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Campus & Community

Improved Inventory Management Offers Environmentally Friendly Solutions

Friday, January 22, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Operational Excellence Initiative Teams continue to identify opportunities on campus to improve the ordering and delivery processes associated with commonly purchased custodial items—trash can liners, hand soap and cleaning supplies—and streamline inventory management for making the processes more efficient and…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate in a nearly full Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In his nearly 25-minute remarks, the Chancellor provided a comprehensive update on a number of items, including matters relative to student life, academic affairs, executive searches and Fast Forward Syracuse. Chancellor Syverud has been regularly delivering remarks at Senate meetings to provide an update on key University initiatives. This was his first to the University’s governing body since the start of 2016.

STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Gabriel Smolnycki ’17

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When Gabriel Smolnycki graduates, his diploma will list his major as mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, but that won’t capture the full breadth of his Syracuse education. In addition to mechanical, he’s taking electrical engineering…

STEM

iSchool Awarded Continuing Accreditation from ALA

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The American Library Association’s (ALA) Committee on Accreditation has granted continued accreditation status of the Master of Library and Information Science (MSLIS) program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) through 2022. The committee found no deficiencies in the program and…

Campus & Community

Accessibility Training Classes Spring 2016

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

The University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced its new Walk-in IT Accessibility Help Desk hours. New this semester, the IT…

Health & Society

Low-Cost Tool in Fight Against Childhood Obesity: Water Dispensers in Schools

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Jessica Smith

Making water more available in New York City public schools through self-serve water dispensers in cafeterias resulted in small—but statistically significant—declines in students’ weight, according to new findings. The study, published Jan. 19 in the online issue of JAMA Pediatrics,…

Veterans

University Announces Finalists to Design National Veterans Resource Complex

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By News Staff

The selection committee has chosen three finalists to advance to the final round of the competition.

STEM

Students Can Highlight Research, Creative Work at Upcoming ACC Meeting of the Minds

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Biology student Alexandria Aruck ’16 engaged with students doing research outside of her field for the first time at the ACC’s Meeting of the Minds Conference last year at North Carolina State University. “It was an opportunity for me to…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Appoints Chairs to Lead Review of Hendricks Chapel, Dean Search

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By Carol Boll

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Interim Dean of Hendricks Chapel Samuel Clemence and Vice President and Chief of Staff Candace Campbell Jackson to chair a committee charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Hendricks Chapel and identifying the best candidate…

Health & Society

New Executive Chef Inspired by Travel, Street Vendors, Mom’s Home Cooking

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By Keith Kobland

One of the newest members of the Syracuse University community is also one who will have a great impact on students, or at the very least, their appetites.