Search Results for: ,GNi

Health & Society

Syracuse University Campus to Go Tobacco Free

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By News Staff

In an effort to promote a healthy, productive and respectful environment in which to study, work and live, Syracuse University will revise its current anti-smoking policy and adopt a tobacco-free policy on campus effective July 1, 2015. The decision comes…

Dean Bea González to Meet with Student Group Thursday

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By News Staff

In a letter sent yesterday, Chancellor Kent Syverud told members of THE General Body that University College Dean Bea González, the Chancellor’s liaison to the group, is prepared to meet with them Thursday. This comes in response to an invitation…

Democratizing Knowledge Collective Receives Mellon Grant

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

“Just Academic Spaces” is the theme of a three-year, $500,000 project, organized and presented by the Democratizing Knowledge (DK) Collective in the College of Arts and Sciences and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Co-directed by professors Linda Carty…

INSCT, Moynihan Present Social Media Findings to Local Emergency Managers

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Ines Mergel, associate professor of public administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a senior research associate in the Center for Technology and Information Policy, has been leading a long-term research project on the use of…

Geologists Shed Light on Formation of Alaska Range

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Geologists in the College of Arts and Sciences have recently figured out what has caused the Alaska Range to form the way it has and why the range boasts such an enigmatic topographic signature.

Great American Smokeout Activities Planned on Campus Thursday

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University will mark the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout on Thursday with a series of activities aimed at inspiring smokers to quit.

Students Establish Art Bench to Connect Communities

Monday, November 17, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

On the edge of campus, the Syracuse University campus and the east University neighborhood meet up at Comstock and Euclid avenues. Bikers, drivers and pedestrians move quickly through this bustling intersection every day. Now they have a reason to linger.

Campus & Community

Message from Provost Spina to Faculty and University Colleagues

Sunday, November 16, 2014, By News Staff

Over the past 24 hours, there have been significant and unfortunate misunderstandings regarding the current situation in Crouse-Hinds Hall. I want to take this opportunity to reach out to you directly and provide the following facts and perspectives: Tomorrow, Monday,…

Campus & Community

November Is National Family Caregivers Month

Friday, November 14, 2014, By News Staff

National Family Caregivers Month brings attention to the challenges facing family caregivers. Each year more and more Americans are caring for a loved one with a chronic health condition, disability or frailties of old age. Here are ways to recognize…

Campus & Community

Message to the University Community from Chancellor Syverud

Thursday, November 13, 2014, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, The past ten days have demonstrated much about the importance of listening to our students and responding to their concerns. On November 3, students organized as THE General Body rallied on the steps of Hendricks…