Tag: College of Arts and Sciences
Syverud: SU's budget no longer in crisis
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 »
Ask the Experts: SU professors discuss process, implications of discovery of water on Mars
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 »
Student Association working with administrators to publish syllabi before class registration
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 »
SA holds assembly elections, Seedat discusses athletic fee
At Monday night's SA meeting, President Aysha Seedat discussed a possible athletics fee and the assembly held its elections. Read More »
Breakdown of the deans of SU's 12 major schools and colleges
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 launches new app features
Snapchat launched several new features for the mobile app, including a facial recognition feature that allows users to meme themselves. Read More »
Critically-acclaimed writer William Deresiewicz discusses liberal arts education
A critically-acclaimed writer discussed the importance of a liberal arts education on Monday night in Goldstein Auditorium. Read More »
Political philosophy conference to come to SU, feature world-renowned philosophers
Syracuse University will be hosting an international political philosophy conference from Friday to Saturday. The conference will feature several world-renowned philosophers. Read More »
Department chair at Syracuse University has fracking research corrected due to conflict of interest
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 »
Colleges, schools to host individual convocation ceremonies
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 »
SU's science departments use anonymous $1 million donation to update lab equipment
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 »
Ruhlandt’s background, leadership style prepare her for role as Arts and Sciences dean
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 »
Department looks to increase enrollment in new Spanish Education major
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 »
Karin Ruhlandt named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
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 »
College of Arts and Sciences sees renewed focus under Syverud
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 »
Many part-time faculty say they deserve better salaries, benefits
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 »
SU continues to maintain commitment to city under Syverud
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 »
Dean searches are ongoing at several SU schools and colleges
As the semester begins, several schools and colleges are looking beyond the fall and planning for the future. The College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the School of Education and Bird Library are all in the process of finding new deans. Here’s an update on how the search process is going for each dean. Read More »