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Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This year’s Orange Central celebration features events for alumni, current students, faculty, staff and the entire community.

Democratizing Knowledge Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By News Staff

The Democratizing Knowledge Project (DK), a Syracuse University interdisciplinary collective of faculty and graduate students, has been awarded a four-year, $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a series of summer institutes titled “Just Academic Spaces: Creating…

Health & Society

Psychologist Awarded $400,000 Grant to Study Health Behaviors among African American High School Students

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Aesoon Park, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a three-year, $400,000 grant award from the National Institute of Health. A clinical psychologist and member of Syracuse’s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group, she will…

Campus & Community

Holiday Sharing Program Gearing Up

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

The holiday season will soon be here, and the Holiday Sharing Program is gearing up for another year of making the season brighter for dozens of local families. The Syracuse University Holiday Sharing Program pairs Syracuse University schools, colleges and…

Health & Society

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Power plant standards to cut climate-changing carbon emissions will reduce other harmful air pollution and provide substantial human health benefits, according to a new study released Sept. 30 by scientists from Syracuse, Harvard and Boston universities. The research shows that,…

Arts & Culture

Two Time Tony Award-Winning Musical ‘Parade’ Starts SU Drama’s Season

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By News Staff

Daring, innovative, and bold, “Parade” won two well-earned Tony Awards in 2000. The tragic, true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man wrongly accused of murder in 1913 Georgia, serves as the basis for a tender love story.

Arts & Culture

Religion Professors Publish New Books

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating new books by two of its professors. Gustav Niebuhr is the author of “Lincoln’s Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors”…

Fast Forward Syracuse September Progress Update

Tuesday, September 30, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Fast Forward Syracuse teams continue to gain momentum and add faculty, staff and students to each of the three program initiatives—Strategic Plan, Campus Master Plan and Operational Excellence. More than 500 people attended a Town Hall meeting with Chancellor Kent…

SU MakerSpace Is Open for Business, Will Host Open House Oct. 10

Monday, September 29, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

After more than a year of development and collaboration with students and faculty, Information Technology and Services (ITS) officially launched the SU MakerSpace with the opening of the fall semester. MakerSpaces, also known as fablabs, hackerspaces and techshops, are spaces…

Media, Law & Policy

Student, Professor Play Key Role in Groundbreaking Journalism Moment

Friday, September 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Irfan Uraizee ’15 and Professor Dan Pacheco worked on the Des Moines Register’s extensive editorial, pictorial and virtual series, Harvest of Change. As part of the series, readers can figuratively “jump into the story,” says Uraizee.