Whitman School of Management faculty member G. Thomas Lumpkin has been named co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ) by the Strategic Management Society (SMS). The announcement was made at the SMS annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Lumpkin, the Witting Chair of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises at the Whitman [...]

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to serve on the Department of Labor’s 15-member Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment, Training and Employer Outreach [...]

Jeffrey Harris, Dean's Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will speak at the seventh annual World Commodities Week, Oct. 25-27 in London. The conference examines commodities investment, commodity trading and alternative investment strategies. Harris, who teaches investments and derivatives courses and has an extensive background in market microstructure and [...]

Johan Wiklund, professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management, was presented with the Entrepreneurship Mentor Award at this year’s Academy of Management (AOM) meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The award recognizes distinguished service to the field of entrepreneurship in developing a new generation of academics and is presented by the Entrepreneurship Division of [...]

Jeffrey Harris, Dean’s Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management , recently reviewed new financial regulatory legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL). Harris’ comments were included in Shelby’s press release about the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011. According to the release, the bill will hold financial regulators accountable for rigorous, [...]

XL Projects will present works of the SUArt Galleries' exhibition "Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin" Sept. 7-Oct. 16.

Amanda Nicholson, assistant professor of retail management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been chosen as 2011 Undergraduate Professor of the Year. Joseph Comprix, assistant professor of accounting, and Don Harter, associate dean for masters programs and assistant professor of management information systems, were selected as 2011 Graduate Professors of the Year.

Mathew Maye, assistant professor of chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was a member of a team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory that won the inaugural Gordon Battelle Prize for Scientific Discovery and Technology Impact. The research team won the prize for discovering a new [...]

The Entrepreneur on Campus, a blog by Thomas Kruczek, executive director of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been named one of the 25 most useful and interesting business and entrepreneur blogs by Best Colleges. Kruczek is an entrepreneur who has started, grown and sold businesses [...]

The Syracuse University Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees is currently seeking nominations from faculty, staff, alumni and students for candidates to receive honorary degrees at the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Commencement ceremonies. Criteria for recommendations for an honorary degree include, but are not limited to, the following considerations: outstanding achievement in an academic field, [...]

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 [...]

Felicia “Faye” McMahon, associate research professor in the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University, has been invited to coordinate ”Many Faces, Many Stories, Many Traditions" at Le Moyne College, Sept. 25.

One of the most significant periods of Western theater is the subject of a newly updated and expanded book by Sanford Sternlicht G’62, English professor emeritus in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Five members of the School of Art and Design faculty in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will showcase their work in “Pliable Planes: Cloth & Beyond” Sept. 7-29 at the Design Gallery at The Warehouse.

The Newhouse School will host two events this fall to honor the life and teaching legacy of the late professor Bill Glavin.

Timothy K. Eatman, assistant professor of higher education in Syracuse University's School of Education and director of research for Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, has been selected to receive the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Early Career Award.

Syracuse University iSchool Assistant Professor of Practice Scott Bernard has been named the acting federal chief architect in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving with the Office of Management Budget’s E-Government and Information Technology group.

Donald W. Meinig, Maxwell Research Professor of Geography Emeritus at Syracuse University, is among the 229 leaders in the sciences, humanities and arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Two longtime members of the Syracuse University community will receive the Diversity Achievers Award from the YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County.

The College of Human Ecology and its College Research Center will host a book signing on April 15 for the SU and local community featuring the published works of professor emerita Alice Sterling Honig and professor of health and wellness, social work and anthropology Sandra Lane.

Syracuse University invites students, faculty and staff to the second annual Health, Wellness and Fitness Day, Feb. 23.

Syracuse University’s Healthy Monday initiative, in collaboration with the Sid and Helaine Center for Health Communications and the Lerner Center and with support from Newhouse School Dean Lorraine Branham, is asking SU students, faculty and staff to wear red on Friday, Feb. 5.

Novel agents shown to reduce growth of fungi by more than 80 percent.

In the spring semester, Syracuse University Library will unveil a dynamic new research and scholarly communication tool for faculty and SU researchers.

The Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced its 2009-10 fellows.

Jeffrey Rubin and his wife, Jennifer, have committed $100,000 over five years to the Raymond F. von Dran Fund.

"The Ivory Tower Half Hour," hosted by the Newhouse School's David Rubin, will celebrate its 300th episode on Nov. 13.

Karin Ruhlandt-Senge, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed Distinguished Professor.

Keith J. Bybee, a renowned expert on judicial legitimacy and court independence, has been named to the newly created Paul E. and The Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professorship at the College of Law.

The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at Syracuse University Library invites applicants to its Alexander N. Charters Adult Education Research Grants-in-Aid Program.

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Pulse will offer a special ticket promotion for the Oct. 25 Family Weekend performance by jazz trumpeter Chris Botti.

Faculty are engaging with Discovery Communications in the development of a landmark, 60-episode television series.

The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will celebrate the 60th birthday season of faculty composer Daniel S. Godfrey with a concert of works by the composer on Friday, Oct. 16.

Bilingual language mixing and creativity are the twin focuses of an upcoming symposium by the Andrew W. Mellon Central New York Humanities Corridor.

All members of the community are invited.

The Interdisciplinary Research Group in the College of Visual and Performing Arts is seeking faculty members from around Syracuse University to participate in a seminar on the theme of “Journeys of Interdisciplinary Observation.”

Professor emeritus of philosophy William Payne Alston, 87, died Sept. 13.

Researchers at Syracuse University’s Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning Communities partnered with the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development to develop an online collaboration strategy.

A celebration of the life of the late Hayden Carruth , acclaimed poet, critic and editor, is being organized by Syracuse University.

A research paper by Syracuse University biologist Michael Cosgrove, assistant professor in The College of Arts and Sciences, was designated as the Paper of the Week in the Sept. 4 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The University is preparing to launch its 2009 United Way campaign.

The Michael D. Veley Endowed Scholarship has been created to support undergraduate students at Syracuse University in the College of Human Ecology’s Department of Sport Management.

Inside SU is a new campus information resource and a companion to the new Syracuse University News website.

Syracuse University’s first Professor of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Cathryn R. Newton, sees the North Carolina coast as rich with fossils for paleontologists, marine archeologists and historians to study.

Totaling almost $800,000, the grant will be used to educate a new generation of science librarians by developing a digital curation curriculum.

Oldfield, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, died recently while visiting family in the United Kingdom. He was 76.

Luk will use the award to expand his study of a new class of water-soluble molecules that can spontaneously self-assemble to form new kinds of materials.

Stuart J. Thorson will be the first Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor.

Harvey Teres, associate professor of English, has been named director of The College of Arts and Sciences' Judaic Studies Program, effective July 1.

A new course teams Department of Sport Management chair and professor Michael D. Veley and senior instructor Patrick Ryan with a group of students to explore the history of the ancient and modern Olympic Games through in-depth exploration of Olympics sites.