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Campus & Community

Moving Forward: A Teach-In

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By News Staff

How can we continue to pursue progressive policy during the Trump administration? Join us Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. in the Maxwell School Auditorium at Syracuse University! This is the first of a series of teach-ins to address policy changes…

Campus & Community

Coming Back Together Student Co-Chairs Selected

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By News Staff

Planning for the Office of Program Development’s Coming Back Together (CBT) 2017 reunion, held every three years and due this September, is well underway. As anyone who has attended will tell you, the preparation involved is significant because it includes…

Campus & Community

University Hosts Sixth Annual Blood Battle Challenge

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University students are among the many students throughout the United States who help the Red Cross fulfill its lifesaving mission by donating blood. In fact, approximately 20 percent of the millions of blood donations made every year come from…

STEM

How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…

Arts & Culture

Maija Tammi—Art Photographer and Communicator of Science

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Sean Smith

Photography serves as an accurate means to convey what we observe within a specific context or contexts. From its early days, photography has served an important double role in the recording and communication of science and as art form. Maija…

Campus & Community

University Launches Center for Learning and Student Success

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Carol Boll

A new Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS) to better support students in their academic endeavors has officially opened this semester on the third floor of E.S. Bird Library. The center unites the Tutoring and Study Center with the…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses Most Recent Immigration Issues via University Senate’s Open Forum

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By News Staff

At the Syracuse University Senate’s open forum on Wednesday, Feb. 8, Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly provided updates on a number of important issues and University initiatives. The provost also fielded and addressed several questions from students, faculty and…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Faculty Will Offer Views of New President’s Policy, Decisions in ‘Out of the Gate’ Panel

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By News Staff

Maxwell faculty will offer expert views of some of President Trump’s early policy and administrative decisions during “Out of the Gate: Policy, Governance, and Citizenship in the Trump Administration,” a panel to be held Friday, Feb. 17, from 3:30-5 p.m….

Campus & Community

Disabilifunk Promotes Disability and Diversity Awareness

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Justin Kim

On Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7-10 p.m. in the Schine Underground, the Disability Student Union (DSU) and Disability Cultural Center (DCC) will host the fourth annual Disabilifunk, a vibrant and exciting evening of karaoke, improv, a cappella and more. “Disabilifunk…

STEM

Physicist Joseph Paulsen Receives CAREER Grant from NSF

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Amy Manley

Joseph Paulsen, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, titled “Ultrathin sheets on curved liquid surfaces:…