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Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities
Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…
Hult Prize Winners Announced
Student startups Farm to Flame Energy and Drop Top won first and second place, respectively, in the Syracuse campus qualifier for the prestigious Hult Prize, hosted by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library this week. Farm to Flame will now…
University to Operate on Reduced Schedule during Green Days
The University will be operating under its Green Days and reduced occupancy schedule format for the Winter Break period from 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, through Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. During the Holiday/Green Days period: • All academic and…
Pan Am 103 Remembrance Service to be Held Dec. 21
The dean and chaplains of Hendricks Chapel will conduct a remembrance service on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 2:03 p.m. in the chapel’s Noble Room to honor the 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on…
University Endorses Learning Outcomes Assessment to Ensure Academic Program Accountability, Excellence
Four years ago, math Professor Terry McConnell was asked to participate in a series of meetings with faculty to help advance a campuswide culture of assessment and allay any concerns about a Universitywide move toward student learning assessment. McConnell didn’t…
TEDx Syracuse University Issues Call for Speakers
Are you exploring a new idea that has yet to reach its full potential? Are you pursuing interesting projects in our local community? Do you want to spark change in the lives of people around the community, and beyond? Do…
Nangia Awarded Access to Specialized Supercomputer
Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and her research team—graduate students Flaviyan Jerome Irudayanathan and Nandhini Rajagopal—have been awarded access to the Anton 2 supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to advance their research of…
Blackboard Ally Available to Help Faculty Make Digital Course Content More Accessible
University faculty members have a new tool for providing students with accessible course documents. Blackboard Ally, an accessibility plugin, will be integrated into all Syracuse University courses in Blackboard starting in the 2018 spring semester. Faculty can request that Ally…
United Way Gift Basket Online Auction Now Open
The One University Gift Basket Online Auction for the United Way of Central New York, sponsored by the Falk College, is now open for bidding. From cookies to haircare, baskets sure to entice the pet lover, or simply goodies all…
Intercollegiate Moot Court Teams Complete Successful Fall Season
It’s been a busy two months for the College of Law’s Trial Advocacy program, reports Professor Kathleen O’Connor, faculty director of the Moot Court Honor Society and Advocacy, with intercollegiate teams reaching the final four in three competitions and with…