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Arts & Culture

‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ Starts Feb. 25 at Syracuse Stage

Monday, February 23, 2015, By News Staff

In this award-winning classic about the universal struggle for human dignity, a black man in apartheid-era South Africa tries to overcome oppressive work regulations to support his family.

Arts & Culture

Fashion Curator, Author Amy de la Haye to Present Lectures

Monday, February 16, 2015, By Erica Blust

Curator and author Amy de la Haye, the Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Dress History and Curatorship at the London College of Fashion, will present two free, public lectures and book signings as part of her weeklong residency at the Sue…

Campus & Community

Survey to Assess Faculty Satisfaction

Monday, February 16, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University is joining peer institutions in this year’s administration of a national survey on faculty job satisfaction in order to assess and, where necessary, make improvements in the faculty experience. The survey was created and is administered by the…

STEM

Nangia Awarded CAREER Grant to Break Barriers in Treating Alzheimer’s

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The 2014 report from the Alzheimer’s Association shows that there are more than 5 million people living with Alzheimer’s in America, which is expected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars in caregiving this year. But treatment of diseases like…

STEM

Project ENABLE’s New Site Extends Information to More Librarians

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Public and academic librarians across the United States now have a comprehensive, easily accessible, hands-on informational resource to help them increase their competence and confidence to provide high-quality services to people with disabilities. Project ENABLE (Expanding Nondiscriminatory Access By Libraries Everywhere)…

Business & Economy

Syracuse Scholar: Timothy O’Connell

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By News Staff

A first-year M.B.A. candidate at the Whitman School of Management, Timothy O’Connell recently secured a position in the Bloomberg Hall of Fame by being one of the top five scorers in the country on the Bloomberg Aptitude Test. As a long distance runner,…

Arts & Culture

Three Seniors Named YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholars

Monday, February 9, 2015, By Erica Blust

Three Syracuse University seniors have been named 2015 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholars, an honor that includes a $5,000 scholarship. Kate Johnson, a public relations major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; David Kern, an advertising and…

STEM

Maroo Receives CAREER Grant to Investigate Cooling Next-Gen Tech

Friday, February 6, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

As technology advances to meet our ever-growing needs, the size of our electronics is decreasing while their performance is increasing. Computer chips are a good example of this. We want them to be small, yet capable of faster processing speeds….

Campus & Community

Residence Hall Association Aims to Enhance Living Experience

Friday, January 30, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The Residence Hall Association (RHA) wants to make small changes in the residence halls that will make living there a more pleasant experience for students. They have launched a new project to achieve this called Enhance My Living Experience. “It…

Media, Law & Policy

Does Citizenship Require Sacrifice?

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By News Staff

The Maxwell School’s State of Democracy Lecture will feature a provocative conversation among four faculty members on the rights, responsibilities and obligations of citizens. Is voting the primary responsibility of citizens in a democracy, or are citizens obligated to engage…