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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Named Speaker for Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs is hosting a series of events in February. The month-long celebration officially kicks off on Feb. 1. The commemorative speaker this year is…
Weight Watchers Is Ongoing—Join Anytime
The University’s partnership with Weight Watchers® is ongoing and you can join anytime. If you are an active benefits-eligible Syracuse University faculty or staff member, you have access to discounted rates on Weight Watchers® Meetings (in the community and on campus)…
Whitman Behavioral Lab Conducts Human Subject Research
Students looking to earn some cash for their next cup of coffee need to look no further than the basement of the Whitman School. Located in room 010, the Behavioral Laboratory at the Whitman School of Management provides Whitman faculty…
Shakespeare in Our Time
Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, has plenty to say about William Shakespeare, as the world marks the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. She returned to campus…
Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate in a nearly full Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In his nearly 25-minute remarks, the Chancellor provided a comprehensive update on a number of items, including matters relative to student life, academic affairs, executive searches and Fast Forward Syracuse. Chancellor Syverud has been regularly delivering remarks at Senate meetings to provide an update on key University initiatives. This was his first to the University’s governing body since the start of 2016.
Accessibility Training Classes Spring 2016
The University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced its new Walk-in IT Accessibility Help Desk hours. New this semester, the IT…
Sean O’Keefe, Donna Shalala, Paul Volcker Appointed to Presidential Transition Team
Three members of the Maxwell School community were appointed to a six-person bipartisan team that will advise the National Academy of Public Administration’s presidential transition panels. University Professor and Phanstiel Chair Sean O’Keefe G’78, former secretary of the Navy and NASA administrator;…
Low-Cost Tool in Fight Against Childhood Obesity: Water Dispensers in Schools
Making water more available in New York City public schools through self-serve water dispensers in cafeterias resulted in small—but statistically significant—declines in students’ weight, according to new findings. The study, published Jan. 19 in the online issue of JAMA Pediatrics,…
Students Can Highlight Research, Creative Work at Upcoming ACC Meeting of the Minds
Biology student Alexandria Aruck ’16 engaged with students doing research outside of her field for the first time at the ACC’s Meeting of the Minds Conference last year at North Carolina State University. “It was an opportunity for me to…
Claire S. Rudolph, Professor Emerita of Social Work, Dies
Professor emerita Claire S. Rudolph died Jan. 5 peacefully at home. A resident of Syracuse since 1952, when she and her husband relocated to continue their graduate studies, she earned a Ph.D. in social sciences from Syracuse University and joined…