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Campus & Community

Healthy volunteers sought for research study on auditory effects of concussion/head injury

Friday, October 12, 2012, By News Staff

Individuals with normal hearing and NO history of concussion/head injury are needed to participate in a research study investigating effects of traumatic brain injury on the brain and auditory system’s ability to process speech information. Participants must be native English…

Campus & Community

Phase One of Connective Corridor earns award for SU and project partners

Friday, October 12, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The completed first phase of the Connective Corridor project has earned Syracuse University, the City of Syracuse, Barton & Loguidice P.C. and Onondaga County the 2012 Transportation Project of the Year Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) New…

Campus & Community

Building Digital Library Collections in Monteverde, Costa Rica

Thursday, October 11, 2012, By News Staff

You are invited to an informal discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 24, with Laurie Kutner, a University of Vermont librarian and SU alum (Maxwell G’85 and iSchool G’98) who directs the SU iSchool Costa Rica summer internship project. This discussion will…

Campus & Community

Meet the IDEA Connectors

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Entrepreneurship is not bound by one discipline.  In fact, entrepreneurial success often requires collaboration across disciplines and skill sets. In February 2012, Tory Gentes (SU ’10, Engagement Fellow 2010-11) was hired by Syracuse University as the Student Entrepreneurial Consultant.  Gentes’…

Arts & Culture

‘Tribal fusion’ dancer and anthropologist explore collective identity of the arts Oct. 18 at SU

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Rob Enslin

Event follows keynote address by undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this fall is “Memory-Media-Archive,” continues with a joint program featuring a dance performance by Donna Mejia and a lecture by anthropologist William…

Media, Law & Policy

As election season heats up, Democracywise is there to observe and report

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Political reporting students track local campaigns on digital news site Story by Newhouse student Meera Jagannathan If you’re unsure of where to cast your vote in this year’s local elections, look to Democracywise. The digital news project, produced by political…

Vincent Vater, former director of endowments and special programs, dies

Monday, October 8, 2012, By News Staff

Vincent J.Vater, 80, of Pittsford, N.Y., formerly of Horseheads and Syracuse, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He retired from Syracuse University as director of endowments and special programs. Vater was born Sept. 1,…

Environmentalist Bill McKibben kicks off 2012-13 University Lectures series Oct. 10

Monday, October 8, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Bill McKibben, one of America’s best known environmentalists, will kick off the 2012-13 http://lectures.syr.edu”>University Lectures season on Wednesday, Oct. 10. McKibben will speak on “350: The Most Important Number in the World” at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The lecture,…

Campus & Community

Class project survey

Wednesday, October 3, 2012, By News Staff

We are collecting data for one of our class projects. We are analyzing people’s childhood activities, as compared to their environment. Please take a minute to answer 6 quick questions. Thanks for your time! Website: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8ZC3ZSR Contact Person: Sophia Pevzner,…

Ocean rower Roz Savage added to University Lectures 2012-13 season

Monday, October 1, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ocean rower, adventurer and environmental campaigner Roz Savage has been added to the schedule of distinguished guests who will share their diverse global experiences and perspectives with the Syracuse University and Central New York communities as part of the 2012-13…