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Arts & Culture

VPA Communications Design Students Win Big in Creative Quarterly International Competition

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Erica Blust

Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won big in the international Creative Quarterly 54 competition. Five of the 12 winning entries in the graphic design student category were submitted by members…

Syracuse Views Fall 2018

Monday, January 7, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

What catches your eye on the Syracuse University campus—a beautiful sunset over campus, a cool class project or time spent on the Shaw Quad? Take a photo and share it with us. We select photos from a variety of sources….

STEM

Syracuse Intensifies Search for New ‘Ghostly’ Particles

Wednesday, January 2, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are playing an important role in a multinational neutrino experiment that could lead to major breakthroughs in the study of the universe. Mitch Soderberg, associate professor of physics, oversees a group…

Campus & Community

Orange Volunteers Squeeze in Some Compassion During Orlando Visit

Thursday, December 27, 2018, By News Staff

Citrus fruit may grow on trees in Florida, but the Sunshine State recently experienced the influx of an especially spirited variety of Orange–from wintry Syracuse! As the Orange football team prepared for its debut in the 2018 Camping World Bowl…

STEM

Concept to Design Library ‘Critical Catalog’ Earns ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award

Wednesday, December 19, 2018, By Diane Stirling

A paper describing a proposal to create a new type of library catalog—one that, in the way it uses metadata, acts as an “affirmative action” system to advocate for diversity and expose library users and readers to resources from populations…

Campus & Community

Proposals Being Accepted for Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Funding

Monday, December 17, 2018, By News Staff

The SU Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program is offering up to $75,000 for faculty or student projects that advance the University’s goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, directly or indirectly, or through raising awareness on campus about…

Veterans

Vice Chancellor Haynie Testifies before NYS Assembly Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Women Veterans

Thursday, December 13, 2018, By News Staff

On Wednesday, J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor, and executive director and founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, testified before the New York State Assembly Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Subcommittee on Women Veterans at the State Capitol…

Campus & Community

ITS Staff Member Builds Beds for Families in Need

Thursday, December 13, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Jon Wright doesn’t particularly consider himself a woodworker. But his skills—and those of his close knit group of friends—have created beloved pieces of furniture for many delighted young people in the community. Wright, a support analyst with the University’s Information…

STEM

Petroleum Experts to Donate MOVE Software Licenses to Syracuse

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Members of the Department of Earth Sciences will gain new insights into Earth’s crust, thanks to a licensing agreement between Syracuse University and Petroleum Experts (Petex), a leading developer of optimization software for the oil and gas industries. The Scotland-based…

STEM

Invent@SU Team Wins Share of First Prize at New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, December 11, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Millions of people around the world with mobility challenges have trouble standing up from a chair or couch. During the Invent@SU program in summer 2017, communications and rhetorical studies major Kalia Zizi Barrow ’17 and mechanical engineering major Ruby Batbaatar…