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Health & Society

U.S. Department of Education Awards $10 Million Grant to Launch National School Choice Research Center

Tuesday, July 17, 2018, By Jessica Smith

Maxwell School’s Amy Ellen Schwartz and scholars around the country will lead the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH). The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to…

Syracuse Views Spring 2018

Monday, July 16, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

What catches your eye on the Syracuse University campus—a beautiful shot of campus, a cool project or time spent on the Shaw Quad? Take a photo and share it with us. We select photos from a variety of sources. Submit…

Business & Economy

Kazaz Appointed Chair of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society’s iFORM Special Interest Group

Friday, July 13, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) Society announced at its annual meeting June 28 in Dallas, Texas, that Burak Kazaz, Steven Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, has been named new chair…

Campus & Community

Call for Volunteers: Syracuse Welcome 2018

Friday, July 13, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse Welcome 2018 is just around the corner, and the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is recruiting for volunteers. Every year, volunteers help welcome new students and families in a variety of ways. In continuation of this longstanding tradition,…

Veterans

In Their New Book, Larry Logue and Peter Blanck Analyze Military Veterans’ Psychological Wounds Through a Civil War Lens

Friday, July 13, 2018, By Martin Walls

The psychological after effects of war are not just a modern-day plight. For instance, following the U.S. Civil War, numerous soldiers returned with damaged bodies and damaged minds, but compassion was often lacking in their treatment. Published at a time…

Campus & Community

Erika Wilkens Named Executive Director of Syracuse Abroad

Thursday, July 12, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University has announced the appointment of Erika Wilkens as assistant provost and executive director of the University’s Syracuse Abroad program. Wilkens, who has served since last December as special assistant for global engagement to the senior vice president for…

Campus & Community

Mary Graham and Kira Reed Named Provost Faculty Fellows

Thursday, July 12, 2018, By Carol Boll

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele G. Wheatly has announced the appointments of Mary Graham and Kira Kristal Reed to serve as Provost Faculty Fellows. Graham is a professor of sport management in the David B. Falk College of Sport and…

Campus & Community

Inaugural Syracuse University Alumni Awards Celebration set for Orange Central

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By John Boccacino

Orange Central, Syracuse University’s annual homecoming and reunion weekend, is a special time when alumni and their families come home to ’Cuse to celebrate school spirit, catch up with old friends and professors, and honor our outstanding alumni. This fall,…

STEM

Syracuse University Establishes International Center on Information Fusion with China’s Xidian University

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University and Xidian University have jointly established an International Center for Information Fusion and laid the foundation for potentially broader collaboration between the two institutions in areas of mutual academic interest. The agreement follows a recent trip to China…

Arts & Culture

Band on the Run: Syracuse University Brass Ensemble Soaks in Spirit of Bluegrass State

Wednesday, July 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

When James T. Spencer, director of the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (SUBE), turned to accept the applause at the 2018 Great American Brass Band Festival (GABBF) in Danville, Kentucky, he joked to himself, “Now what do we do for an…