Dulye Leadership Experience prepares SU students to triumph in tough job market
What does it take to compete and win in the toughest job market in decades? The Dulye Leadership Experience offers professional techniques, knowledge and networks to help 12 Syracuse University juniors and seniors successfully make the leap from college graduate to new hire. [FULL STORY]
Syracuse University quilting class builds community both within and outside the classroom
“Oohs” and “aahs” rippled across Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel Noble Room on a recent Monday evening as Candy Crider, facilitator for the Hendricks Chapel Quilters, unfolded the brightly colored, student-created, “learn-to-sew” patchwork quilt.
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Karin Ruhlandt-Senge named Distinguished Professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences
Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina.
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Tagging elephants was just the beginning of six-month odyssey for Syracuse University senior
Jamie Sherman may never again be able to watch Disney’s Lion King in quite the same way. Not after having an opportunity to live her dream—seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing, and experiencing the daily circle of life in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Syracuse University forensic science program featured in the nationwide Kids’ Science Challenge competition
It’s a classic “who done it.” The prize-winning brownies are missing and it’s up to kids across the nation to learn to use science to solve “The Brownie Caper.” The mystery is part of the 2010 Kids’ Science Challenge (Year 2) “Detective Science” category. [FULL STORY]
Sally Daniels, former Creative Writing Program coordinator, memorialized at Hendricks Chapel on Oct. 16
Author and editor Sally Daniels (Dike) and former lecturer in Syracuse University’s Department of English in The College of Arts and Sciences died October 5 at University Hospital.
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‘Fine Arts’ becomes ‘Art and Music Histories’
“What’s in a name?” Amanda Eubanks Winkler has been mulling over Shakespeare’s question since she assumed leadership of the newly re-christened Department of Art and Music Histories in July 2009, succeeding longtime chair Wayne Franits. [FULL STORY]
Syracuse University’s forensic science program receives major grant from the U.S. Department of Justice
The forensic science program in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences recently received a $912,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice, part of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Syracuse University physics department garners $4.5 million in federal stimulus funding
Syracuse University’s Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences has received almost $4.5 million in grants from the National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). [FULL STORY]
College in the News
November 5, 2009
Robert McClure, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and The College of Arts and Sciences, commented in the Examiner on the recent congressional elections for New York state.
Grant Reeher, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences, commented on the local mayoral elections in the Post-Standard.
Mary Karr, Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature in The College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air about her new book "Lit."
Research by Bruce Hudson, professor of chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, and his colleagues was featured in a SpectroscopyNow.com article on Raman spectroscopy and organic ferroelectrics.
November 3, 2009
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, director of the Middle Eastern Studies Program in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was quoted a New York Times article on political disagreement inside Iran about the proposed nuclear deal with the West.
Jason Wiles, assistant professor of biology in The College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a New York Times story on Islam, evolution and creationism.
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