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Campus & Community

University to Conduct Innovation and Opportunity Assessment

Thursday, October 3, 2013, By News Staff

Innovation across the University—academic and administrative—is imperative in today’s higher education landscape. As faculty and staff throughout Syracuse University continue to explore new models for teaching and learning, and the delivery of essential services in both academic and non-academic areas,…

Campus & Community

‘Seeds of Peace’ at Oct. 3 TMR

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

The Oct. 3 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature Jose Cossa, Seeds of Peace coordinator at InterFaith Works of Central New York. He will be accompanied by a teen panel. They will discuss reducing racial tension and violence in…

Campus & Community

Panel Explores Pan Am 103 Legacy at SU

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up en route from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York’s JFK. Among the 270 killed were 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University. The effects of this tragedy were felt…

STEM

iSchool, LCS Coordinating Computing and IT Awards Programs for Women

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Diane Stirling

Syracuse University is joining with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to encourage more young women to choose an education and career in technology through a national awards program that celebrates both their achievements and their goals…

Business & Economy

NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…

Arts & Culture

SU Hosts Imagining America National Conference this Weekend

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, By Jamie Haft

Four hundred people from colleges and universities from across the United States will come to Syracuse University this Friday through Sunday, Oct. 4-6, for the Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) annual national conference.

Arts & Culture

LGBT Resource Center Presents Coming Out Month

Monday, September 30, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s LGBT Resource Center, within the Division of Student Affairs, continues its tradition of celebrating the month of October as “Coming Out Month,” in honor of the national “Coming Out Day” on Oct. 11. This month-long anniversary, designed to…

Veterans

Alumni Welcomed Back to Campus for Orange Central

Monday, September 30, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University students will get the celebration going early in the week, and alumni from around the world will be welcomed back to campus Oct. 3-6 for Orange Central 2013.

Campus & Community

October Filled with Disability Awareness Events on Campus

Friday, September 27, 2013, By News Staff

October has been nationally designated as Disability Awareness Month, and here at Syracuse University, the Disability Cultural Center, within the Division of Student Affairs, is partnering with constituents across campus to host a month-long series of events, conversations and programs…

Campus & Community

SU Libraries Upgrade Public Workstations

Friday, September 27, 2013, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

One of the most common complaints the SU Libraries receive from students is how slow its computers are. Given that library computers are the most heavily used on campus, the ‘ibraries’ information technology staff have been looking for ways to…