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Humanities Center Offers Spring Symposia
The Humanities Center will bring several renowned scholars to campus this semester to explore a wide range of contemporary issues. “This year’s HC Spring Symposia bring people and ideas into dialog with one another, not only across the humanist disciplines…
Endowment to Support Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures
When he arrived on the Syracuse University campus in 1988, he was chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL). Today, Harold G. Jones is an emeritus professor of Spanish, a philanthropist and, most recently, the man responsible…
Hougland Awarded Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
Advocates fighting to combat Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a rare genetic disorder that affects between one in 25,000 and one in 10,000 live births, now have a Syracuse University (SU) chemist in their corner. James Hougland, assistant professor of chemistry in…
Four Professors Receive Prestigious CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation
Four professors in The College of Arts and Sciences have received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards—the highest honor given by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of early-career development activities of teacher-scholars. The recipients are Arindam “Ari” Chakraborty…
FNSSI to Hold Open House
The Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) in The College of Arts and Sciences will open its doors in February as it hosts one of two open houses aimed at educating prospective students about the institute’s programs and the…
Article by SU Biologist Reveals When It Pays to Be a Lover, a Fighter, or Both
A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has determined that, during reproduction, a male animal can be a lover, a fighter, or both. Stefan Lüpold, a research assistant professor specializing in behavioral ecology and sexual selection in animals,…
Janklow Arts Leadership Program to Award Professional Development Opportunity
In collaboration with Webb Management Services, a provider of development, planning and consulting services for arts organizations and facilities, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program in The College of Arts and Sciences will award a professional development opportunity to one or…
Ray Smith Symposium Focuses on Commodification, Aesthetics of South Asian Folk Art
The commodification of South Asia folk art, including Mithila paintings by women from Northern India and parts of Nepal, is the focus of an upcoming Ray Smith Symposium.
Registration for International Physics Conference to Begin Feb. 3
The Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences will begin registering attendees for PAVI14—an international conference in modern nuclear physics, occurring every 2-3 years—on Feb. 3. Aimed at scientists, teachers and students in physics and related fields,…
Myrna García-Calderón Wins Puerto Rican PEN Club Award
A professor in The College of Arts and Sciences was among the winners at the Puerto Rican PEN Club awards ceremony, recently held at the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan. Myrna García-Calderón, associate professor of Spanish in…