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Campus & Community

Thank you for Boosting the ’Cuse!

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

To all members of the Syracuse University community who joined Otto’s crew and made a gift to support the University yesterday: THANK YOU! More than 4,200 donors (and counting!) from all 50 states and more than a dozen countries raised…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Family Weekend Kicks Off Today

Friday, October 26, 2018, By Currie Murch Elliot

Friday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Oct. 28, family members will join the Syracuse University community to participate in Family Weekend 2018. Attendees will be traveling from across the world to celebrate the weekend with students. Families will have the opportunity…

Campus & Community

Benefits Fair on Oct. 30 Will Highlight University Benefits and Wellness Information

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

As part of the total rewards for working at Syracuse University, the Office of Human Resources will offer a Benefits Fair featuring a variety of resources for being healthier at work and at home. The event will take place Tuesday,…

Campus & Community

University College Hosts National Conference of Summer Sessions Providers

Friday, October 26, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College hosted the national Association of University Summer Sessions (AUSS) annual conference Oct. 14-16 at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown. Since its formation in 1917 (Syracuse University is a founding member), the AUSS has served as a forum for discussing…

Arts & Culture

Five Films that Laid the Foundation for the Horror Film

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

The term “horror film” first appeared in public usage in 1931 after the release of Tod Browning’s “Dracula.” But that doesn’t mean monsters and mayhem were not regularly seen on the silver screen during the silent era. Kendall Phillips, professor…

Campus & Community

Division of Marketing and Communications Announces Inaugural Student Communications Advisory Committee

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By News Staff

The Division of Marketing and Communications today announced the membership of the inaugural Student Communications Advisory Committee, a 16-member group comprising undergraduate, graduate and law students. The committee, the creation of which was announced in the spring, will serve in…

STEM

Accent Discrimination: Invisible Source of Social Bias

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

On April 3, 2009, an Asian American named Jiverly Wong shot and killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, then turned a gun on himself. His victims included an ESL teacher and 12…

STEM

Daylong Symposium to Highlight Life Sciences Research Nov. 3

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Undergraduate research in the life sciences is the focus of a daylong symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Saturday, Nov. 3, A&S will host the third annual Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Symposium in the…

STEM

Biologists Gain New Insights into Surface, Acoustic Behaviors of Right Whales

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Rob Enslin

In response to the dwindling number of North Atlantic right whales, researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have conducted a major study of the surface and acoustic behaviors of right whale mother-calf pairs. Susan Parks, associate professor…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Dana Cloud to Receive National Communication Association Inaugural Presidential Citation

Wednesday, October 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

Dana Cloud, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, is among a small group of scholars who will be receiving inaugural presidential citations from the National Communication Association (NCA) for “commitment to…