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1996-2007
1996
SU receives the Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for best demonstrating successful innovative faculty development programs to enhance undergraduate education.
1996
Stephanie Welsh ’95 wins Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.
1997
Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service creates Literacy Corps, mobilizing SU students to tutor local school children.
1999
Innovative WISE program is founded on campus to bring together talented women—undergraduates, faculty, and professionals—in the sciences and engineering.
1999
Eileen Collins ’78 is first woman astronaut to command a NASA space mission.
1999
Donovan McNabb graduates; goes on to start as quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
1999
SU establishes the Vision Fund to provide grants for faculty to develop creative ideas for improved teaching and learning.
2000
Marilyn and Bill Tennity Ice Skating Pavilion opens on South Campus to provide a venue for winter sports and recreational activities.
2000
School of Social Work, College for Human Development, and College of Nursing merge to form the College of Human Services and Health Professions.
2000
Professor Arnold Honig patents physics method in field of medical magnetic resonance imaging.
2001
Stephen Dunn G’70 wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
2001
The College of Arts and Sciences presents first Syracuse Symposium, a semester-long festival celebrating intellectual and artistic creativity.
2001
New York State Office of Science, Technology & Academic Research awards $15.9 million to a consortium led by SU to create the New York State Center for Environmental Quality Systems.
2002
New York State chooses SU as the site of the Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems.
2002
The Sporting News names Jim Brown ’57 “the greatest professional football player ever.”
2003
Men’s basketball team wins NCAA National Basketball Championship.
2003
Orange Grove—a reflective spot on the Quad—is dedicated during Homecoming.
2004
Nancy Cantor becomes SU’s 11th Chancellor and President.
2005
A collaborative Connective Corridor between SU and the City of Syracuse is announced.
2005
SU creates the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the first master’s degree program of its kind in the nation.
2005
SU establishes a center in Los Angeles.
2005
SU earns recognition as one of the nation’s “Colleges with a Conscience.”
2005
The Maxwell School renames its global affairs institute in memory of U.S. Senator and former faculty member Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
2005
Thousands of students and community members turn out for MayFest, an annual campus-wide celebration of student creativity and discovery.
2005
Number 44—worn by great SU running backs Jim Brown ’57, Ernie Davis ‘61, and Floyd Little ’67—is retired.
2006
Ground is broken for the new Life Sciences Complex, bringing together the biology and chemistry departments in the same location to strengthen teaching and research in the life sciences at SU.
2006
SU opens The Warehouse, an academic facility in downtown Syracuse with space for community use and artist support.
2006
SU opens Faraday House, a new center in the heart of London.
2006
SU earns the Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
2006
SU launches the Bandier Program for Music and the Entertainment Industries, the only executive track program of its kind without a performance requirement.
2006
SU awards the Chancellor’s Medal for Courage to the Syracuse Eight for their commitment to the principles of fairness and equality.
2006
SU hosts “Small World/Big Divides,” an international summit focusing on practical strategies for peace.
2007
Homecoming and Reunion are combined into one fall weekend.
2007
SU’s Burton Blatt Institute enters a historic partnership with Israel to promote disability rights.
2007
U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. dedicates Newhouse III.
2007
Ground is broken for the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center.
2007
SU launches The Campaign for Syracuse University.