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Health & Society

University Hosts Second Annual Mental Health Awareness Week

Monday, October 2, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

From Oct. 2-5, the University will hold its second annual Mental Health Awareness Week. The effort is coordinated by a cross-campus collaboration, including the Office of Health Promotion and the Mental Wellness Peer Educators, Student Association, Active Minds at SU, the…

Media, Law & Policy

No News Is Bad News: The Newhouse School Will Host News Engagement Day Oct. 3

Monday, October 2, 2017, By News Staff

Ignorance is not bliss; no news is bad news. Now more than ever there is a need for truthful, accurate news to help the public to formulate their own opinions on trending issues and topics dominating society. To show how…

STEM

Acuna Launches Beta Version of Tool for Research and Funding Discovery

Monday, October 2, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Last fall, School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Daniel Acuna was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation titled “Improving grant reviewing and scientific innovation by linking funding and scholarly literature.” One of the goals of the two-year…

STEM

Invention Designed by SU Engineering Students Selected as a Finalist for the James Dyson Award

Monday, October 2, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Your favorite clothes may be polluting the world’s water supply. Synthetic clothing including polyester, acrylic and nylon fabrics release millions of microfibers every time they are washed. Even though they are too small to be seen by the naked eye,…

STEM

Syracuse University Wins $500,000 Grant to Support Entrepreneurship in Energy Innovations

Friday, September 29, 2017, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to spur regional entrepreneurial activity relating to innovations in energy and environmental systems. The grant proposal was one of 42 selected nationwide to receive funding under the…

Campus & Community

William Coplin, Marcelle Haddix Named 2017 Judith Seinfeld Scholar Awardees

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Carol Boll

William D. Coplin of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Marcelle Haddix of the School of Education have received 2017 Judith Greenberg Seinfeld Scholar awards in recognition of their outstanding work as scholars and teachers. Endowed by alumna…

Campus & Community

Athletics Staff Member Kelly Seubert Remembered

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Kelly C. Seubert, administrative assistant to Syracuse Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jim Boeheim, died Aug. 18, surrounded by her family. She was born in Buffalo and moved to the Syracuse area in 1966. Seubert earned her associate degree in business…

Health & Society

Registration Now Open for Fall ’17 Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for six training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

Health & Society

SOULscape Student Weekend Retreat Application Opens

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

SOULscape, a weekend retreat that supports students in finding meaning and purpose, is accepting applications until Oct. 2 at 11:59 p.m. Based on the popular campus conversations series Soulful Sit-Downs, SOULscape welcomes students from across the University to come together…

Health & Society

Syracuse Symposium to Present Historian Lisa Kirschenbaum, Artist Vivek Shraya

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Lisa Kirschenbaum will discuss “Belonging to the International: Gender, Sexuality and Communist Identity during the Spanish Civil War,” while Vivek Shraya will will kick off a two-day symposium titled “Embodied Beings: Exploring the Politics of ‘Queer’ in South Asia.”