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Hoverboard Restrictions Added to Existing Transportation Policy

Friday, February 26, 2016, By News Staff

In a statement made by the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and the Department of Public Safety, Syracuse University is temporarily prohibiting the use of self-balancing motorized scooters, or hoverboards, after national research continues to identify growing concerns…

Campus Framework Update Session to Be Held March 2 at Schine

Friday, February 26, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

University leaders, in conjunction with the members of the Campus Framework Advisory Group, will host an update session on the Campus Framework on March 2 at 4 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center. At the update session,…

STEM

iSchool to Host Panel Discussion Friday on Apple vs. the FBI

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host a multidisciplinary panel discussion on Friday afternoon to help shed light on Apple’s resistance to the recent FBI demand to unlock the iPhone of one of the terrorists involved in the San…

Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health at Falk College, has researched supervised injection sites for drug users and has offered a response to plan by the mayor of Ithaca to open such a facility: The United States is experiencing…

Arts & Culture

‘Writer’s Writer’s Writer’ Joy Williams Next in Raymond Carver Series

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Novelist and short story writer Joy Williams, the Richard Elman Visiting Author, will give the next reading in the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, March 2. The series, which brings 12-14 prominent writers to campus each year, is presented…

Campus & Community

Student Voter Registration Project Underway

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By Keith Kobland

The push is on to make sure as many students as possible are registered to vote when the presidential election is held on Nov. 8. A voter registration campaign is now underway, but according to Diana Napolitano, it’s much more…

Campus & Community

Gisele Marcus Named Inaugural Speaker for Sankofa Lecture Series

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Program Development and Office of Multicultural Affairs are pleased to partner for the Sankofa Lecture Series, beginning Friday, Feb. 26. The new lecture series will become an annual component of the University’s Black History Month Celebration, and…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse Law Women Capture Law School Basketball Tournament in Upset

Wednesday, February 24, 2016, By News Staff

The College of Law’s women’s basketball team on Sunday, Feb. 21, rallied from a six-point deficit in the game’s final minutes to upset the undefeated and two-time defending champion Suffolk Law School women to capture the title in the 41st…

Media, Law & Policy

AP Correspondent Kathy Gannon to Be Honored with Tully Free Speech Award March 7

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Associated Press correspondent Kathy Gannon is the recipient of the 2015 Tully Free Speech Award. Presented by the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, the award honors journalists who have persevered in the face of threats and…

Campus & Community

College of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By News Staff

The following students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences were named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2015 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.4 grade point average (on a…