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Annual Strawberry Festival Scheduled for June 8 on the Quad
Syracuse University’s annual Strawberry Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 8, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The Strawberry Festival is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to learn more about campus departments and academic programs and celebrate the summer season…
Stripling Elected to Board of Freedom to Read Foundation
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Stripling has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). She will begin her term in June after the organization’s…
Indigenous Student Graduation Reception Honors Students at Its 15th Annual Event
The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Native Student Program celebrated graduating Indigenous students during the 15th annual Indigenous Student Graduation Reception on May 5. The University’s Indigenous students earned 17 bachelor’s degrees, four master’s degrees, one J.D. and one Ph.D. It…
Poet Discusses Life With a Seeing-Eye Dog
Poet and School of Education professor Stephen Kuusisto recently joined Atlanta’s WABE radio station to discuss his new memoir, Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey. The work details his encounter with his first seeing eye dog Corky, who he…
Travel Ban ‘Slippery Slope’ for POTUS, Says Law Professor
“Lawyers call this a slippery slope argument. The slippery slope dominated the oral argument on the legality of the administration’s travel ban before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii. No justice suggested that a sound national security rationale undergirds…
The New Way to Successfully Crowdfund
Makana Chock, an associate professor of communications at the Newhouse School, recently spoke with The Week about the future of crowdfunding, and how some companies are succeeding in earning more donations thanks to evoking feelings and emotions within donors. “There…
University Conduct Board Applications Open
The University Conduct Board (UCB) is currently accepting undergraduate and graduate student applications for the 2018-19 University Conduct Board. The UCB has jurisdiction to hear and resolve cases involving students or student organizations charged with violating the Syracuse University Code…
26 ROTC Cadets Make Official Commitment to Serve
On Friday, May 11, ROTC cadets officially became the next generation of military leaders at the annual commissioning ceremony at Hendricks Chapel, signaling the end of training and the beginning of the graduating seniors’ military career. The cadets graduated from…
Bioengineering Seniors Team Up with Upstate Medical University to Design NICU Infant Sleep Monitor
Premature newborns often require special care from nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as their tiny bodies develop. Nurses want babies to sleep on their backs before they go home, but while they are in the NICU, Associate…
Scientists to Host Live Lava Flow Demonstration
What: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting and displaying explosive activity for more than two weeks. In one of the most recent eruptions, 1,100°C (2000°F) lava was seen gushing from multiple fissures, sending sulfur dioxide, methane gas and flames into the…