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More than a decade after a deadly dorm fire at Seton Hall, colleges and universities continue to train resident advisors about fire safety. This includes the chance to see, from a safe distance, a dorm room go up in flames.

Syracuse University and IBM’s System z Academic Initiative co-hosted the zEnterprise Summer Seminar at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) earlier this month. This three-day seminar, held June 3-5, brought together IBM employees and college educators from across North America…

The SU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists is one of three student chapter finalists for NABJ Student Chapter of the Year Award. The student chapter winner will be announced at the association’s 38th Annual Convention and Career Fair in Orlando, Fla., in July.

L.C. Smith Associate Dean Julie Hasenwinkel and her colleagues are putting strategies in place to help keep students engaged and strengthen retention rates beginning this fall. Their efforts got a recent boost.

Once again, Newhouse students and alumni took home several honors in the annual New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association awards competition. In the college competition, two 2013 graduates in broadcast journalism placed. Perry Russom’s story on CoffeeVision took first…

Naming of Dick Clark Studios also announced at awards ceremony Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications presented seven journalism awards June 5 at the seventh annual Mirror Awards ceremony. The event was held at Cipriani 42 in New York City….

The art education program at Syracuse University is now accepting reservations for its fall 2013 Art Workshops for Young People. The workshops, which are for children ages 5-15, offer a variety of experiences planned in the University’s art education classes….

New findings by a team of researchers, including Earth sciences professor Robert Moucha, reveal how the Earth’s mantle affects long-term sea-level rise estimates. This is big news, says Moucha, for scientists who use the coastline to predict future sea levels.

In Ruth Sullivan’s kitchen, an easy, inexpensive, healthy meal is only a well-stocked pantry away. The Food Services dietitian keeps hers supplied with such basics as quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and sauces.

School of Architecture students helped design and build it, and now students at Jowonio school are putting it to the test. The brand new Play Perch outdoor classroom and treehouse was opened for use on Friday. Here’s a sampling of…