse University have arrived early to ease the transition to college life through the SummerStart Program administered at University College. This year’s students come from 22 states and five different countries. SummerStart is a…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Steel Links’ Visualization Accepted to Cooperstown Exhibition

Wednesday, July 6, 2016, By J.D. Ross

When the 81st annual National Juried Art Exhibition opens next week at the Cooperstown Art Association, one of the pieces hanging on the wall will belong to School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Jeff Hemsley. The piece of artwork…

Campus & Community

John Wildhack ’80 to Become Syracuse University Director of Athletics

Wednesday, July 6, 2016, By Sarah Scalese

Wildhack, a veteran leader at ESPN, currently serves as the network’s executive vice president for programming and production, a role he’s held since January 2014.

Campus & Community

Citizens Academy Accepting Applications for New Participants

Tuesday, July 5, 2016, By Eileen Jevis

The Citizens Academy is now accepting applications from Onondaga County residents for its eight-week fall program that helps citizens learn how local governments work and how to get involved and effect change. The Citizens Academy is an interactive educational program…

Campus & Community

Yoga Foundations: Journey into Power

Tuesday, July 5, 2016, By News Staff

Yoga Foundations: Journey into Power Join us in July for lunchtime yoga classes taught by Wellness Champion and yoga instructor Laura Mikols, trained in the Baptiste Methodology™. Whether you are an experienced or new yogi, Laura will help you bring…

Media, Law & Policy

USA Today’s Upton to Take Position as Knight Chair in Data and Explanatory Journalism

Friday, July 1, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School has appointed data journalist Jodi Upton as the Knight Chair in Data and Explanatory Journalism, …

Campus & Community

Professor Accepts Yearlong Appointment at University of Ghana

Friday, July 1, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has accepted a prestigious, yearlong appointment at the University of Ghana in West Africa. Horace Campbell, professor of African American studies (AAS), will occupy the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in Ghana’s Institute…

Veterans

Student Veterans Organization Hosting Car Wash July 2, Volunteers Needed

Monday, June 27, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

The Student Veterans Organization, in partnership with the School of Information Studies, is holding an Independence Day Car Wash on Saturday, July 2, to benefit the organization’s events. The car wash will be held at the Goodyear service center, 3594…

Health & Society

Q&A: One-Year Anniversary of Nationwide Marriage Equality

Monday, June 27, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

June 26 marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed the right to marry to LGBT couples throughout the United States. Aaron Hoy is a doctoral candidate in sociology in…

University Senate Recorder Teresa Gilman to Depart SU

Monday, June 27, 2016, By Carol Boll

When Teresa Gilman took a position in 1977 as curriculum coordinator in the University Senate Office, she figured she would work at Syracuse just until she paid off her student loans. Nearly four decades later, Gilman has long since paid…