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Campus & Community

Student Teams Advance to State Business Plan Competition Finals

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), University at Albany’s School of Business and Syracuse University will host the eighth annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) on Friday, April 28, in Albany, New York. Eleven Syracuse University student venture teams will…

Media, Law & Policy

Syrian Accountability Project to Release Report on the 2016 Siege of Aleppo

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, By Martin Walls

Siege—the blockade and subjugation of a city—is an ancient and enduring strategy of war, responsible for some of the cruelest events in modern conflict: the battles of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, of Leningrad during World War II, and of…

Campus & Community

EOIRS Holds Question-and-Answer Session on Thursday

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services (EOIRS) will offer “Ask EOIRS,” a series of question-and-answer sessions this spring for the University community. All sessions will be held from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 228B of the…

Campus & Community

McNair Research Symposium: In Honor of an Astronaut, a Path at Syracuse to Hope and Dreams

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Ericka Jones-Craven grew up with a deep presence in the church. Jones-Craven’s father was an Apostolic elder. Her mother served as a missionary. Attending worship services was a regular part of Jones-Craven’s Georgia childhood. That ended, at least for a…

Campus & Community

Humanities Center Fellowships Underscore University Commitment to High-Impact Research

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Every year, the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences offers a range of highly competitive fellowships to Syracuse University faculty and graduate students. These awards, which directly align with the University’s commitment to high-impact research, encompass semester-long…

Health & Society

Keep Your Heart Running Study Recruitment Underway

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By News Staff

The Department of Exercise Science in the School of Education and Department of Echocardiography at SUNY Upstate Medical University are embarking on a new research study that will examine the sex differences in the effect of endurance exercise on the…

STEM

Genetic Engineering Expert to Discuss Technology-Assisted Crop Breeding April 26

Tuesday, April 25, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Pamela Ronald, distinguished plant pathology professor at the University of California, Davis, will present the annual Jack and Pat Bryan Life Sciences Lecture. Ronald, a rice geneticist and advocate of ecologically responsible crop development, will speak about the future of…

April 27th Information Session to Focus on Waverly Avenue Construction

Monday, April 24, 2017, By News Staff

Monday, April 24, 2017 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Next month, the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction (CPDC), in partnership with the City of Syracuse, will begin work on replacing a more than 100-year-old brick sewer located under…

Health & Society

‘Curative Violence’: Eunjung Kim’s New Book Considers Transnational Disability Theory in Korea, Japan, United States

Friday, April 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Transnational feminist disability studies is the focus of a groundbreaking, new book by a Syracuse University professor. Eunjung Kim, dually appointed to the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the School of Education, is the author of “Curative Violence:…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Names the Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol 7th Dean of Hendricks Chapel

Friday, April 21, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol as dean of Hendricks Chapel. Reporting directly to the Chancellor, Dean Konkol will strengthen the role of the chapel as the spiritual heart of…