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STEM

Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud, University Dedicate Wheelchair Ramp for Holden Observatory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The moon and the stars—and all the universe—as viewed through the lens of Holden Observatory became accessible to everyone Friday. The University celebrated the dedication and opening of the new wheelchair entrance ramp for Holden Observatory in honor of Disability…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Names Inaugural Tenth Decade Faculty Scholars

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Scott Barrett

Dean James B. Steinberg has announced the creation of a new faculty award, the Maxwell School Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar, to recognize and encourage excellence in citizenship teaching, research and public engagement at the Maxwell School. Three current Maxwell School…

Health & Society

School Food Policy and Its Impact on Childhood Obesity

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Amy Schwartz has for many years studied the school lives of New York City children, looking at educational inequalities and school finance. Much of the work focused on looking at test score results but more recently Schwartz wanted to look at a broader picture of student success.

Campus & Community

Songs of Peace and Freedom: Syracuse Children’s Chorus Fall Concert

Friday, October 23, 2015, By News Staff

Please join Syracuse Children’s Chorus (SCC), under the direction of Artistic Director Stephanie Mowery, Associate Director Katherine Dee Medicis, Director of Tenuto (Young Men’s Ensemble) Da’Jon James, and pianist Maryna Mazhukhov, for the opening concert of our 35th season. The…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Friday, October 23

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Media stories mentioning Syracuse University, our faculty, staff or students [View the story “SU in the News: Friday, October 23” on Storify]

The Psychological Impacts of Mass Shootings and Violence

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Leonard Newman, area director of social psychology, offers expertise on the mass shooting and violence that has gripped the US during the past two decades. Q: Are we (US society) becoming psychologically desensitized…

Health & Society

Celebrate Food Day 2015 with Second Annual New York Campus Crunch

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By News Staff

College students, faculty and staff across New York State are taking part in the second annual New York Campus Crunch by taking a collective bite out of apples grown on New York State farms, demonstrating support for serving locally grown…

Veterans

VeteransU App Helps Vets Adjust to Life at SU

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Charles Preuss had spent the previous seven years of his life with his head on a swivel. As an airborne paratrooper for the U.S. Army, his life depended on an astute understanding of his surroundings and the people in them….

Military Intelligence Expert Available for Comment on Benghazi Hearings

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Vice Admiral and Deputy Director for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Robert B. Murrett is available for media interviews regarding the current Benghazi hearings. Murrett is also faculty member at Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Department of Public Administration…