The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center has announced upcoming renovations that will enhance the hotel’s style and comfort. It will be one of the first Sheratons in North America to sport the new Sheraton guest room package. “The renovations will make a great hotel even greater,” says General Manager David Heymann. “We're excited [...]

The Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center is welcoming families of patients in Syracuse hospitals to stay with them at a reduced rate during Christmas week. Under the Sheraton Holiday Hospital Program, families of patients can stay in the Sheraton’s guestrooms from Dec. 19-26 for only $69 a night. The program is an opportunity [...]

The Arlington County Bar Foundation in Virginia recently honored Syracuse University Trustee Hon. Joanne F. Alper ‘72 with the 2010 William L. Winston Award.

In January, UVP will feature “Asylum” and “Smoke” by Jeff Gibson.

For the convenience of our most valuable students, faculty and staff, The Electronic Publishing Center located at 001 Sims Hall, will continue with extended hours.

Maxwell School's Len Burman interviewed by Fox Business on federal debt and taxes on America's middle class

The Registrar's Student Records area, located in Rm. 106 Steele Hall, will
reopen at 3 p.m. for general business.

College of Law and Maxwell School's William Banks discusses Julian Assange arrest on Radio New Zealand

Due to the inclement weather the annual Carrier Dome Novelty Holiday Sale will be held again on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

Students! Want to know what Winter Carnival is all about and how to get involved?

A delegation of professionals from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and the Employment and Employability Institute will visit Syracuse University on Thursday, Dec. 9, and Friday, Dec. 10. At Syracuse, the delegation is interested in the design and use of adult learning spaces, use of technology to support adult learning and practical environmentally friendly and [...]

“Snow,” an exhibition of traditional representations of snow scenes as well as nontraditional and conceptual interpretations, will be on view through Jan. 23 at XL Projects, 307–313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse. The exhibition is free and open to the public. A reception and artists’ talk will be held Thursday, Jan. 20, from 6-8 p.m. in [...]

Enrollment Management will be conducting a staff retreat on Friday, Dec. 10, from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.

A $5,000 award will help recognize outstanding political reporting in tribute to the late Robin Toner ’76, who was the first female national political correspondent at The New York Times. The Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting will be awarded by the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, starting in [...]

Newhouse School's Brian Sheehan quoted in Voice of America on social media marketing

Martin B. Forstner, a biophysicist in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a prestigious, five-year, $795,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to further his research in understanding how the laws of physics influence the organization, structure and function of cell membranes in living organisms. The award will also support [...]

The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI) will host a holiday celebration and open house on Thursday, Dec. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m. to celebrate the completed renovation of the former Lincoln Supply Warehouse, now called the Lincoln Building. The event will take place on the first floor of the Lincoln Building, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse. Parking is [...]

Syracuse University is one of seven universities funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2010 ADVANCE competition. SU will receive a five-year, $3.4 million grant to ensure that women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields have a greater presence at the University. The University has underscored its commitment by pledging support during [...]

The first issue of the Healthy Monday is available at the health center and at various locations throughout the Newhouse School.

School of Education's Vincent Tinto quoted in Chronicle of Higher Education on graduation rates

The Office of Residence Life is seeking nominations for the resident advisor position.

The auction will benefit the Central New York SPCA.

For the second consecutive year, the Syracuse University School of Architecture undergraduate program has been ranked No. 2 in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the bimonthly journal of the Design Futures Council. The annual rankings are based on a professional practice survey completed by leading architecture and design firms, as well as responses from architecture students [...]

Here are the Schine Box Office hours during finals and semester break:

Twenty-four Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) students faced the wee hours of the morning of Thursday, Nov. 18, to travel to New York City as part of the MLB.com University Challenge, a contest set up by the iSchool and MLB Advanced Media. Twenty of the students, both graduate and undergraduate representing seven groups, [...]

The University Hill Corporation is holding its annual meeting on Monday, Dec. 13 at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center, 801 University Ave.

The Carrier Dome will be closed to walkers on a few days in December.

The Winter Break recreation facility schedule is available at http://recreationservices.syr.edu.

All Syracuse University faculty, staff and students are invited to a special Breakfast with Santa at Rachel's Restaurant.

Syracuse University today dedicated the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute (SBI), in Bowne Hall, a state-of-the art interdisciplinary research facility that will focus on research in biomaterials, smart medical devices and biological/tissue-engineered constructs.

Minneapolis Star-Tribune quotes Arts and Sciences' Joanne Waghorne on Hindu and Sikh temples in the Minneapolis area

Robert Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, has been presented with the 2010 Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology.

Organizers of SU Showcase, the campus-wide day-long celebration devoted to student research, discovery and creativity, are calling on Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students and faculty to help make the spring event an exciting forum for promoting sustainability.  SU Showcase 2011 will be held on Monday, May 2, in Schine [...]

The St. Thomas More Campus Ministry has announced the Mass schedule for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

The annual Carrier Dome Novelty Holiday Sale will take place Wednesday, Dec. 8.

Tickets were obtained courtesy of SU’s ‘Cuse Cares Community Services Program.

The Swedish Library Association’s annual conference “Bibliotekdagarna” will feature a talk by Syracuse University School of Information Studies Associate Professor R. David Lankes.

Christopher Kennedy G’88, associate professor of English and director of the M.F.A. Program in creative writing in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Syracuse poet says he will use the $25,000 purse to complete a large-scale work about his [...]

Helen Boatwright, a celebrated soprano and central figure in the history of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Syracuse. She was 94. Boatwright was a legend in American music, respected for her pioneering, critically acclaimed performances [...]

Syracuse University Library has announced the launch of its mobile web site. Optimized for iPhone, Android and Blackberry smart phones, the site can be accessed at http://m.library.syr.edu. Also, users who visit the regular library homepage (http://library.syr.edu) from a mobile device will be redirected automatically to the mobile version.   The new mobile site offers quick, convenient [...]

AP quotes University Professor John L. Palmer on federal health care cuts

On Friday, Dec. 3, the Syracuse University Office of Government and Community Relations will hold its annual symposium for about 20 local government officials and their staffs. SU’s student-run organization comm.UNITY will present about its communications work with nonprofit organizations in the Syracuse community. Megan McMonagle, executive director; Jackie Piccolo, director of community relations; and [...]

Robert Bogdan will be speaking Dec. 9 at 5 p.m. at Light Work in the Watson Auditorium about his new book “Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905–1935,” published by SU Press.

Eliot Fisk and Zaira Meneses, internationally acclaimed husband and wife classical guitarists, will visit Syracuse University on Friday Dec. 3. Meneses will give a lecture and recital at 3:30 p.m. in 308 Crouse College, followed by a lecture and recital by Fisk at 5 p.m. Both events are open to the public. Their visit to campus is sponsored [...]

The SUArt Galleries at Syracuse University invites families to explore the world of art on Saturday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 5. Children can participate in SUArt KIDS, an interactive art gallery experience that includes guided exhibition tours and art-related stories and activities. The educational program is designed for family audiences and was created to [...]

This year’s Remembrance Scholars will hold an information session on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Room 018 of Eggers Hall to offer advice on the Remembrance Scholar application process. The Remembrance Scholarship was established after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988. As a result of [...]

Special Collections Research Center materials presented in NPR documentary on George F. Johnson

Join us for HIV/AIDS Awareness Events this Thursday and Friday!

Alfred Balk, a magazine writer, editor and nonfiction book author, died at his home in Huntley, Ill. on Nov. 25. He served as an editor at four national magazines, wrote more than 100 magazine articles and seven books, co-edited an eighth and served on the faculties of Columbia and Syracuse universities. In the 1960s, four [...]

The Regional Holocaust and Genocide Initiative will present “Echoes and Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust” on Dec. 7. The workshop will be held at Drumlins Country Club from 3:30 -7:30 pm and is co-sponsored by the Study Council at Syracuse University and the School of Education. The cost of registration is $20 and [...]