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Health & Society

Blackboard Ally Available to Help Faculty Make Digital Course Content More Accessible

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Gabriella Salkin

University faculty members have a new tool for providing students with accessible course documents. Blackboard Ally, an accessibility plugin, will be integrated into all Syracuse University courses in Blackboard starting in the 2018 spring semester. Faculty can request that Ally…

Bloomberg

Law Expert Banks Details Meaning of Trump Tweets

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

INSCT Founding Director William Banks recently spoke with Bloomberg Radio about President Trump, his current legal team and the ongoing investigation from Robert Mueller. They discussed POTUS’ recent comments, as his team’s assurance that he is not obstructing justice. “Its…

Arts & Culture

Expert in Russian Art Joins Department of Music and Art Histories

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Samuel Johnson has joined the College of Arts and Sciences as the newest faculty member of the Department of Music and Art Histories.  He is currently teaching the history of photography, but his research on the art of the Russian…

STEM

Driscoll Named Fellow of AAAS

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Charles T. Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS…

STEM

University Awarded $1.2 Million to Develop New Energy Saving Technology

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Syracuse University researchers have received $1,200,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). SU will partner with SRI International, a nonprofit research center, to develop a low-cost, high-accuracy sensor platform that accurately detects human…

STEM

SU, FBI Host Gathering of Stakeholders Involved in Biosecurity Response

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

The University’s Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD), Washington, D.C., sponsored a recent workshop on campus that brought together researchers, local, state and federal law…

Campus & Community

University Hosts Information Session on Public Humanities Fellowships Dec. 8

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Graduate students interested in applying for 2018-19 Public Humanities Fellowships are encouraged to attend an information session on Friday, Dec. 8, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in room 304 of the Tolley Humanities Building. The session, which includes light refreshments,…

Health & Society

Michelle Zaso Awarded Prestigious NIH Fellowship

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Amy Manley

Michelle Zaso, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship. Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism…

Arts & Culture

Ring in 2018 with Family-Friendly New Year’s Eve Party at Syracuse Stage

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage invites families to ring in 2018 at its first-ever New Year’s Eve party, the Ruby Slippers Ball. Immediately following the 7 p.m. performance of “The Wizard of Oz,” join the cast for a New Year’s celebration with food,…

Campus & Community

Student Ratings Opening Monday, Dec. 4

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By News Staff

Loved your history class? Have a suggestion for your art professor? Wish something were done differently in your biology lab? Let your instructors know! Nearly 80 percent of Syracuse University instructors use the feedback they get from student ratings to…