Search Results for: ,HrI

Health & Society

New Book Co-Edited by Gorovitz, Newton Reveals Untold Stories of Three Medical Pioneers

Thursday, September 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

When Sharon Brangman ’77 attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, she had a professor who puffed on a pipe in class. During tests, he would stand by her desk and blow smoke over her head to distract her. He did this to other…

The Conversation

Why Didn’t the World End on Saturday?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While it may not have made it into the mainstream, there were some who predicted an end to the world last Saturday. Some Christian Zionists were committed to this theory, but Maxwell Emeritus Professor Michael Barkun? Not so much. “Improvisational…

Arts & Culture

Malmgren Concert Series Kicks Off Sept. 24 with Hausmann String Quartet

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Hausmann String Quartet will be the first guest for the 2017-18 season of Hendricks Chapel’s Malmgren Concert Series on Sunday, Sept. 24. The concert, “Reason Gone Mad,” will begin at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel and is free and open…

Campus & Community

Nicholson, Williams Named to Leadership Roles in Enrollment and the Student Experience

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience Dolan Evanovich has announced the appointments of Amanda Nicholson as assistant provost and dean for student success and Ryan Williams as senior associate vice president for enrollment. These appointments follow the announcement…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Being held Sept. 28-30, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2017-18: Belonging and is presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Arts & Culture

‘Never Built New York’ Queens Museum Exhibition with SU, School of Architecture Connection Explores Alternative NYC Never Seen

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

Buried somewhere in the universal archive of architectural projects lies a massive catalogue of unbuilt proposals: a treasure trove of “what ifs” and visions of what could or might have been. Though seemingly inert and consigned to the past, these…

Media, Law & Policy

Shubha Ghosh, TCLC Help a Scientist Bring a Diagnostic Innovation to Market

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Martin Walls

In 2000, when she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel from Colombia to study genetic engineering at the University of Arkansas, Magnolia Ariza-Nieto says she thought she had won the lottery. But with that elation came a sense of…

Campus & Community

Call for Volunteers for Family Weekend 2017

Monday, September 18, 2017, By News Staff

The Parents Office is asking for volunteers to help with Syracuse University Family Weekend 2017. Family Weekend is October 13-15 and volunteers are needed to help: • Welcome families and visitors • Distribute souvenirs and answer questions in the Hospitality…

Health & Society

Shannon Monnat Named Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Shannon Monnat, a rural demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on public health, joins the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. Monnat studies health disparities, stratification and inequality,…

KCBS Radio

New iPhone Opens Doors For Communication Progress

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

With the announcement of the new iPhone, Syracuse School of Education Professor Christine Ashby spoke with KCBS radio on how new technologies allows those with communication challenges to more easily converse with others. “For a lot of people who didn’t…