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Arts & Culture

Sarah Fuchs Sampson Wins Fellowship to Research at Harvard’s Houghton Library

Friday, April 13, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Sarah Fuchs Sampson, assistant professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Music Histories, is the recipient of the 2018-19 John M. Ward Fellowship in Dance and Music for the Theatre…

Campus & Community

CNY Relief for Puerto Rico Coalition Hosting Teach-In on Continuing Crisis

Friday, April 6, 2018, By News Staff

The crisis that continues to afflict Puerto Rico and that has caused hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in the U.S. mainland—including hundreds of families relocating in Central and Upstate New York—will be discussed in a teach-in event on Friday,…

Health & Society

Psychologists Earn Rare Perfect Score on NIH Grant Application

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Sarah Woolf-King, Stephen Maisto awarded “10” on grant proposal, funding treatment of HIV-infected hazardous drinkers Two psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have earned a rare perfect score on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) planning grant…

Arts & Culture

CNY Humanities Corridor Establishes Permanent Endowment

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Mellon Foundation enables Syracuse, Cornell, Rochester to endow Humanities Corridor in perpetuity   Syracuse University’s completion of the Central New York Humanities Corridor Endowment Program signals a new era in scholarly excellence. Thanks to a matching grant from The Andrew…

Health & Society

Applications Now Being Accepted for Health and Wellness Peer Educators

Monday, April 2, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

The peer education teams within the Office of Health Promotion in the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience are recruiting new, diverse groups of peer educators for the 2018-19 academic year. As peer educators, undergraduate students work with the…

Health & Society

Screening of ‘Wasted! The Story of Food Waste!’ and Panel Focus on Environmental, Societal Impacts of Food Waste

Monday, April 2, 2018, By News Staff

SU Sustainability Management, the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCCRA) and student group Students of Sustainability are hosting a screening of the new documentary “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste” on Wednesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. in Watson Theater…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Students Help Kids Fly in Vintage Flight Simulator at M.O.S.T.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Known as “blue boxes,” the compact blue mini-planes designed by Binghamton New York engineer Edwin Link in 1929 were the first commercially available flight simulators. To build them, Link used his experience working for his family’s piano and organ business….

Health & Society

A Passion for Caring

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dr. Heather Hirsch ’04 recently shared her expertise in menopause management while leading grand rounds at SUNY Upstate Medical University, the teaching hospital she attended. Her life’s passion evolved on the Hill in the College of Arts and Sciences. There her dual…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. “They wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins—that’s where the idea came from,” says McKnight ’18….

Media, Law & Policy

CBS News Anchor Jeff Glor ’97 Will Speak at Newhouse Convocation Ceremony

Friday, February 16, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

“CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor ’97 will deliver the keynote address at the Convocation Ceremony for the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on May 12 at 12:30 p.m. at the Carrier Dome. The event will be livestreamed at…