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Campus & Community

It’s Back … Election Day Soup and Bake Sale to Benefit United Way

Friday, October 30, 2015, By News Staff

Don’t miss this return appearance of the Election Day Bake Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Women’s Building! This is a major soup and baked goods extravaganza, running from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located in the second floor…

STEM

A Natural Curiosity: Biology Professor Demystifies Science for Students

Thursday, October 29, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Professor of Biology Scott Pitnick has an infectious enthusiasm for biology. “I was always obsessed with animal behavior and insects,” he explains. His long-standing love for life science has led to a soon-to-be-published paper with 19 undergraduate coauthors, as well…

Arts & Culture

MLA Past President to Discuss Humanities Advocacy Nov. 6

Thursday, October 29, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Ray Smith Symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a lecture on the role of advocacy in humanities education. Margaret Ferguson, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and past president…

Business & Economy

Whitman School’s MS in Finance Program Ranked #33

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s M.S. in finance program has moved up to Number 33 in the country, according to TFE Times’ annual ranking of graduate finance programs. The program was chosen from the nearly 100 universities that offer…

Arts & Culture

Mary Karr Next Author in the Raymond Carver Reading Series

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a reading by acclaimed memoirist and poet Mary Karr ’H15, the Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of Literature at the University, where she delivered the 2015 Commencement…

STEM

Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, University Dedicate Wheelchair Ramp for Holden Observatory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The moon and the stars—and all the universe—as viewed through the lens of Holden Observatory became accessible to everyone Friday. The University celebrated the dedication and opening of the new wheelchair entrance ramp for Holden Observatory in honor of Disability…

Health & Society

School Food Policy and Its Impact on Childhood Obesity

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Amy Schwartz has for many years studied the school lives of New York City children, looking at educational inequalities and school finance. Much of the work focused on looking at test score results but more recently Schwartz wanted to look at a broader picture of student success.

Campus & Community

Campuswide Survey Will Address Learning, Living, Working Environment

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Work is under way to prepare a survey in spring 2016 of all students, faculty and staff to assess the climate at the University and elicit data that can be used in developing a more inclusive learning, living and working…

Veterans

VeteransU App Helps Vets Adjust to Life at SU

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Charles Preuss had spent the previous seven years of his life with his head on a swivel. As an airborne paratrooper for the U.S. Army, his life depended on an astute understanding of his surroundings and the people in them….