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Syracuse University Athletics Takes Next Step to Create New Stadium Experience

Monday, October 8, 2018, By News Staff

This week, Syracuse University Athletics will take another important step as it seeks to advance its multi-year plan to invest $118 million to create a new stadium experience on its main campus. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, several Syracuse University representatives…

Campus & Community

Register for the Kindness in Action Challenge for Faculty and Staff

Friday, October 5, 2018, By News Staff

Kindness is contagious. When we are kind, we inspire others to be kind, and it creates a ripple effect that spreads outward to our coworkers, family, friends and even strangers. Kindness to both ourselves and others, can have a positive…

STEM

Call for Code Hackathon 2018: Improving Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By Amy Manley

Over 100 students participated in the 2018 Call for Code Hackathon held at Syracuse University’s Bird Library this fall. Student hackers were given 24 hours to brainstorm and present ideas on how AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data and IoT technologies can…

Campus & Community

Sexual and Relationship Violence Task Force Announces Membership Roster for 2018-19 Academic Year

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By Carol Boll

The Chancellor’s Task Force on Sexual and Relationship Violence at Syracuse University has announced its new roster of members for the 2018-19 academic year. The group this year will be led by returning co-chair Diane Lyden Murphy, dean of the…

Media, Law & Policy

WAER Inducts Len Berman ’68, G’70 and Steve Kroft ’71 into Hall of Fame

Thursday, September 27, 2018, By Greta Bush

“I don’t think my life would have turned out the way it’s turned out if I hadn’t gone to Syracuse.” These were the words of Steve Kroft ’71 during the WAER Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on Friday, Sept. 14….

Campus & Community

Issues in Digital Scholarship Forum Lecture and Panel Discussion with Jill Rothstein

Thursday, September 20, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

As a part of the Syracuse University Libraries’ ongoing Issues in Digital Scholarship Forum series, Jill Rothstein, chief librarian at New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library, will be on campus today and tomorrow for a…

Health & Society

Syracuse University Conducts First Systematic Review of Experimental Pain Research on Cannabis-Based Drugs

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have determined that cannabinoid drugs do not appear to reduce the intensity of experimental pain, but, instead, may make pain feel less unpleasant and more tolerable.

Health & Society

Faculty, Staff Invited to Register for Heart Healthy Living Series

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By News Staff

Are you living a heart-healthy life? Our lifestyle choices can go a long way toward reducing our risk; the preventative power of a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk for heart disease by as much as 80 percent. The Heart…

Campus & Community

Palmers’ Major Gift Supports Financial Aid, Career Services for Professional Master’s Students

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Dana Cooke

University Professor John L. Palmer, former longtime dean of the Maxwell School, and his wife, Stephanie G. Palmer, have made a major gift commitment to the school that will create an endowed fund supporting Maxwell professional master’s students, with an…

STEM

Registration Open for Student, Community Participants in Sept. 14-15 ‘Call for Code’ Hackathon Focused on Using Technology to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Relief

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

On average, every day natural disasters will directly impact 80,000 people, costing the global economy more than $270 million. What if technology could help improve these figures? This is the premise of the global Call for Code initiative, a massive…