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Arts & Culture

Poet Will Schutt to Appear Oct. 8 in Raymond Carver Series

Sunday, August 3, 2014, By Renée K. Gadoua

The poet Will Schutt will participate in Syracuse University’s Fall 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series with a reading Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session is from 3:45-4:30 p.m., followed by the reading. The event is free and…

STEM

Going Direct: Communication in a Device-to-Device Network

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Two Ph.D students, Chenfei Gao and Xiang Sheng, and their advisor Professor Jian Tang, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a best paper award in the 2014 IEEE…

STEM

Engaging Young Women in Engineering Through Project ENGAGE

Thursday, July 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Some of the area’s brightest seventh- and eighth-grade girls are taking part in Project ENGAGE. It’s an immersive week-long program that gives them an idea of what it takes to earn an engineering degree, and the possibilities once they graduate….

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Work Featured in an Unusual Place: Chipotle Packaging

Wednesday, July 16, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Customers at Chipotle are getting a side order of literature to go along with their burrito bowl and guacamole. Syracuse University English Professor George Saunders is one of 10 authors whose works are now featured on cups and bags at…

STEM

iSchool Research Finds Young People Are Careful, Expressive Communicating Online

Friday, July 11, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Contrary to a common cultural portrayal, young people are careful and conscientious about how they present themselves in online communication, and they compose expressive messages, use larger vocabularies, and emphasize remarks with more punctuation than their older counterparts. Those are some of…

Campus & Community

DPS Training Set for July 11

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, By Keith Kobland

On Friday, July 11, the Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) will hold a training exercise from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 311 Chinook Ave. on South Campus. Officers will be taking part in training and responding as…

Campus & Community

$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities

Thursday, June 26, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker ’68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Listening Meeting on Advocacy Center

Friday, June 20, 2014, By News Staff

In a June 19 email communication to the University community, Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz announced she will host a series of Listening Meetings for the campus community this summer and into the fall…

Dean Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz’s E-Mail to the University Community on the Advocacy Center

Friday, June 20, 2014, By News Staff

June 19, 2014 Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: Many of you have shared your thoughts and feelings about the recent decision, which was made based on my recommendation to Chancellor Syverud, to integrate and align the services of the Advocacy…

Veterans

Newhouse to Host Workshop for Active Duty Military Aug. 15 and 16

Thursday, June 19, 2014, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Military Visual Journalism program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications  will present a two-day workshop, “Managing Your Digital Arsenal,” Friday, Aug. 15, and Saturday, Aug. 16, on the Syracuse University campus. The workshop is open to all…