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Health & Society

McDonald Receives NIH Grant to Study Intellectual Disability Research Ethics

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Katherine McDonald, associate professor of public health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and faculty fellow in the Burton Blatt Institute, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute…

Campus & Community

Participants Needed for Research Project on Alcohol Use among African American College Students

Monday, February 11, 2013, By News Staff

We invite you for participation in the research project “Alcohol Use among African American College Students.” This study was designed to better understand determinants of alcohol use behavior in college students of African descent. College students of African descent have…

A Bold Vision for a New York City Waterfront

Monday, February 11, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

The East River Esplanade in Manhattan is a narrow, deteriorating pedestrian walkway, marked with sinkholes and neglected open spaces. School of Architecture student Joseph Wood G’14 saw potential in the site’s striking riverfront views and land-water connections.

How to Handle a Crisis

Friday, February 8, 2013, By Keith Kobland

World leaders are often defined by the decisions they make during times of crisis. Typically, decisions are made under the most stressful of conditions. Often decisions are made with little sleep. “Sometimes leaders and groups spend days working on these…

Connective Corridor Green Bike Network Featured in Award-Winning Photo

Friday, February 8, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The green bike network along Syracuse’s Connective Corridor, one of the first in the country to implement new federal standards for bicycle safety, is showcased in a photo that recently won honors in a contest sponsored by the U.S Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety.

Jeff Connors ’98, Director of Global Marketing for adidas Group, to Speak at SU

Thursday, February 7, 2013, By News Staff

Career Services and the Office of Alumni Relations are bringing Jeff Connors, a 1998 graduate of the Whitman School of Management, to campus on Monday, Feb. 11, and Tuesday, Feb. 12, for a series of class visits and a presentation…

Veterans

Female Veterans with Entrepreneurial Passion: Registration Deadline for V-WISE Chicago is March 27

Friday, February 1, 2013, By News Staff

Early registration discount available for those who register before March 1 Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE), operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, will offer its sixth conference in Chicago May 3-5….

Arts & Culture

VPA to Host Screening of Fashion Documentary ‘Versailles ’73’

Thursday, January 31, 2013, By Erica Blust

Conversation with director Deborah Riley Draper also planned The fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Design will host a screening of the fashion documentary “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution” and a conversation…

Health & Society

Encouraging Children to ‘Go Green’

Thursday, January 31, 2013, By News Staff

The younger children are when they first become interested in conserving energy and the earth’s resources, the more likely they will be to support public projects for ecological well-being when they grow up.

Campus & Community

Students Host Second Annual Student Leadership Conference on SU Campus

Tuesday, January 29, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University student members of the Student Leadership Institute, a year-long program coordinated by the Office of Student Activities within the Division of Student Affairs, are planning the second annual SU Student Leadership Conference on Feb. 9. This one-day event…