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Campus & Community

French Professor Hope H. Glidden Mourned by Colleagues

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By News Staff

Hope H. Glidden, professor of French and francophone studies in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Sunday, Sept. 17. She was born in New York City on Feb. 22, 1945. She…

Health & Society

Falk College Celebrates 100 Years of Nutrition Education

Wednesday, October 4, 2017, By Michele Barrett

When nutrition-based courses debuted in 1917 at Syracuse University, cooking laboratories included 24 gas stoves, one fireless cooker and a coal range. What a difference a century makes. In celebration of 100 years of nutrition education, Falk College hosted nearly 150…

Arts & Culture

Malmgren Series Features Music of Female Composers Oct. 8

Wednesday, October 4, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Organist Anne Laver and soprano Janet Brown will present a program of sacred music by women composers as part of the 2017-18 season of Hendricks Chapel’s Malmgren Concert Series on Sunday, Oct. 8. The concert, titled “Feminine Voices,” will begin…

Arts & Culture

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez Speaks Tonight

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Shannon Andre

In honor of Latino Hispanic Heritage Month, writer and creator of the critically acclaimed and best-selling graphic novel “La Borinqueña” Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library….

Business & Economy

A System and Method for Tracking and Managing Skills: TCLC Helps a Rochester Entrepreneur Protect a Bright Idea

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Martin Walls

It is perhaps difficult to remember a time before the nutrition facts label. Before 1990, information about the calories, cholesterol, fat content and vitamins in the food we eat was sparse and non-standard. Now the label is a mandatory, ubiquitous…

Health & Society

State of Democracy Lecture Marks Centennial of Women’s Suffrage

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Although Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) is credited as a leading figure of the early women’s rights movement, her legacy includes an absolutist perspective with a racist, elitist strand. Lori D. Ginzberg, author of “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life” (Farrar,…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Schine Feasibility Study Roundtable Discussion on Oct. 4

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The campus community is invited to engage in a roundtable discussion about the Schine Student Center Feasibility Study on Oct. 4 from 6:30-8 p.m. in 304 Schine Student Center. At the roundtable, students, faculty and staff are invited to provide…

STEM

Syracuse University News Posts on Gravitational Waves Discovery

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe….

Campus & Community

Syracuse Life Trustee Launches University’s First Giving Day With $500,000 Gift

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

The generosity of Daniel A. D’Aniello ’68, a University Life Trustee, and his wife, Gayle, is the catalyst behind the launch of Boost the Cuse, Syracuse University’s first ever Giving Day on Oct. 17. The D’Aniello family has pledged $500,000…

Media, Law & Policy

Statement from Newhouse School Dean Lorraine Branham on the Passing of S.I. Newhouse Jr.

Sunday, October 1, 2017, By News Staff

This morning, we at the Newhouse School mourn the passing of one of our greatest friends and supporters, S.I. Newhouse Jr. Mr. Newhouse was the son of Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., our school’s namesake, whose first gift to Syracuse University…