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Orange After Dark Brings Full Schedule of Late-Night Student Programming
Orange After Dark (OAD), your favorite on- and off-campus late-night programming offered through the Office of Student Activities, brings large-scale fun with a jam-packed fall semester schedule of activities. After a successful first couple of events, the OAD team is…
Chris Johnson Named Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly announced today the appointment of Chris Johnson, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, to the position of associate provost for academic affairs. The Executive Committee of the Board of…
Syracuse University Startup SparkCharge is a Finalist in 43North $5 Million Competition
43North has announced 18 finalists for its 2018 $5 million startup competition. One was created at Syracuse University. SparkCharge founder and CEO Josh Aviv ’14, G’17, will compete against competitors hailing from across North America in two rounds of live…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes Seven New Faculty
Seven new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. Their disciplines span communication and rhetorical studies, computer art and animation, film, industrial and interaction design and music composition. Natalie Draper Setnor School of…
Physicist Awarded $1.2 Million NIH Grant to Enhance Protein Detection
Professor Liviu Movileanu develops biosensors to identify proteins in leukemia, cancer A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a major grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support ongoing research into protein detection. Liviu…
Born to Run: Community to Pay Tribute to Beloved Chemistry Professor, Runner Roger Hahn Sept. 14
Roger Hahn approached life like a race—with passion and perseverance. Thus, when it came time for the beloved professor, also a fixture in the local running community, to hang up his sneakers, he did so with grace and dignity. “He…
Workshops Engage Faculty on Skills and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching
As students returned to campus this fall, more than 300 Syracuse University faculty engaged in learning exercises of their own as participants in workshops designed to enhance self-awareness, detect and respond to unconscious bias, and strengthen their skills for more…
Chancellor Syverud Addresses Sept. 5 University Senate Meeting
Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed progress over the summer at the Sept. 5 meeting of the University Senate. He provided an update on accreditation, faculty recruitment, the University budget and fundraising, the First-Year Experience initiative and the Disability Audit Committee. Also,…
Syracuse Researchers Shine Light on Ancient Global Warming
The impact of global warming on shallow marine life approximately 56 million years ago is the subject of a significant, new paper by researchers at Syracuse University. Linda Ivany, professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences…
Registration Open for Student, Community Participants in Sept. 14-15 ‘Call for Code’ Hackathon Focused on Using Technology to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Relief
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…