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FEMA’s Wrong Flood Plain Projections Leave Some Surprised, and Homeless

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As Hurricane Harvey swept through Texas, many were left with basements and living rooms full of water- despite being outside of FEMA’s projected high-risk flood areas. FEMA and its maps represent the government’s best flood plain estimates, leaving those outside…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Poster Project Seeking Haiku

Monday, August 21, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse Poster Project invites Central New York writers to submit haiku poems for the 2018 poster series, the 17th annual series. Each year the project brings together artists from Syracuse University and poets from the community to create a…

STEM

NASA Recognizes High School Student’s Research Project at SU

Wednesday, August 16, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

He is the lead author on a published scientific study, his research has been recognized by NASA—and Hari Nanthakumar does not even have his driver’s license yet. Nanthakumar, currently a senior at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, called the College…

Campus & Community

Students Awarded Top Prizes for Honors Capstone Projects

Tuesday, August 1, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

For students in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, the honors capstone project can be a challenge to complete. The project typically requires intensive research, writing, professional or creative work over the course of already busy junior and senior years….

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Poster Project Presents ‘Splash Poetry’

Thursday, July 6, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse Poster Project, a nonprofit civic arts organization, wants to brighten up your cloudy days. For the past 16 years, the Poster Project has partnered with local poets and Syracuse University illustration students to create an annual series of…

Arts & Culture

Urban Video Project, Light Work Announce Annual Summer Review

Tuesday, June 27, 2017, By News Staff

Urban Video Project, a program of Light Work, has announced “UVP Summer Review 2017: Interzones.” Through early September, UVP will feature all of the works exhibited during their 2016-2017 program year, which explore liminal states, haunted places and the space…

Smithsonian Magazine

VPA Faculty Members Art Project Highlighted as Conscious Raising

Tuesday, June 27, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Susannah Sayler, Assistant Professor, Art Photography and Transmedia Core, and Edward Morris, Professor of Practice, Transmedia Core, were both featured in a Smithsonian Magazine feature story “These Nine Artists Will Help You Understand the Future of the Planet.”

Campus & Community

Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Program Awards Nearly $75,000 to Projects

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Rachel May

Syracuse University’s Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program has completed its second round of applications and awarded nearly $75,000 in funding to faculty and students. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer…

Campus & Community

Renée Crown University Honors Students to Present Capstone Projects May 3

Friday, April 28, 2017, By News Staff

One hundred and ten seniors in the Renée Crown University Honors Program will present their capstone projects on Wednesday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hall of Languages. The presentation panels will run concurrently in 10…

Business & Economy

Collaborative Project Investigates Public-Private Partnerships

Wednesday, April 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The average student would be extremely disappointed to receive a D+ on his or her report card, but that’s exactly the grade that infrastructure in the United States has earned from the American Society of Civil Engineers. That score is…