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Campus & Community

Students Work with Nepalese Communities in Earthquake Recovery

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Brian Kam ’15 was planning to travel to Nepal last spring and summer to assist in beekeeping enterprises and fruit tree planting, mainly agricultural initiatives. His plans quickly changed as he arrived a week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous country on April 25.

The Twitter Gaffes of Donald Trump

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Republican candidate Donald Trump is back in the news today after retweeting a photo collage of anti-Jeb Bush imagery including a Nazi swastika and an image of Bush in a sombrero next to a cactus. “This is a perfect example…

Arts & Culture

Linguistics Professor Shares Insights at National, International Conferences

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Tej K. Bhatia’s insights are being sought by colleagues in the field both nationally and internationally. Bhatia, a professor of linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently…

Media Tech Pioneer Chet Kanojia Will Visit Newhouse School Nov. 5

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Chet Kanojia, who founded the pioneering online television technology company Aereo, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, Nov. 5. “Aereo: the Future was Then—a discussion with media tech pioneer Chet Kanojia” will be held at…

STEM

iSchool Researcher to Participate in NSF’s Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By J.D. Ross

To accelerate the emerging field of big data, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the establishment of four regional hubs for data science innovation across the United States. Covering all 50 states, these hubs include commitments from 281 organizations—from…

Health & Society

Eric Kingson Honored with 2015 Donald P. Kent Award from Gerontological Society of America

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Eric R. Kingson, professor of social work in Falk College and a faculty affiliate in its Aging Studies Institute, was named the 2015 recipient of the Donald P. Kent Award from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The award, which…

Campus & Community

Faculty Advisory Committee Weighs In on Potential Syracuse University College of Medicine

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By News Staff

After seven weeks of information gathering, exploration and deliberation, the Faculty Advisory Committee tasked with studying the idea of a veterans-focused college of medicine at Syracuse, has submitted a 107-page report to Chancellor Kent Syverud. That report, which will help…

Campus & Community

Graduate Forum on Research Methodologies to Be Held Nov. 13

Monday, November 2, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A graduate forum on research methodologies will be held Friday, Nov. 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the first floor of Bird Library. All are welcome to attend. The event will include…

‘Networked Arts’ Performance to Take Place at Syracuse, Cornell, Beijing Nov. 8

Monday, November 2, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse Symposium 2015™ “Networks” continues with “Networked Arts,” an international performance on Nov. 8 linking Syracuse University, Cornell and Beijing. The program is presented by the Society for New Music, and will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Joyce Hergenhan…

STEM

Physicists Aid in Study of Elusive Neutrinos

Monday, November 2, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the ongoing study of neutrinos, one of the universe’s smallest, most elusive particles.