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Campus & Community

Nominations Welcome for University’s 2019 Commencement Speaker

Monday, November 19, 2018, By News Staff

Members of the University community are invited to suggest a speaker for the 2019 Commencement. The speaker is chosen through an annual selection process that starts when students, staff, faculty, alumni and others in the community offer nominees via the…

Health & Society

Professor Maria Brown Leads Aging Studies Institute’s Community Collaboration to Benefit Older Adults Living at Home with Cognitive Decline

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Michele Barrett

A recently launched pilot project to screen for cognitive decline as part of routine community health services currently offered to older adults is expected to demonstrate the benefits of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D). One major…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Community Members Honored at 2018 YMCA CNY Book Awards

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Two members of the Syracuse University community recently received awards at the 2018 YMCA Central New York (CNY) Book Awards. Christine Kitano G’10 and Stephen Kuusisto, University Professor, won the 2018 YMCA CNY Book Award for Poetry and Nonfiction, respectively….

Media Tip Sheets

Is Cyber Monday Still a Thing? Retail Expert Says Its ‘Uniqueness’ Is Disappearing

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to the National Retail Federation, more than 160 million people are expected to shop over the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, with 71 percent of those consumers planning to hit brick-and-mortar and online retailers on Black Friday. Ray Wimer is an…

Campus & Community

Foundations Scholarship Awarded to Five Undergraduate Students

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Currie Murch Elliot

Foundations, a student development series that started last year, assists students in building the foundation for essential life skills, including leadership, career development, financial wellness, community involvement, healthy relationships, self-care and physical health and nutrition.  Each semester, undergraduate students who…

Campus & Community

Center for Online and Digital Learning Expands to Keep Pace with Growing Demand for Online Courses

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College’s Center for Online and Digital Learning (CODL) is a signature One University initiative and a strategic response to the growing demand to quality online programming at Syracuse University. The center was launched in 2017 and now includes a…

STEM

Invent@SU Teams Excel at Impact Prize Competition

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Student startup companies developed during the Invent@SU invention accelerator program took the top two prizes at the 2018 Syracuse University Impact Prize Competition organized by Blackstone Launchpad. The winners were selected for presenting the most innovative and implementable ideas to…

Spectrum News

What to Make of Jim Acosta Press Pass Saga? Professor Weighs In

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Suzanne Lysak, assistant professor of broadcast journalism, was quoted by Multichannel News and Spectrum News in coverage about the revoking of Jim Acosta’s White House press pass.

Business & Economy

Whitman’s David Park Honored by Poets and Quants for Undergrads In Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors List

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, By Arielle Spears

David Park, assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Whitman School, has been honored as one of the top 50 undergraduate business professors in the world by Poets and Quants for Undergrads, a website devoted to offering information and counseling to those…

Campus & Community

Annual Holidays at Hendricks Concert Set for Dec. 2 at Hendricks Chapel

Tuesday, November 13, 2018, By News Staff

Hendricks Chapel invites the Central New York community to celebrate the sounds of the season at the annual Holidays at Hendricks concert on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the chapel. The event is free and open to the…