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Arts & Culture

All Hands on Deck: VPA Senior’s Involvement on Campus Springs Him Into ‘Elf the Musical,’ New York City and Beyond

Monday, December 17, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Behind the scenes of every production is a team making it all happen. An organized chaos of choreographed disarray moves to give the audience the experience and “wow” moments for which they attend the theater. Samuel Arencibia, a senior in…

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…

The New York Times

Facebook’s Reliance On Outside Groups to Find Misinformation Is Worrying

Saturday, December 15, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the New York Times article, “Facebook Had a Good Election Day. But It Can’t Let Up Now.” “It’s a bad sign that the war rooms, especially Facebook’s…

Campus & Community

Deadline for MLK Unsung Hero Nominations, Performance Applications is Thursday

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 34th Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee invites the University community to nominate an Unsung Hero or audition to perform onstage at the event. All Unsung Hero nominations and applications to perform are due Thursday, Dec. 13, at 5…

Veterans

Student-Veteran Grads Return to Share Experiences and Recruit for Amazon and First Data

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By News Staff

United States Marine Corps veteran Kevin Lee ’17 and United States Navy veteran Brittney Coleman G’18 returned to campus recently to share experiences, network with current students and recruit graduating seniors to Amazon and First Data where they are now…

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…

STEM

Can Isik Named Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Tuesday, December 11, 2018, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly has announced that Can Isik, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will become interim dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), effective Jan. 1, 2019. Isik succeeds Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg,…

STEM

Physicist Applies Nanotechnology to Detect Protein-Protein Interactions

Monday, December 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences hopes to improve cancer detection with a new and novel class of nanomaterials. Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics, creates tiny sensors that detect, characterize and analyze protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in blood…

STEM

Dahlberg to Conclude Tenure as Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science

Monday, December 10, 2018, By News Staff

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg today announced she will soon conclude her tenure as dean of Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS). Beginning March 1, 2019, Dahlberg will assume the role of vice chancellor and provost at Texas Christian…