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Chancellor Syverud Appoints Members to Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy

Friday, September 5, 2014, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud today appointed the members of the Chancellor’s Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy. The charge to the workgroup is to provide ideas, suggestions and proposals for how the University can continue to address the serious…

Campus & Community

Your Opinions of Alcohol

Thursday, September 4, 2014, By News Staff

We invite you to participate in a research project titled “Your Opinions of Alcohol” that is available through Syracuse University. This study was designed to better understand young adults’ opinions of alcohol. To quality for the study, you must (1)…

Human Rights Film Festival Illuminates Social Justice Stories from Around the World

Thursday, September 4, 2014, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival brings an outstanding lineup of critically acclaimed films addressing social justice issues around the globe to Central New York, Sept. 18-20. Now in its 12th year, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium…

Summer Storytelling Project to Hold Opening Reception Sept. 11

Wednesday, September 3, 2014, By News Staff

Eight families from Syracuse’s south and west sides participated in the South Side Newspaper Project’s Summer Storytelling Series, “From Where We Stand.” The mission of this project was to spotlight family life by putting real families behind the camera. To…

Syracuse Symposium™ Announces ‘Perspective’ Theme, Fall Lineup

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Perspective” is the theme of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™, organized and presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences. The semester-long series begins with a keynote address by Kevin Powers, a U.S. Army veteran…

Health & Society

Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. After…

Dineen Hall by the Numbers

Sunday, August 31, 2014, By Keith Kobland

353 tons of reinforcing steel. 4,385 light fixtures. 2,200 pages of building specifications. These are just some of the numbers that, when added together, make up the new Dineen Hall for the College of Law. Of course, the most important…

Stand Up, Step In and Speak Out

Friday, August 29, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Every day, victims of bullying, discrimination, sexual violence, drug abuse and hazing suffer alone and may not always be able to help themselves—as others stand by and do nothing. Advocates for “courageous leadership” know it doesn’t have to be that way.

STEM

Physicist John Laiho Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Thursday, August 28, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

John “Jack” Laiho recently completed his first year as a member of the Syracuse University faculty, and what better way to celebrate than by receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support his cutting-edge research. Laiho, who earned a…

Syracuse University Singers to Tour France

Tuesday, August 26, 2014, By Erica Blust

The Syracuse University Singers will embark on its first international tour next summer thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. The choir will travel to France May 25-June 4, 2015, with stops in Paris, Chartres, Tours, Rheims and…