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Health & Society

WAER Offers Rich Black History Month Lineup

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By News Staff

WAER, the commercial-free, listener-supported radio station at Syracuse University, will be offering a host of programming this February in honor of Black History Month. The programs range from being music-centric to documentary storytelling. Today from2-3 p.m., the station will air…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘2017 Transmedia Photography Annual’

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Sean Smith

Light Work is presenting “2017 Transmedia Photography Annual” exhibition, featuring photographs by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition will be on view in the Light…

Health & Society

Africa Initiative Hosts Kwame Dixon Talk, Book Signing

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Kwame Dixon, assistant professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss Afro-Brazil and the global struggle for human rights from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, in 319 Sims Hall. The event, “The Afro-Brazilian Experience…

STEM

Campus Becomes a Laboratory for Sustainability Research and Education

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By News Staff

Six faculty and student projects will receive grants totaling $50,000 this spring through the new Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer opportunities for communication and…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…

Arts & Culture

Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…

STEM

Stromer-Galley Secures $11.5 Million for Decision-Making Research

Monday, January 23, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Can an application help intelligence analysts engage in better reasoning and produce reports that help decision makers make better decisions? A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Syracuse University, the University of Arizona, Colorado State University and SRC Inc. aims to…

Health & Society

Researcher Examines Effect of Exercise on Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Aromatase Inhibitors

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A researcher in the School of Education (SOE) has simple advice for breast cancer survivors struggling with the side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs): exercise. Gwendolyn Thomas, assistant professor of exercise science, is the co-author of a groundbreaking article in…

STEM

Contrasting Construction in Bulgaria

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Students in the new course “Construction Management Practices in Eastern Europe” began their studies early last summer in the heart of Bulgaria, spending two weeks examining historic and modern construction sites throughout the country. The trip began with a visit…

Campus & Community

Be Alert for Payroll Tax Email Scams

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University’s Information Security team has again been notified that employees at several other colleges and universities have been targeted by malicious email campaigns attempting to steal usernames and passwords, or to install malicious software—malware—on users’ computers. These phishing emails…