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Assistant Professor Ditre Recognized with Distinguished Early Career Award
Assistant Professor Joseph W. Ditre’s research is adding valuable insights into helping individuals who suffer from both addiction and chronic pain. His work is also garnering important recognition from the American Psychological Association’s Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP). Ditre, who…
Free Fitness Classes for Faculty and Staff
Spend 30 nminutes each Wednesday with Maggie Thomson, ACSM-certified exercise physiologist and Syracuse University adjunct professor, and improve your strength and flexibility. Thomson will teach a low impact body toning class that incorporates balance, stretching and working every muscle group…
Step Up to National Walking Day; Start a Monday Mile Group
On Wednesday, April 6, the American Heart Association (AHA) will kick off National Walking Day to rally everyone—individuals, friends, families, neighborhoods, communities, schools and workplaces—to join together and walk for health and fun. The day is a great opportunity to promote…
VPA Alumni Discuss ‘Chance Encounters’ at April 1 Panel Event
People are often presented with serendipitous moments that can shape the course of their professional careers. Six alumni from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will share their compelling stories as they relate to this theme in “Chance Encounters: An Alumni Panel Discussion.”
Earth Science Professor Discusses Pavlof Volcano Eruption, Says It’s Not Over Yet
The eruption of Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano has sent ash spewing 37,000 feet into the atmosphere, and Earth Science Professor Jeffrey Karson says, it’s not over yet. Karson is a geologist, and works in collaboration with Assistant Art Professor Robert Wysocki…
The Human Trace
The great anthropologist Loren Eiseley once compared mankind to a twisted stem of wisteria—a “rooted vine in space” on an immense, if not impossible journey. It’s one that each of us must attempt, regardless of outcome. This is the premise…
Author to Speak on ‘Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display’
Scholar Jennifer Tyburczy will deliver a talk on her book “Sex Museums: The Politics and Performance of Display” (University of Chicago Press, 2015) on Thursday, March 24, at 5 p.m. in Life Sciences Building 001. A reception and book signing…
Student Company Places Second in Student Startup Madness Competition
Student startup company ChaChing, a peer-to-peer payment and money transfer application, has been awarded second place in the “Entrepreneurial Eight” final round of the Student Startup Madness competition held at the SXSW interactive media conference in Austin, Texas, this week. ChaChing was co-founded…
Physicists Achieve Success with Shape-Shifting Water Droplets
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are close to figuring out how to make biologically inspired robots that can change shape according to their environment. A team of researchers, led by Mark Bowick, professor of physics and director…
Scholar Spotlight: Markova Casseus ’16
College of Visual and Performing Arts senior Markova Casseus has used her Communications and Rhetorical Studies major as a springboard to launch herself into the world of professional opportunity. Casseus is involved in a variety of on-campus organizations, all supporting…