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Fast Forward Syracuse Update

Tuesday, August 19, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Amid all the construction, campus tours and summer activities over the past 60 days, work has continued on Fast Forward Syracuse, the University-wide initiative providing the key strategic direction and framework for propelling the University forward, fostering academic and operational…

Online ‘Leadership and Culture’ Program Now Open for International Students

Friday, August 15, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Adjusting to college can be daunting for many students. Making that transition as an international student in a new country, facing a different culture, can extend the acclimation period and may result in a less successful transition. Tips and tools…

Light Work to Feature ‘Revive’ Exhibition

Friday, August 15, 2014, By Jessica Posner

Light Work has announced the exhibition “Revive,” featuring the work of Alison Rossiter. It runs Aug. 18-Oct. 22 in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work. A reception will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, from 5-7 p.m. In 2007,…

Arts & Culture

College of Arts and Sciences Launches Minor in Arabic

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By News Staff

In response to the growing interest in understanding Arab contemporary society, the College of Arts and Sciences has launched a minor degree program in Arabic. The 20-credit-hour program prepares students to read, write and communicate orally in Arabic at a…

Arts & Culture

Exhibition at 914Works Closes with Black-and-White Reception

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By Erica Blust

914Works, a gallery space of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will host a black-and-white reception to mark the closing of “Son of the Genesee,” an exhibition of black-and-white paintings by Stefan Zoller G’16, on Thursday, Sept. 4,…

Arts & Culture

‘Margaret Bourke-White: Moments In History’ Opens Aug. 19

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries, in collaboration with the SU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, will present “Margaret Bourke-White: Moments in History 1930-1945,” an exhibition of vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and ’40s.

Campus & Community

Register Now! Help SU Ensure Accessibility of Electronic & Information Technology

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

You’re invited! And if you’ve already participated, send your colleagues. But act fast; only a few seats remain. Information Technology and Services (ITS) reminds staff members that registrations are still being accepted for the award-winning workshop “Accessibility Fundamentals for Microsoft…

STEM

Training the Next Generation of Power Engineers

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Most people only think about the electricity that powers our homes and gadgets when it isn’t there. When the power is humming, we tend to take it for granted. The trouble is, the network that delivers the electricity to keep…

Health & Society

Psychologist Elected President of Society for Mathematical Psychology

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

For the last three years, Amy Criss, associate professor of psychology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has served on the board of the Society for Mathematical Psychology. Earlier this month, at the society’s annual meeting in Québec,…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…