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STEM

’CuseFunder Gives Donors the Chance to Fund Smaller Projects

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University has launched its own crowdfunding site, ’CuseFunder.

Campus & Community

60 Second SU: Movie Night on the Quad

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Quad is a space for many different things. People study there. They relax there. From time to time, you’ll even see a Frisbee fly through the air. But during the summer season, the Quad also becomes a movie theater,…

Campus & Community

Fact Sheet: Realignment of University Support Services for Students Impacted by Sexual Violence

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

Last week, the University announced the realignment of key departments to create a stronger and more integrated set of University support services for students impacted by sexual violence. Some students and community members have expressed concern about the realignment of…

Health & Society

Reducing Adolescent Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

A Falk College research team is helping Onondaga County identify risk factors that indicate when children and youth will cross over from the child welfare system into the juvenile justice system. The team includes CFS associate professor Matthew Mulvaney, the…

Arts & Culture

Professor Examines ‘Citizenship, Belonging’ in Arab-American Literature

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The changing face of Arab-American literature, particularly since 9/11, is the focus of a new book by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Carol Fadda-Conrey, associate professor of English and an expert in U.S. ethnic literatures, is…

Heat Advisory Issued for Syracuse, Hours Extended at Student Center for Relief

Sunday, June 1, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The University will be extending hours at Goldstein Student Center Tuesday to provide an additional cool space during a period of high heat and humidity in the forecast. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory for Syracuse and…

STEM

Scott Pitnick Appointed Weeden Professor

Wednesday, May 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Professor Scott Pitnick, a highly accomplished evolutionary biologist in the fields of sexual selection, reproductive genetics and speciation, has been appointed the inaugural Weeden Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The professorship, appointed by the dean, will support…

STEM

Rules to Cut Carbon Emissions Also Reduce Other Air Pollutants

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, By News Staff

Setting strong standards for climate-changing carbon emissions from power plants would provide reductions in other air pollutants that can make people sick and harm the environment, according to a new study by scientists at Syracuse University and Harvard.

Media, Law & Policy

Holodeck at Newhouse Part of Virtual Reality Storytelling Project

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Dan Pacheco, Peter A. Horvitz Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Newhouse School, has built a holodeck in his office. The concept was first introduced during an old Star Trek episode, but technology now exists allowing journalists an opportunity…

Campus & Community

Meeting of the Minds in the ACC

Tuesday, May 20, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

In a year of first-time matchups for Syracuse University as a new member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Stephen DeSalvo ’14 and Kelsey Monteith ’14 brought their game to another ACC first.