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New Vice Chancellor, Provost Welcomed to Campus

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, By News Staff

Newly named Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly addressed the crowd Monday at a welcome event held in the Milton Atrium of the Life Sciences Complex. Wheatly will assume her new role on May 16. Here is a video to…

STEM

Professor Creates Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund

Monday, March 7, 2016, By News Staff

A recent donation from Distinguished Professor H. Ezzat Khalifa to the College of Engineering and Computer Science establishes the Khalifa Energy Systems Award Fund. This award will recognize the achievement of a graduating senior in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,…

STEM

Nangia Wins ACS Outstanding Junior Faculty Award

Monday, March 7, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has awarded its competitive OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award to Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia of the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty…

Campus & Community

OptumRx on Campus Thursday, March 10

Monday, March 7, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s new prescription drug benefit manager, OptumRx, will host campus office hours on Thursday, March 10, to answer individual questions from prescription plan participants. No appointment is needed: it’s first-come, first-served, at the times and locations listed below: 8:30-11:30…

Dive into Issue of Food Waste with Screening of ‘DIVE!’ Documentary

Friday, March 4, 2016, By News Staff

Greenpeace SU and Students of Sustainability will sponsor a free screening of the food waste documentary “DIVE!” on Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The award-winning documentary follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Examines Continued Relevance of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ March 9

Friday, March 4, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences continues its spring series with a discussion about the ongoing relevance of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as a novel, play and film. On Wednesday, March 9, Kevin Maillard, a professor…

Arts & Culture

914Works to Present Work by Artist Tom Hall

Friday, March 4, 2016, By Erica Blust

914Works will present work by artist Tom Hall in the exhibition “It Could Be Paradise, but It’s Only California” March 10-31. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 10, from 6-8 p.m. The exhibition is free and open…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘Unnatural Creatures’

Friday, March 4, 2016, By News Staff

Light Work is presenting “Unnatural Creatures: Selections from the Light Work Collection.” Curated by Erin Carter, “Unnatural Creatures” features Light Work Collection photographers Kanako Sasaki, Laura Aguilar and Tony Gleaton, among others, whose images explore the strangeness of being alive….

Campus & Community

Spa Day Fundraiser March 5

Thursday, March 3, 2016, By News Staff

She’s The First is a non-profit organization which sponsors girls in developing countries to be the first in their families to graduate. We sponsor a young girl named Mbithe who lives in Kenya, and attends the kibera School for Girls….

University Lectures Presents Renowned Psychologist Dacher Keltner March 8

Thursday, March 3, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology and director of the Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory and the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, is the first speaker of the spring semester in the University Lectures series on Tuesday, March 8, at…