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Habitat for Humanity Raising the Roof and Awareness

Friday, September 19, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Build a shack. Increase awareness. Raise funds for affordable housing. The Shack-A-Thon draws students together for three days and two nights on the Quad to better understand the lack of affordable housing in the community and across the country.

ITS Continues to Implement New Information Security Measures

Wednesday, September 17, 2014, By Christopher C. Finkle

Security threats to higher education are on the increase. In the last year alone, more than 3 million data records have been reported exposed at colleges and universities nationwide, and millions more have been exposed at other organizations and businesses….

Style Lottery Makes Fashion Sense

Tuesday, September 16, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Timi Komonibo G’15 has been organizing clothing swaps for several years—events in which participants bring gently used garments to trade. It’s a fun, social experience, but the value in the Style Lottery comes in many layers for Komonibo.

Stanford’s Alexander Nemerov to speak on Faulkner and Bourke-White

Monday, September 15, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Alexander Nemerov, the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University, will present the lecture “Lightness: In the Air with William Faulkner and Margaret Bourke-White” on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in the…

Health & Society

Psychologist to Study Smoking, Painkiller Misuse Among Older Adults with HIV, Chronic Pain

Monday, September 15, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Joseph Ditre, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is readying a significant study that may help older adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and chronic pain quit tobacco smoking and reduce their misuse of prescription…

Syracuse Launches Certificate Program in Forensic Firearms Analysis

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Forensic firearms analysis is the subject of a new graduate certificate program offered by the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Certificate of Advanced Study in Firearm and Tool Mark…

Campus & Community

ESL Opportunity in Syracuse for Graduate/Law Students

Friday, September 12, 2014, By News Staff

Come out next week and join SUPRA (Syracuse University Program for Refugee Assistance) for a chance to make a difference in your community! SUPRA provides English classes to refugees in our community. We are currently looking for new teachers who…

SU Libraries Names Six New Members to Advisory Board

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries has appointed six new members to its advisory board. “These six individuals bring a keen strategic perspective for enhancing the resources, services, and environments of the 21st-century Syracuse University academic research libraries,” says Interim Dean of Libraries…

African American, Latino Alumni Gather for Coming Back Together 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Coming Back Together 2014, Syracuse University’s African American and Latino alumni reunion, will take place on campus Sept. 18-21. The theme is Celebrate, Inspire, Empower! Celebrar, Inspirar, Empoderar! This is the 11th CBT Reunion—the events take place every three years.

AT&T CNY Civic App Challenge Launched

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Technology giant AT&T, along with Syracuse University, CenterState CEO, SUNY-Oswego, Girls in Tech and Hack Upstate, today announced the AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon” in which developers are encouraged to “Solve Local” by building…