Search Results for: ,Lin

Campus & Community

Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.

Campus & Community

Free Smoking Cessation Support Groups Begin this Month

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By News Staff

Quitting smoking is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Beginning in July 2015, SU becomes a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus. In support of the variety of ways that people utilize to quit smoking, and in recognizing that stopping…

STEM

Transcript: Elizabeth Droge-Young Video

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Amy Manley

Liz: So right here we are looking at female reproductive tracks of females who where mated to two different males. So this area here is called the bursa. It’s where sperm comes in and also where eggs will come down…

Free Faculty/Staff Tobacco Cessation Groups Offered

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By News Staff

Free tobacco cessation support groups for faculty and staff. Registration now open Beginning in January, the University will offer free, six-week tobacco cessation programs on campus for faculty and staff. Session 1 begins Tuesday, Jan. 27, and runs for six…

Free Tobacco Cessation Groups Offered for Students

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By News Staff

Free tobacco cessation support groups for students. Registration now open. Beginning in January, the University will offer free, six-week tobacco cessation programs on campus for students. Session 1 begins Monday, Jan. 26, and runs for six consecutive Mondays, 4-5 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Art Historians Make Publishing Debuts

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

December was a good month for the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences, as two of its assistant professors made their authorial debuts. Luis Castañeda, an expert on urban, visual and design…

Campus & Community

Accreditation Assessment Team Invites Public Comment

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Keith Kobland

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, to examine all aspects of the Department of Public Safety’s policy and procedures, management, operation and support services, Interim…

STEM

Stanton on Importance of Connection, Collaboration, Stewardship

Monday, January 5, 2015, By Diane Stirling

As a software engineer and manager at several Boston-area startup firms, Jeff Stanton became increasingly intrigued by the ways software development teams functioned. Some teams meshed well and were nimble and highly productive. Other teams worked poorly, produced buggy code,…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine

Monday, January 5, 2015, By J.D. Ross

For the second time in as many months, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley’s book, “Going Viral,” has been recognized with a significant award in the field of scholarly writing. The Association of College & Research Libraries…

Students Play Santa for Child in Need

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A group of Syracuse University students recently played the role of Santa for the family of a young boy with cancer. Shannon Mowles ’15 and some of her classmates helped to brighten the holiday season for 6-year old Julian Ross…