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Health & Society

School of Education’s Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…

Campus & Community

Holding Tanks Installed for Carrier Dome Rainwater Project (Video)

Monday, August 4, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Huge holding tanks are installed outside the Carrier Dome, in preparation for a project that combines an age-old method for saving water, coupled with some new-age thinking.

Arts & Culture

Richard Gluckman Creates Lecture Fund in Honor of Former Dean Robbins

Monday, August 4, 2014, By News Staff

Richard Gluckman ’70, G’71 has created the Mark Robbins Lecture Fund in honor of Mark Robbins ’82, former dean of the School of Architecture. The fund will support an annual lecture in New York City by nationally and internationally known…

Campus & Community

Water Shutoff to Affect Archbold Gym

Thursday, July 31, 2014, By News Staff

As a result of the steam project on the exterior of Archbold Gym there will be no hot water in Archbold Gym from Thursday  (July 31) at 5 p.m. through Saturday (Aug. 2) at 5 p.m. In addition, the water…

STEM

Going Direct: Communication in a Device-to-Device Network

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Two Ph.D students, Chenfei Gao and Xiang Sheng, and their advisor Professor Jian Tang, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a best paper award in the 2014 IEEE…

STEM

Engaging Young Women in Engineering Through Project ENGAGE

Thursday, July 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Some of the area’s brightest seventh- and eighth-grade girls are taking part in Project ENGAGE. It’s an immersive week-long program that gives them an idea of what it takes to earn an engineering degree, and the possibilities once they graduate….

Lucy Mulroney Named Interim Senior Director of Special Collections Research Center

Thursday, July 17, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Lucy Mulroney has been appointed interim senior director of the Special Collections Research Center at the Syracuse University Libraries, where she has served as curator since 2011. The position was held previously by Sean Quimby, who resigned to become director…

Campus & Community

Electronic Recycling

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, By News Staff

Effective Immediately: A new electronic recycling agreement has been made between SU and RCR&R. This new agreement will allow the departments to dispose of unwanted electronic equipment for free ! Information and Instructions can be found here. RCR&R will come…

I-81 Construction Could Affect Commute to Campus

Monday, July 7, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A highway construction project scheduled to begin Monday could play a role in arriving to work or heading home. The New York State Department of Transportation will begin work on I-81 southbound, making repairs to bridge joints that carry the…

Campus & Community

Q&A: Rebecca Rose, Assistant Director of Financial Literacy and Education Programs

Thursday, July 3, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A Brookings Institution study released last week claimed that though student debt levels have been increasing at a fast pace for at least two decades, there is no crisis in the offing. The authors say that increases in average lifetime…