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Veterans

Research to Assess How Tech May Aid Refugees, Veterans in Transitions

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By Diane Stirling

How do people get back to normal life when adjusting their perspectives, social relationships, identities and other everyday facets after experiencing major cultural and environmental disruptions? Could specific technologies be designed to help them? Those are questions School of Information…

On the ‘Sound Beat’

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

When you tune in to “Sound Beat” on any of about 200 public radio outlets, including WAER, you’re never sure what you’re going to hear. It could be 90 seconds of blues. It could be an old Vaudeville routine. Or it could be canaries tweeting the “Emperor Waltz.”

Whitman ‘Team Dream’ Seeks Votes in Price Waterhouse Coopers Challenge

Wednesday, November 19, 2014, By Keith Kobland

They call themselves Team Dream, a formidable group of four students from the Whitman School of Management who have accepted the challenge. It’s a challenge that tests their communication and critical thinking skills. They’re quite capable. But they could use…

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.

Syracuse Scholar: Dan Goldberg ’15

Tuesday, November 18, 2014, By News Staff

For a majority of college students, mid-November signals the beginning of a holiday break. But for iSchool senior Dan Goldberg—CEO of one business (Golden Gear) and partner in a new four-person startup (DiamondMMA.com)—November’s calendar is filled with entrepreneurship competitions, and…

Whitman School’s M.S. in Finance Program Ranked #40 In the Country by The Financial Engineer

Friday, November 14, 2014, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management  M.S. in finance program is #40 in the country, according to The Financial Engineer’s annual ranking of graduate finance programs. Whitman’s M.S. in finance program was chosen from the nearly 100 universities that…

Health & Society

Department of Health & Human Services Awards Graduate Student Grant to Study Paternal Engagement

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, By Michele Barrett

Child and family studies Ph.D. student Elif Dede Yildirim, working with Jaipaul Roopnarine, the Jack Reilly Endowed Professor of Child and Family Studies, has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children…

Campus & Community

Local Entrepreneurs Showcasing Products at South Side Innovation Center’s Holiday Market

Tuesday, November 11, 2014, By Lindsay Wickham

The South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) is hosting its annual Holiday Market on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 1-5 p.m. at the center, 2610 S. Salina St. in downtown Syracuse. Local businesses and community members are invited to sample new and…