The “STEMing the Gap in Higher Education” panel featuring four Syracuse University deans discussed the campus- and nation-wide issues and advancements of the STEM fields on Friday in the Life Sciences Complex. Read more »
Khadijo Abdulkadir discusses her life as a refugee and as a Syracuse University student. Read more »
Syracuse University students have partnered with the Syracuse City School District and the Syracuse Youth Development Council to help reduce youth violence in the city's schools. Read more »
David Yaffe and Garland Jeffreys contributed their knowledge of Dylan's life to music critic Jon Bream's latest novel. Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud released a flood of updates at Wednesday’s University Senate meetingon last year’s budget, employee buyouts, student enrollment and other topics. Read more »
The Daily Orange spoke with three Syracuse University professors about the discovery of liquid water on Mars, what it could mean about life on Mars and what it means for future research about the Red Planet. Read more »
The Student Association is continuing to pursue its initiative of publishing syllabi before students register for classes. The organization has surveyed students of varying majors and years to present to Syracuse University administrators. Read more »
At Monday night's SA meeting, President Aysha Seedat discussed a possible athletics fee and the assembly held its elections. Read more »
Two Syracuse University deans announced they will be stepping down from their positions at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Here's an updated breakdown of the deans of SU's 12 major schools and colleges. Read more »
Snapchat launched several new features for the mobile app, including a facial recognition feature that allows users to meme themselves. Read more »
A critically-acclaimed writer discussed the importance of a liberal arts education on Monday night in Goldstein Auditorium. Read more »
Syracuse University will be hosting an international political philosophy conference from Friday to Saturday. The conference will feature several world-renowned philosophers. Read more »
The chair of the department of earth sciences is in hot water after failing to disclose a conflict of interest relating to his research on fracking. Read more »
Every college and school within Syracuse University, in addition to SUNY-ESF, will host separate commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2015 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Read more »
With the help of an anonymous donation of $1 million, the biology department and the other hard sciences at SU have an opportunity to upgrade and modernize their equipment for the first time in years. Read more »
Karin Ruhlandt said she understands that being dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, SU’s largest and first college, will require her to bridge the gap between the sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. Read more »
More than a year after the launch of a new Spanish Education major at Syracuse University, less than five students have enrolled in the program. The major allows students to obtain an undergraduate degree in Spanish and a teacher’s certification to teach the language in New York State at the secondary level in grades 7-12. Read more »
Ruhlandt first joined the Syracuse University faculty in 1993, and has served as the college’s interim dean since July 2014. A search for a permanent dean began in May 2014, five months after George Langford, dean of the college since 2008, announced he would step down to return to full-time teaching. Read more »
The College of Arts and Sciences looks to improve under Chancellor Kent Syverud and a new dean, who will be named in the coming months, after years of neglect. Read more »
An overall trend in higher education has shown that hiring part-time faculty has become increasingly popular. But while a majority of the educators on campus are not full-time faculty, many on campus feel adjuncts and part-time faculty aren’t receiving the salaries and benefits they deserve. Read more »
Several associate deans, professors and undergraduate students from the Undergraduate Excellence Focus Group joined assembly members of the Student Association on Monday to discuss concerns… Read more »
Many see Syracuse University maintaining its city connections created under former Chancellor Nancy Cantor, while developing fewer new commitments to the city under Chancellor Kent Syverud. Read more »
A biology professor at Syracuse University has been awarded a grant to increase enrollment and retention of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics… Read more »
Students from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications are taking their studies to the Big Apple for the first time this semester. In collaboration… Read more »
