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Test of Orange Alert to be Conducted Nov. 10

Friday, November 6, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University will conduct a test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 9:30 a.m. It will be a full test of the personal e-mail, text message, cell voice and campus phone components…

The Questions After the Crash of Metrojet Flight 9268

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

    Brian Taylor, professor of political science and director of the Center for European Studies at Syracuse University and author of State Building in Putin’s Russia: Policing and Coercion After Communism and Politics and the Russian Army: Civil-Military Relations,…

Light up the Quad Event Planned for Diwali

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By Keith Kobland

An illuminating event is planned on campus to commemorate Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated throughout India. Students enrolled in Professor Romita Ray’s “Art and Architecture of India” course in the College of Arts and Sciences will be lighting up…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Erin Rand Wins National Communication Association Book Award

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By Erica Blust

Erin Rand, an associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), has won the 2015 Book of the Year Award from the Critical and Cultural Studies…

Health & Society

Falk College Hosts Inaugural Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speakers Tonight

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By Michele Barrett

“Food and Fear: How Therapists and Dietitians Collaborate in Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders” is the featured topic for the Inaugural Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series lecture to be held Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in Grant Auditorium….

Campus & Community

One More Flu Clinic Planned for Faculty, Staff

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By News Staff

If you work for Syracuse University and you haven’t had a flu shot yet, you’ll have another chance next week to get vaccinated—for free—against the most common types of flu expected to strike during this flu season. The Office of…

Campus & Community

Students Work with Nepalese Communities in Earthquake Recovery

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Brian Kam ’15 was planning to travel to Nepal last spring and summer to assist in beekeeping enterprises and fruit tree planting, mainly agricultural initiatives. His plans quickly changed as he arrived a week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous country on April 25.

The Twitter Gaffes of Donald Trump

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Republican candidate Donald Trump is back in the news today after retweeting a photo collage of anti-Jeb Bush imagery including a Nazi swastika and an image of Bush in a sombrero next to a cactus. “This is a perfect example…

STEM

iSchool Researcher to Participate in NSF’s Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By J.D. Ross

To accelerate the emerging field of big data, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the establishment of four regional hubs for data science innovation across the United States. Covering all 50 states, these hubs include commitments from 281 organizations—from…

Arts & Culture

Free Public Performance Scheduled Nov. 7 for Children’s Show ‘New Kid’

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By News Staff

A public performance of this year’s Bank of America Children’s Show “New Kid,” produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov. 7…