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The Spark

Monday, December 12, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

BEACH CLOSED. NO SWIMMING. CONTAMINATED WATER. Growing up on Long Island Sound, Kristin Angello ’99 was frequently disappointed by these words. Every summer, sewage and toxic runoff from city streets transformed her summer hangout into a polluted mess. Fortunately, the…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Elected to Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Monday, December 5, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud has added an important, new leadership role to his portfolio. He has been elected as a commissioner of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). Chancellor Syverud’s three-year term will begin Jan. 1….

Business & Economy

Newhouse Alum Lands NBA Position

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Keith Kobland

A Newhouse School alumnus who was once named to Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list has landed a job in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Alex Kline ’16 has always set and achieved lofty goals, having created The Recruiting Scoop…

Campus & Community

Wellness Survey Results Provide Insights, Direction to Programming

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Nearly 1,600 faculty and staff responded to a recent wellness survey and provided valuable input into wellness habits and interests. The survey also identified areas of need as the University seeks to help faculty and staff maximize their well-being. Work…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Turns #GivingTuesday into #GivingCUSEday

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By News Staff

Celebrated today—the Tuesday following Thanksgiving—#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving. Because Syracuse University holds such a special place in many hearts, Syracuse University is turning this day of giving into #GivingCUSEday.

STEM

Stanford’s Carla Shatz to Deliver Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture Dec. 8

Wednesday, November 23, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by world-renowned neurobiologist Carla Shatz. A professor of biology and neurobiology at Stanford University, Shatz will deliver this year’s Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities titled…

Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

SOE Alumna Appointed to President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Thursday, November 17, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

President Barack Obama has announced his intention appoint Rebecca S. Salon MS ’75, PhD ’01 (Special Education), to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID). Salon is project director for the LEAD Center. Led by National Disability Institute with…

Campus & Community

Eastside Neighbors Lecture on Nov. 20 Will Focus on Lockerbie Tragedy

Tuesday, November 15, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Westcott Community Center will host “The Lockerbie Tragedy: 28 Years Later,” a presentation by Judy O’Rourke ’75, G’10 on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.m. at the center, 826 Euclid Ave. The event is part of the center’s Eastside…

Campus & Community

Human Resources Creates Benefits Advisory Council to Advance One University Goals

Friday, November 11, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced the members of the University’s new Benefits Advisory Council. Born out of conversations with faculty and staff over the last year, including campus community members attending the chief human resources officer’s open office hours, the council…