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Campus & Community

Spring Is Right around the Corner. Be Ready!

Friday, January 25, 2013, By News Staff

Drumlins Country Club offers two 18-hole golf courses The Private East Course • Now accepting applications for the 2013 season • This year, new tiered rate structure – click here for 2013 rates • Corporate memberships available • Leagues available…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Needed

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

The English Language Institute is seeking volunteers who are native English speakers to lead Conversation Groups. Each leader will spend 30 minutes per week with a small group of international students encouraging them to practice their conversational English outside of…

Campus & Community

Campus community takes cold weather spell in stride

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Cold weather and Central New York go together like milk and cookies, ham and eggs or sweatpants under jeans. That last one is how student Brendan Donovan is trying to stay warm.

Media, Law & Policy

New book makes a case for why the U.S. is still on top and how it can stay there

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

Is the United States losing its dominant place in the world? In recent years there has been a growing “declinist” sentiment that the U.S. has lost legitimacy and power around the world due to a series of events—from the rise…

Arts & Culture

Glorious Storytelling in August Wilson’s Politically Potent, Humorous ‘Two Trains Running’

Thursday, January 24, 2013, By News Staff

In “Two Trains Running,” an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee’s diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, “Two Trains Running” is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson’s 20th-Century Cycle plays.

STEM

Modifications of a nanoparticle can change chemical interactions with cell membranes

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By News Staff

Researchers at Syracuse University’s Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially…

Campus & Community

Surveying Faculty and Staff for a Healthier Campus

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Susan Furtney, who heads the University Wellness Initiative, wants faculty and staff members to envision what a dynamic, accessible network of health and wellness programs on campus would look like. Healthy cooking classes, a South Campus trail system and access to onsite cholesterol checks—or other possibilities to be suggested by the campus community—are some options to think about.

Health & Society

Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy expands to Peck Hall

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By Michele Barrett

The Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) and its Couple and Family Therapy Center have expanded their presence in the Syracuse community with a second location at 601 E. Genesee Street, which is known throughout the community as Peck Hall.

Campus & Community

BE Wise campaign educates students about alcohol poisoning

Wednesday, January 23, 2013, By News Staff

Over the past several years, alcohol poisoning has been a growing problem among students. As a way to address this issue, the Division of Student Affairs is kicking off a new campaign, “BE Wise,”  this semester to help educate students…

STEM

From proteins to biosensors

Tuesday, January 22, 2013, By News Staff

Beckman Scholars gain real-world research experience Korrie Mack’s first experience in a research lab involved unpacking boxes, organizing benches, assembling equipment and labeling countless drawers to help a new faculty member set up his laboratory during the fall of 2011….