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Registration Open for Student, Community Participants in Sept. 14-15 ‘Call for Code’ Hackathon Focused on Using Technology to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Relief

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

On average, every day natural disasters will directly impact 80,000 people, costing the global economy more than $270 million. What if technology could help improve these figures? This is the premise of the global Call for Code initiative, a massive…

STEM

Dean Liz Liddy Announces Retirement, Plans to Conclude Tenure as Dean of School of Information Studies

Friday, September 7, 2018, By News Staff

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Liz Liddy has been a student, a professor, a dean (twice) and a member of the Chancellor’s executive team in her career at Syracuse University. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, and becoming…

STEM

ECS Leadership and Faculty Immersed in Diversity and Inclusion Learning and Strategy

Friday, September 7, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Faculty and staff from the College of Engineering and Computer Science participated in the Strategic Diversity Leadership Institute at the college’s annual faculty retreat in August. The intensive day-long workshop followed the completion of National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy by…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Announces 2018-2019 Business Plan Competitions

Friday, September 7, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

Building on last year’s successful track record when Syracuse University teams captured a first-place honor and won a total of five awards in the 2018 New York State Business Plan Competition, the Blackstone LaunchPad has announced a number of business…

Health & Society

Call for Proposals for Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By News Staff

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is proud to announce its inaugural Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program. The Faculty Fellows Grant Program will fund at least two research/evaluation awards…

STEM

Michael ’72 and Susan Thonis Establish Second Endowed Professorship of Earth Sciences

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Tripti Bhattacharya, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and an expert in climate science, has been named the Thonis Family Professor (II). The professorship has been endowed through the generosity of Board of Trustees…

Campus & Community

#BeOrange Campaign to Highlight the Syracuse University Experience, Engage with Orange Community

Thursday, September 6, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Can you define what it means to “Be Orange”? A new marketing campaign will provide compelling glimpses into the Syracuse University student experience and encourage the entire Orange family to share what the University means to them. As part of…

Campus & Community

University Welcomes International Undergraduate Students with Dinner, International Friends Program

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

New Syracuse University undergraduate students from around the globe came together under the roof of the Carrier Dome on Aug. 21 to meet each other and members of the University community, share a meal, and learn more about Syracuse—the new…

STEM

PurpleSun Rises – Luis Romo ’10, G’12, Bioengineering

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Luis Romo ’10, G’12 is shining a new light on infection—literally. His company, PurpleSun, uses light-based technology to prevent infections in health care settings. Since its founding on the Syracuse University campus in 2011, the company has won business plan…

STEM

Civil and Environmental Engineering Students Tour Glacial Deposit Site

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Slow moving glaciers and the deposits they left behind thousands of years ago have defined the landscape and geology of Upstate New York. Those deposits also provide a fascinating opportunity to study different variations of soils and rocks. On Aug….