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Health & Society

With NYSSTLC’s Help, Heatsleeve Is Heating Up Prosthetic Devices Market

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Martin Walls

The last straw for Bryan Costello came one bitterly cold winter morning. Having lost part of his right leg in a motorcycle accident in 2011, Costello was now employed plowing driveways instead of working as a pipefitter for a nuclear…

Campus & Community

Live Virtual Conference: ‘Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web, and Technology Conference’

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

All University faculty, staff and students are invited to the Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference, a live, web-based conference focused on accessible media, web and technology, presented by the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD). The 20th annual main conference…

Bloomberg BNA

Disability Law Expert Kanter Talks Website Accessibility Case

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

A court case is pending on the topic, but many strongly believe that businesses must provide accessible websites for the visually impaired. This includes Arlene Kanter, a Professor of Law and the Director of the College of Law Disability Law…

Agence France-Presse

How 280 Characters Influences Twitter and its Users

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Twitter used to limit its users  to 140 characters. Now, the social media giant has doubled its allowed character count to 280 characters, changing up the landscape of the platform. For Agence Presse-France, Newhouse Professor Jennifer Grygiel spoke about how…

Campus & Community

Student-Athletes Mark Highest-Ever Graduation Success Rate

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University student-athletes have scored big with some recent numbers off the playing fields. For the 2016-17 academic year, student-athletes achieved a Graduation Success Rate of 91—the highest-ever for the University since the NCAA started measuring the rate in 2004….

Campus & Community

Maura Larkin Ivanick Appointed Interim Director of Advising and Career Services

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By News Staff

Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has announced the appointment of Maura Larkin Ivanick as interim director of advising and career services. The appointment is effective immediately. Ivanick brings extensive…

Campus & Community

Open Enrollment Resources and Office Hours Continue Through Nov. 10

Friday, November 3, 2017, By News Staff

Open Enrollment, the annual period when University faculty, staff and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, continues through Friday, Nov. 10. This is the only time of year when you may elect or change your…

Arts & Culture

New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from Light Work Collection

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work is pleased to present “New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light Work Collection.”  Selected from over 4,000 photographs donated to the Light Work Collection by former artists-in-residence, the exhibition highlights Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Takahiro Kaneyama, Sara Macel, John Mann,…

Campus & Community

Humanities and Sciences Intersect in ‘Water + Photography’ Event

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

How do humanists, artists and scientists approach a similar subject—water, for example—through their seemingly very different disciplinary lenses? This question is at the heart of a discussion that will unfold when four Syracuse University faculty members from three different disciplines…

Health & Society

Communication Sciences and Disorders Public Meeting Announced for Oct. 30

Monday, October 30, 2017, By News Staff

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University is holding a public meeting as part of the reaccreditation process by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of American Speech Language Hearing…