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Campus & Community

Jackson Appointed Director of Special Collections Research Center

Thursday, February 28, 2019, By News Staff

Petrina Jackson has been named director of the Special Collections Research Center, effective in June. She comes to the Syracuse University Libraries from Iowa State University, where she has been head of Special Collections and University Archives since 2016. Previously,…

Media Tip Sheets

Warming Seawater Is Making Ice Shelves More Vulnerable

Wednesday, February 27, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, NASA reported that an iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City is expected to break off an ice shelf in Antarctica. Researchers say the iceberg could be the largest to break from the Brunt Ice Shelf…

Campus & Community

Food Services Staff Member Dishes Up Warm Welcome to Schine Diners

Tuesday, February 26, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Dorothy “Dottie” Russell is surrounded every weekday by the friends she has made over the years as she prepares the day’s salad fixings and keeps a busy pace monitoring the salad bar in Schine Dining. There are the students to…

Campus & Community

Applications Now Open for Health and Wellness Peer Educators

Tuesday, February 26, 2019, By Teagan Cyan Peacock

The peer education teams within the Office of Health Promotion (OHP) are accepting applications for 2019-20 peer educator positions. All students are encouraged to apply, especially those with a passion for health and wellness. The deadline to apply is March…

Campus & Community

University Announces Disability Day of Mourning Candlelight Vigil

Monday, February 25, 2019, By Teagan Cyan Peacock

On Friday, March 1, Syracuse University will hold the Disability Day of Mourning (DDoM) candlelight vigil from 2-3:30 p.m. in Jabberwocky Café, Schine Student Center. The Disability Student Union (DSU) and the Disability Cultural Center (DCC), in partnership with the…

STEM

New Material Developed at Syracuse University is a Biomedical Breakthrough

Monday, February 25, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

Researchers in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a material—a new kind of shape memory polymer (SMP)—that could have major implications for health care. SMPs are soft, rubbery, “smart” materials that can change shape in response to…

Veterans

Military-Connected Student of the Month: Danielle Sheppard

Monday, February 25, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Danielle Sheppard didn’t always envision a military career for herself. While finishing high school in Ithaca, New York, she wasn’t sold on her mother’s aspirations for her to serve in the armed forces. When she was a junior, however, Sheppard,…

Campus & Community

Message from Chancellor Kent Syverud

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By News Staff

Dear Syracuse University Community, Like all of you, I am deeply saddened by the news that a member of our Central New York community was tragically killed in an accident last night involving Coach Jim Boeheim. Coach Boeheim is understandably…

Arts & Culture

VPA Professor Receives Early Career Award for Exceptional Scholarly Ability

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Erica Blust

Lyndsay Michalik Gratch, assistant teaching professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS), is the recipient of the 2019 Janice Hocker Rushing Early Career Award from the Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)….

Health & Society

Education Through Theater Arts: How VPA’s Stephen Cross Helps Local Medical Residents Communicate

Thursday, February 21, 2019, By Paula Meseroll

“My role is the guy who brings the arts into the science room,” says Stephen Cross, associate professor of acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, of his collaborative efforts with Upstate Medical University and…