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Learn About FSAP/Carebridge Services Jan. 26-28
Members of the Syracuse University community are invited to attend one of four information sessions to learn about Carebridge and the services and resources now available through the enhanced and expanded Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP). The Office of…
Fake a Knee—Professor, Students Develop Device for Joint Repair Research
When patients undergo traditional knee replacement surgery, the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint is replaced with one built with metal, plastic and polymers. Along with their natural joint, patients lose a certain quality of life. Risk…
HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane
An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…
Crowston, Østerlund Funded for New NSF Citizen Science Project
Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members are exploring new ways of combining the efforts of citizen scientists and machine learning algorithms to classify data from a National Science Foundation-funded research initiative called “the most complicated experiment ever undertaken in…
University Partners with Carebridge to Enhance Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
The University has partnered with Carebridge to provide comprehensive counseling, wellness and work-life services and resources that will significantly expand and enhance the offerings of the current Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP). As previously announced, the University has been…
Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders
It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production—including intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer—and at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…
University Joins in Grand Opening of Ska-nonh Center Nov. 20-21
History will come alive this weekend, as the University helps celebrate the grand opening of Ska-nonh—The Great Law of Peace Center, along the ancient shores of Onondaga Lake in Liverpool, N.Y.
Falk College Hosts Inaugural Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speakers Tonight
“Food and Fear: How Therapists and Dietitians Collaborate in Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders” is the featured topic for the Inaugural Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series lecture to be held Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in Grant Auditorium….
Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?
That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.
VeteransU App Helps Vets Adjust to Life at SU
Charles Preuss had spent the previous seven years of his life with his head on a swivel. As an airborne paratrooper for the U.S. Army, his life depended on an astute understanding of his surroundings and the people in them….