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STEM

Rick and Ryan Oddo—Two Generations of STEM and Service

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

All Syracuse grads are part of an extended alumni family, but certain members are actually related. Take Rick ‘86 and Ryan Oddo ’18 for example. In 1986, Rick Oddo earned an electrical engineering degree from the College of Engineering and…

Campus & Community

Gorovitz to Receive SUNY Honorary Degree May 22

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the State University of New York (SUNY) for his contributions to medical science. Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of Arts and Sciences, will receive…

Business & Economy

Do What You Like

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

At a recent career fair in his hometown of Troy, N.Y., Tom Nardacci ’96, advised high school students considering a media career to pursue a liberal arts degree. “It wouldn’t hurt them to take a business course,” he adds. Nardacci,…

Health & Society

Professor Sandra Lane Leads Efforts Linking Public Health Education, Social Determinants of Health

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Michele Barrett

A key to more effective strategies for improving health and healthcare, in particular for underserved individuals and communities, lies in educating current and future health professionals about the social determinants of health. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Alumna ‘Follows Her Gut’ All the Way to Oscar-Winning Screenplay

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By News Staff

Newhouse School alumna Meg LeFauve ’87 has made several contributions to the film industry in the past year. In addition to co-writing the Oscar-winning film “Inside Out,” she wrote “The Good Dinosaur” and is working on a screenplay for “Captain…

Campus & Community

Ten Tons of Love Charity Drive Seeks Donations, Volunteers

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The annual “Ten Tons of Love” charity drive will begin on Wednesday, April 27, and continue through Thursday, May 12. The drive, which collected more than 50 tons of usable clothing and household items last year, provides 3,000 families in…

Media, Law & Policy

Stromer-Galley Presents ‘Illuminating 2016’ Project at Tow Center

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley presented her “Illuminating 2016” project recently at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism, where she is currently a fellow. Stromer-Galley’s project is designed to help political journalists cover social media…

Campus & Community

Student Ratings Open April 25

Monday, April 25, 2016, By News Staff

Student ratings opened April 25 and professors want your feedback on class, to improve things based on your answering the student ratings process!

Campus & Community

New Faculty Majority President to Speak on Need for Academic Labor Reforms

Monday, April 25, 2016, By Carol Boll

Maria Maisto of the New Faculty Majority and the NFM Foundation will give a talk titled “Strategies for Combating the Casualization of Academic Labor” at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, in 107 Hall of Languages. The talk is the final…

Health & Society

Intern Seeks to Increase Donations, Traffic for Hendricks Food Pantry

Monday, April 25, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Megan McClellan will graduate from the University in a few weeks with a major in food studies and a minor in nutrition, both from Falk College, and she would like to turn those into a career working for a health…