The 13th Annual Panasci Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises program in the Whitman School, allows students to pitch their fully developed business plans to judges well-versed in the art of starting a company and selling products. Read more »
Sarah Wick, a sports nutritionist, spoke Wednesday in the Life Sciences Complex, room 001 about healthy eating. Read more »
The 2015 Presidential Management Fellows Program named six students and alumni of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as fellowship finalists on March 26. Read more »
For the second straight year, Syracuse University partnered with the GAP to present “The Whistleblower, The Press and The Truth” on Wednesday night in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Read more »
Students taking the “SPA 200: Selected Topics — Spanish Immersion” course will be conversing with and interviewing Spanish-speaking immigrants and refugees at Syracuse’s Westside Learning Center this May. Read more »
Syracuse University is teaming up with the Government Accountability Project for the second consecutive year to present “The Whistleblower, the Press and the Truth” on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Read more »
Tina Nabatchi, an associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, assisted curriculum coordination for “Engaging Citizens: A Game Changer for Development?” a Massive Open Online Course on citizen engagement organized by the World Bank Group. Read more »
Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University’s interim vice chancellor and provost, announced Masingila’s appointment last Tuesday. Masingila has been at SU since 1992. She started out as a professor in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Education, teaching mathematics and mathematics education. Read more »
John Prizner has been appointed assistant dean for advancement in Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, according to a March 16 press release. Read more »
The Court will hear four cases, all of which relate to the Syracuse area, and will be open to the public. Arguments are slated to begin at noon in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom, which is located in Dineen Hall. Read more »
The iSchool hosted the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition this Friday through Sunday, bringing together possible recruits for cybersecurity companies. Read more »
Syracuse University professor Catherine Bertini and her students remembered the event by hosting a panel discussion Wednesday on the worldwide progression of women’s rights since the 1995 conference. Read more »
Professionals and experts in the areas of hip hop, visual art and architecture will gather in Slocum Hall from 5–7 p.m. on Thursday and 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Friday for a free-to-attend symposium on the intersection of hip-hop ideas and architecture. Read more »
At Syracuse, 538 veterans were enrolled at Whitman at the beginning of the Fall 2014 semester, according to the rankings from the Military Times. Most of these students are enrolled in an MBA program, either on campus or online. Read more »
Joanna Masingila has been selected as dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education, Liz Liddy, interim vice chancellor and provost, announced Tuesday. Masingila, a professor of mathematics and mathematics education at SU since 1992, has served as the school’s interim dean since February 2014. Read more »
School of Information Studies assistant professor Yun Huang has received a continuing grant to research reasons why people share public safety information on social media platforms. Read more »
The David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics will welcome its first class in the new Master of Arts program in addiction studies in the fall. Read more »
A new endowed professorship of physics has been established through a $1.4 million bequest to the department of physics, the College of Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday. Read more »
The Syracuse University School of Architecture has received the largest gift by a living donor in the school’s history. Read more »
The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University announced Monday that this semester’s convocation speaker will be Krista Canfield, vice president of corporate communications at… Read more »
College of Engineering and Computer Science
The College of Engineering and Computer Science has announced the return of the Invention and Creativity Competition, a contest to encourage engineering students to apply their skills to create commercial product ideas. Read more »
Computer labs 205a and 206 in Newhouse I were closed Tuesday night due to a sprinkler failure around 4 p.m. 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 »
Graduate students in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics said they hope a clothing drive they organized to support the local transgender community will continue to spark conversations about the topic. Read more »
