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Campus & Community

Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity & Inclusion Report Shared with the University Community

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

A report by the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion details wide-ranging recommendations aimed at creating a more welcoming, respectful campus climate, including establishing a Diversity and Inclusion Council and hiring a chief diversity officer. The workgroup’s full report, which…

Health & Society

Neuroscience Expert Shares Love for Dance with People with Parkinson’s Disease

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Tumay Tunur feels dance helps people with Parkinson’s disease escape from their world of problems, medication and illness.

STEM

iSchool Launches Second Crowdfunding Campaign

Monday, March 21, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Over two years ago, the first crowdfunding effort at Syracuse University, Fuel, inspired over 125 donors to contribute nearly $30,000 to support student programs at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Now, the iSchool is raising the stakes with a…

Campus & Community

In The News: Monday, March 21

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Keith Kobland

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Arts & Culture

La Casita Celebrates ‘Diversity in Reading’ in April

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Rob Enslin

April is “Diversity in Reading” month at La Casita Cultural Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. All month, the center is presenting various events and activities, beginning with two book-launch parties, designed to raise awareness of and support…

Campus & Community

SU Climate Assessment Survey Extended through March 28

Monday, March 21, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The purpose of the SU Climate Assessment Survey is to conduct research into the learning, living and working environment at Syracuse University. So far, more than 5,000 students, faculty and staff have completed the survey, which began Feb. 9 and…

Campus & Community

MLS Commissioner Don Garber to Give University Lecture March 22

Friday, March 18, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner and Soccer United Marketing CEO Don Garber is the next speaker for the University Lectures series on Tuesday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The event is free and open to the public….

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center to Host Dinner-Workshop on ‘Urban Acupuncture’ March 24

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center, based in the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting a workshop on “urban acupuncture”—the use of small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban fabric—in the City of Syracuse. The event, which includes dinner, will take place…

STEM

Peer to Peer

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By Amy Manley

In the traditional college learning structure, students enter the classroom and place their focus on the classroom instructor. But researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences biology department are finding that higher levels of academic success may be achieved…

STEM

Student Company Places Second in Student Startup Madness Competition

Thursday, March 17, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Student startup company ChaChing, a peer-to-peer payment and money transfer application, has been awarded second place in the “Entrepreneurial Eight” final round of the Student Startup Madness competition held at the SXSW interactive media conference in Austin, Texas, this week. ChaChing was co-founded…