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Wang Selected for Junior Faculty Achievement Award
Assistant Professor Yang Wang has been recognized with the Robert Benjamin Junior Faculty Achievement Award, an honor that showcases the demonstration of excellence and originality in research. Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy presented the award at the School of Information Studies…
University College Wins UPCEA Award for Excellence in Faculty/Staff Development
University College of Syracuse University won the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Region UPCEA Award for Excellence in Faculty/Staff Development for its submission of the Innovative Summer Program Development Fund. The Innovative Summer Program Development Fund was created in 2011 in an effort…
Beckman Scholars Making an Impact as Undergraduate Researchers
When Jennifer Lawson’s faculty lab mentor recommended she apply for the Beckman Scholars Program, she wasn’t so sure. It was a boost to her confidence—and to her future—when she was awarded the scholarship.
M.F.A. Student Wins Academy’s ‘Most Promising Young Poet’ Award
Wendy Chen, a University Fellow in Syracuse’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, is the winner of the Academy of American Poets’ inaugural Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award. Chen won the award for her poem “They…
James Steinberg Awarded Prestigious Kruzel Award for Public Service
James Steinberg, dean of the Maxwell School and University Professor of social science, international affairs and law, has won the prestigious Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Public Service from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The award was given…
University Named to Campus Pride Top 50
Syracuse University has been named one of the 50 top LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, according to Campus Pride. Syracuse was cited for its LGBT Resource Center, which one student praised as “continuously friendly and inviting.” “We are honored to be…
Gerontological Society of America Honors Harrington Meyer’s ‘Grandmothers at Work’
Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer has been awarded the Gerontological Society of America’s Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award for her book, “Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs.” Harrington Meyer was one of four scholars honored by the Gerontological Society of…
Sociology Professor Looks at the International Student Experience
A recent jump in the number of students from Asia enrolling in American universities has led Yingyi Ma to her latest research and a purpose in thinking about the best experience for international students.
Rosa Leon ’14 Awarded National Institute of Health Research Supplement
Rosa Leon ’14, who graduated this past May with a dual major in biology and neuroscience, received a diversity supplement to Sandra and James Hewett’s National Institute of Health grant to support her research. This supplement will allow Leon to…
Going Direct: Communication in a Device-to-Device Network
Two Ph.D students, Chenfei Gao and Xiang Sheng, and their advisor Professor Jian Tang, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a best paper award in the 2014 IEEE…