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University Leadership Responses to Revised Demands and Solutions

Friday, November 7, 2014, By News Staff

THE General Body answered the University leadership’s meaningful response (provided Thursday at 6 pm) with new demands that are provided below and to which further responses are provided by the University leadership. It is concerning that real dialogue and the…

STEM

Syracuse Scholar: Nick Danyluk

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

When the installation of Windows 8 was complete on Nick Danyluk’s laptop, he discovered with disappointment that the interface was geared toward monitors with touch screens, which was not something his computer featured. In this scenario, most people would seek…

@Syracuse University News Tips

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University faculty members are available for interview on a variety of timely topics. Our faculty members provide insight that moves the story forward, and information that shines a new light on important research of interest to your audience. Here’s…

Campaign Data Collection and Analysis is First Project in iSchool’s New BITS Lab

Monday, November 3, 2014, By Diane Stirling

As Election Day approaches, candidate advertisements and campaign messages consume the broadcast airwaves. But it’s another kind of political chatter—social in nature, occurring in bits and bytes, by and between candidates and among voters online—that several faculty members at the…

Family Weekend 2014 Brings Families to SU Campus this Friday through Sunday

Monday, October 27, 2014, By News Staff

Parents and family members of Syracuse University students will be joining the campus community this weekend, from Oct. 31-Nov. 1, for Family Weekend 2014. This year, more than 3,500 people and 1,300 families will be attending, representing more than 37…

Disability Rights Activist Judith E. Heumann to visit University on Tuesday

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Judith E. Heumann, the special advisor for international disability rights at the U.S. Department of State, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Heumann will participate in a discussion titled “Inclusion of People with Disabilities Around the Globe Through…

STEM

Syracuse Physicists Closer to Understanding Balance of Matter, Antimatter

Monday, October 27, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have made important discoveries regarding Bs meson particles—something that may explain why the universe contains more matter than antimatter. Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone and his colleagues recently announced their findings at a…

Poet Daisy Fried to Share Work in Carver Reading Series

Friday, October 24, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

Award-winning poet Daisy Fried will participate in the Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series with a reading Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session is from 3:45- 4:30 p.m., followed by the reading, which begins at 5:30 p.m….

Near Westside Initiative Receives Prestigious Award from USGBC

Wednesday, October 22, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Near Westside Initiative, a not-for-profit organization housed in Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement and Economic Development, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Mayor Richard M. Daley Legacy Award for Global Leadership in Creating Sustainable Cities from…

Marriage and Family Therapy Presents ‘Survivor Sessions’ Oct. 24

Monday, October 20, 2014, By Michele Barrett

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy in the Falk College is hosting a panel presentation of survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence on Friday, Oct. 24, from noon-2 p.m. at Peck…