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Health & Society

With NYSSTLC’s Help, Heatsleeve Is Heating Up Prosthetic Devices Market

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Martin Walls

The last straw for Bryan Costello came one bitterly cold winter morning. Having lost part of his right leg in a motorcycle accident in 2011, Costello was now employed plowing driveways instead of working as a pipefitter for a nuclear…

STEM

Exploring Evolution Acceptance for Better Science Education

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Understanding the nature of science is the greatest predictor of evolution acceptance in college students, a new study finds. With a minority of American adults fully accepting evolution, the fundamental principle of biological science, this research provides guidance for educators…

Media, Law & Policy

MTV co-founders, Now iHeartMedia Executives Pittman, Sykes to Visit Newhouse School Nov. 16

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

  iHeartMedia executives Bob Pittman and John Sykes ’77 will visit the Newhouse School Thursday, Nov. 16, as guests of the Soyars Leadership Lecture Series. They will participate in a Q&A with Bill Werde, director of Newhouse’s Bandier Program, at…

Campus & Community

Communication and Rhetorical Studies Alumnus Wins National Master’s Thesis Award

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Erica Blust

Ryan Bince, a 2017 graduate of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies’ (CRS) master of arts (M.A.) degree program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has received the M.A. Thesis of the Year Award from the Master’s…

Campus & Community

Bump the Mumps Event Takes Place Tuesday on the Quad

Monday, November 13, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University students are being asked to take the pledge to help “Bump the Mumps” during an event taking place Tuesday, Nov. 14, on the quad. Student health peers will be on hand to answer mumps-related questions, and students will…

Campus & Community

Committee Appointed to Plan University’s Sesquicentennial Events

Friday, November 10, 2017, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed a steering committee to plan efforts to mark Syracuse University’s sesquicentennial in 2020. The University was founded on March 24, 1870, and 2020 will be its 150th anniversary. The committee is a cross-section of students,…

Business & Economy

Celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week Nov. 13-17

Friday, November 10, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) launches Monday, Nov. 13, with Syracuse University and community networking events, workshops, lectures and competitions. The celebration, from Nov. 13-17, is the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. Its purpose is to inspire and educate ideators and…

Business & Economy

Invent@Su Info Sessions Nov. 13 & 14

Friday, November 10, 2017, By News Staff

Next summer, Invent@SU will return to transform undergraduate students into inventors as they design, prototype and pitch original devices. The immersive invention accelerators will be held on campus and at the Fisher Center in New York City. For the first time, the program…

Campus & Community

Giovanna Saccoccio: Critical Language Scholarship Experience Sets Direction for Future Career in Peace Building

Friday, November 10, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Giovanna Saccoccio is a senior majoring in international relations in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and in public relations in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Last spring, she earned…

Campus & Community

Students Raise Funds for Hurricane Victims Prior to SU-Wake Forest Football Game

Friday, November 10, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Friends, families and students at Syracuse University who have been affected by devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria will be doing their part to assist storm victims. A hurricane relief effort will take place Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Carrier Dome…