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Survey to Assess Faculty Satisfaction
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…
Bond Receives CAREER Award to Investigate a Niche for Biomass
Renewable, bio-based products may offer many benefits ranging from decreased greenhouse gas emissions to improved domestic energy security. However, despite growing interest in replacing fossil resources with renewable alternatives, biomass refining industries, particularly those producing biofuels, have struggled to compete with…
‘The Lubin Legacy: Celebrating 50 Years at the Joseph I. Lubin House’
In 1965, the Syracuse University Board of Trustees met for the first time at Lubin House, 11 East 61st St., New York City. Joseph I. Lubin, a New York philanthropist had risen from an impoverished childhood in Brooklyn to become…
Progress Continues on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education, Advocacy
In January, the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy met with Chancellor Kent Syverud and Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz to share their findings, recommendations and emerging themes as outlined in…
National Wildlife Federation President and CEO to Speak at Maxwell
Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation and a 2006 M.P.A. graduate of the Maxwell School, will deliver the next Tanner Lecture on Ethics, Citizenship and Public Responsibility on Monday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. in Maxwell…
Physicist Jedidah Isler Named TED Fellow
Leave it to Jedidah Isler to make an astronomical impact. In December, the astrophysicist was named a TED Fellow for the Class of 2015. Next month, she travels to Vancouver to join 20 other fellows and the TED community at…
Progress Report: Student Concerns
Amid the long-term strategic planning happening across campus, several members of Chancellor Syverud’s Executive Team continue to work with faculty and staff to take action on critical issues raised last semester by students. The Chancellor has directed his team to…
Working Group to Assess SA, GSO Concerns on Free Speech
In response to resolutions passed last fall by Syracuse University’s Student Association and Graduate Student Organization, Chancellor Syverud has created a working group to consider revisions to the University’s Computer and Electronic Policy that will address concerns regarding free speech…
Q & A with Special Assistant to the Chancellor Bea González
Chancellor Syverud recently named University College Dean Bea González and Barry L. Wells special assistants to the Chancellor. Syracuse University News sat down with González to discuss her expanded role and to check in on the progress being made to…
Electronic Media Communications up for More Emmy Awards
Syracuse University’s Electronic Media Communications (EMC) has received three Emmy nominations from the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Documentaries “The Book of Saunders” and “Frank Langella: An Actor’s Actor” each received a…