Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) promoted seven of its employees on Friday, May 6, at the department’s fourth annual awards ceremony.

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety honored 10 of its employees, along with five members of the University community, at the fourth annual DPS Awards Ceremony, held at 6 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Drumlins Country Club. The awards honored the exceptional achievements of DPS staff members throughout the 2010 calendar year. Their outstanding accomplishments [...]

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has announced leadership appointments for the school's newly formed public administration and international affairs department, the international relations department and the political science department. All appointments will be effective July 1. Professor Ross Rubenstein will chair the newly formed PAIA department; Associate Professor John McPeak will serve [...]

The Maxwell School's interim dean Michael Wasylenko recently recognized a number of faculty, students and staff with teaching and research awards. Many of these awards have already been announced; a full list can be found at http://www.maxwell.syr.edu. The Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research will be shared by political science assistant professor Elizabeth Cohen and [...]

A blood drive for faculty and staff at Syracuse University is expected to take blood drive numbers to a whole new level as part of the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition between Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut. The faculty and staff drive, co-sponsored by the Division of Student [...]

The Syracuse University R.A.P.E. Center will host a series of "Take Back the Night" workshops, speakers and gatherings April 11-14. The purpose of the events is to end violence in the community. Take Back the Night is sponsored by numerous student organizations. Statistics show one in four college-age women will experience a sexual assault by [...]

Students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University and University of Connecticut will compete in the annual “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition. For the second year, the competition determines which school donates the most pints of blood to the American Red Cross. The SU vs. UConn Blood Battle, sponsored by the American [...]

Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been given the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his proposal “Patterned Biofilm Formation by Surface Design: Linking Structure to Physiology and Genetics.” [...]

“Ordinary Violence in Mussolini’s Italy” (Cambridge University Press, 2010), by Michael Ebner, assistant professor of history in the Maxwell School, is an analysis of the way in which the Fascist regime used political violence and confinement to rule Italy between 1926 and 1943. The Financial Times calls Ebner’s book an “excellent study” and “convincing account [...]

Political science professor Brian Taylor of the Maxwell School has written “State Building in Putin’s Russia: Policing and Coercion after Communism” (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

Associate Professor Soonhee Kim of the Department of Public Administration in the Maxwell School, co-authored a new article published in the American Review of Public Administration.

Jeffrey M. Stanton, associate dean for research and doctoral programs in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, has been named by Vice President for Research Gina Lee Glauser and Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina as the University’s first associate vice president for research (AVPR). Reporting to the vice president for research, [...]

Syracuse Stage invites SU employees to $25 seats for August Wilson’s “Radio Golf,” for performances on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m., or Friday, March 11 at 8 p.m.

Six Syracuse University faculty and staff members will receive the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence at a campus ceremony and reception in their honor on Thursday, March 3. The 2010-11 Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence honorees are: Edward A. Bogucz, Jr., executive director of the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems John Burdick, professor [...]

Protestant Campus Ministry (PCM) in Syracuse University’s Hendricks Chapel will hold its annual Faculty and Staff Sunday on Feb. 27. The service will begin in the chapel at 11 a.m. and is open to the public. A light luncheon reception will follow. All members of the University community are welcome and encouraged to attend. The [...]

Syracuse University raised $214,300 during the 2010 United Way of Central New York campaign.

Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Andrew Keith Doss has joined the staff at University College of Syracuse University as the veterans’ advisor of the University’s Veterans Resource Center.

Heng Yin, assistant professor of computer science in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, has been awarded the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his proposal “Binary and Virtualization Centric Malware Defense.” This grant of nearly $550,000 will support Yin’s research [...]

The University invites all students, faculty, staff, alumni and others to offer suggestions for the 2012 Commencement speaker. Suggestions can be made online at http://suspeaker.syr.edu. The suggestion site will remain open until March 18. The Syracuse University Commencement speaker is chosen through an annual selection process that gives students, staff, faculty, alumni and others in [...]

Spring Festival, the important Chinese holiday marking the arrival of the New Year, begins on Feb. 3. The Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) will simultaneously celebrate the holiday and educate the University community about it through a unique collaboration with an Honors Program class taught by anthropology professor Faye McMahon. The CSSA’s Spring Festival [...]

The Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics in Syracuse University’s College of Human Ecology wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of the community at large, improve eating habits and promote general well-being by making healthy food choices. Registered dietitians, working with seniors and [...]

Syracuse University Meetup offers an easy way to organize events and bring people together.

Students, faculty and staff who watch SU take on UConn in the Schine Student Center's Goldstein Auditorium, Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m., can also donate blood as part of the American Red Cross “Are you up for the challenge?: Give Blood” competition.

Three interaction design professionals are lending their expertise to industrial and interaction students participating in a charrette—a short but intense design project—being held through Friday, Jan. 21, at Syracuse University. The industrial and interaction design program is part of the Department of Design in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Visiting professional interaction [...]

Syracuse University Department of Public Safety employees voted on Jan. 11 in favor of forming a new union, the Syracuse University Public Safety Officers, by a margin of 33 to 3. A total of 54 staff members—full-time and regular part-time employees in the Department of Public Safety who are public safety officers, community service officers and [...]

SU employees are encouraged to generate savings for their budgets through the Staples Advantage program.

The Syracuse University Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) will be offering depression screening throughout October, Annual National Depression Awareness Month.

As of July 1, Senior Associate Provost Kal Alston and Vice President for Business Operations Jena Prideaux McWha will jointly lead the Office of Human Resources.

Central New Yorkers have a new way to keep up on local Syracuse University news and events with the Orange CNY Facebook page.

Thanks to a $10,000 gift from Professor of Practice Scott Bernard G’98, students in the School of Information Studies’ Doctorate of Professional Studies in Information Management program now have a flexible fund to assist peers.

Syracuse University's Ride Share program allows University community members to register with Parking and Transit Services and match themselves with people from the same area to share the driving responsibilities.

The University's 2009 United Way campaign has a theme of “Live United, Give United."

Syracuse University has announced the appointment of Claudia González as director of metropolitan admissions programs—Los Angeles.

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.

Campus departments that have student employment job postings for the fall semester should contact HR’s Student Employment Services (HRSES) to have their openings posted on the HRSES website.