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Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.

STEM

Ph.D. Student Earns National Fellowship (Video)

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Amy Manley

Research by Elizabeth Droge-Young, a Ph.D. student in biology, has caught the attention of the American Association of University Women. This past fall, she received AAUW’s annual American Dissertation Fellowship for her continuing work with the evolving reproductive traits of flour beetles.

Campus & Community

Free Smoking Cessation Support Groups Begin this Month

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By News Staff

Quitting smoking is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Beginning in July 2015, SU becomes a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus. In support of the variety of ways that people utilize to quit smoking, and in recognizing that stopping…

Arts & Culture

Art Historians Make Publishing Debuts

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

December was a good month for the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences, as two of its assistant professors made their authorial debuts. Luis Castañeda, an expert on urban, visual and design…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine

Monday, January 5, 2015, By J.D. Ross

For the second time in as many months, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley’s book, “Going Viral,” has been recognized with a significant award in the field of scholarly writing. The Association of College & Research Libraries…

STEM

SU Florence To Welcome Engineering Students

Monday, January 5, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science will participate in a new study abroad opportunity at Syracuse University Florence for the first time this spring. A group of 12 second-year students studying aerospace, civil, environmental and mechanical engineering will…

STEM

Mehrotra Named Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Kishan Mehrotra, a longtime professor of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has accepted a new role as the department chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, beginning on Jan. 1. Chilukuri Mohan,…

Campus & Community

Photography Students Win Scholarships for Work at Fall Workshop

Friday, December 19, 2014, By News Staff

Two graduate students in the multimedia photography and design department at the Newhouse School were awarded scholarships for their work during The Fall Workshop at Newhouse. Jake Herrle and Alec Erlebacher were recognized for their work during the annual program,…

Campus & Community

‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Seeking Proposals for 2015 Conference

Friday, December 19, 2014, By Shannon Andre

The “Cripping” the Comic Con conference and comics convention is now accepting proposals for the 2015 symposium. The deadline for submitting proposals is Jan. 26. This year’s theme is “Game Over …?,” which will explore the various ways in which…

Candlelight Vigil for Pakistan Schoolchildren to be Held Friday Evening

Thursday, December 18, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The vigil will include statements from students and chaplains, an interfaith prayer, reading of the names of the victims and a moment of silence.