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Communication and Rhetorical Studies Professor to be Honored With Prestigious Scholar Awards from National Communication Association
Charles E. Morris III, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and affiliated professor of LGBT studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, will be honored with two prestigious scholar awards…
BioInspired Institute’s First Symposium Provides Continuing Inspiration for Research Cluster Initiative
Energy. Excitement. Enthusiasm. Opportunity. Those words convey the atmosphere evident at last week’s inaugural BioInspired Institute symposium and the sentiments of students, faculty, staff, University leaders and external stakeholders attending the event to describe the research cluster’s efforts of the…
EES Professor Jeff Karson Explains “The Rings of Power” Volcanic Possibilities
Jeff Karson, professor of tectonics & magmatism of rifts and transform faults in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, shared his expertise in Hollywood Reporter’s article “‘The Rings of Power’ Showrunners — and a…
Three Juniors Selected as Inaugural Voyager Scholars
Three Syracuse University students have been selected as recipients of the Voyager Scholarship: the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, a new award for juniors committed to public service funded by the Obama Foundation. The recipients are: Ka’ai Imaikalani I ’24…
Syracuse University’s College Bowl Team Vying For a Spot in the Semifinals
As the final seconds ticked off the clock of their opening match on NBC’s “Capital One College Bowl,” the Syracuse University team of trivia experts—consisting of Sanjeev Uppaluri ’24, Zoë McCreary ’23, Emma Lambiaso ’24 and alternate Adam Schulman ’25—knew…
CUSE Grant Funding Moves Virtual Resilience Writing Project Forward
As a master’s student years ago, Lenny Grant did community outreach for his college’s writing center, working with a group of widows aged 75 to 96 as they wrote about their life experiences. Little did he know that he’d take…
Music History Students Receive Hands-On Lessons in European Music Before 1800
Students enrolled in the Department of Art and Music Histories’ European Music Before 1800 class in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) recently had the unique opportunity to visit Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to learn…
A&S Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Enhance Gravitational Wave Data Analysis
In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) observed the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime created by the cataclysmic collision of two black holes. The Syracuse University Gravitational Wave Group played a leading role in this…
Professor Emeritus Named Fellow of American Geophysical Union
Jeffrey A. Karson, professor emeritus of Earth and environmental sciences (EES) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an honor bestowed to fewer than 0.1% of members each…
Celebration of Life in Honor of Professor Sheldon Stone to Be Held Oct. 7
Syracuse University will hold a Celebration of Life service on Friday, Oct. 7 to honor the life and legacy of physics Professor Sheldon Stone. The ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and can also be viewed online. It…