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Campus & Community

Exciting Changes Coming to SUmail Accounts Starting Oct. 5

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

On Oct. 5, Microsoft will begin to upgrade SUmail to the latest Office 365 interface. SUmail is the system in which Information Technology and Services (ITS) provisions and manages official Syracuse University email accounts for students and alumni. SUmail utilizes…

Arts & Culture

Five Distinguished Alumni to Receive George Arents Award during Orange Central

Wednesday, September 25, 2013, By News Staff

Five distinguished Syracuse University alumni, representing excellence in the areas of the performing arts; art; fashion design; advertising, wellness and philanthropy; and literature will be honored with the George Arents Award during the University’s 2013 Orange Central celebration. Those who…

Campus & Community

An Evening of Gospel Music Tuesday, Sept. 24

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

Joan Hillsman and friends will perform “An Evening of Gospel Music: An African American Art Form” Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the Department of Art and Music Histories. Admission is free.

Media, Law & Policy

In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees, University Establish Scholarship Fund to Honor Chancellor Nancy Cantor

Monday, September 23, 2013, By News Staff

From Sorkin Week in Los Angeles to Study Abroad in London to Engagement Scholars in Syracuse, immersion programs that enable students to “test what they think they know” are hallmarks of the Syracuse University experience. Yet not every student has…

STEM

SU, Partners to Study Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Thursday, September 19, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Professor Duncan Brown receives NSF grant to help establish astrophysics network Physicists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have received a major federal grant to create the tools needed to understand the collisions of black holes and neutron…

Health & Society

The Goodness of Raw Materials

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Chef Mary Ann Kiernan calls it “the mystery box of produce”—her weekly box of vegetables from a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. As a chef, she finds it a fun challenge. But as a nutrition and food studies instructor, Kiernan has seen the trepidation in students as they try to compose a meal from a mystifying basket full of vegetables.

Arts & Culture

Kushner Is First Guest of 2013-14 University Lectures

Friday, September 13, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, author of the 2012 Academy Award-nominated film “Lincoln,” will kick off the 2013-14 University Lectures season at Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 8. “A Conversation with Tony Kushner,” discussion between Kushner and University Lectures Director…

Campus & Community

Transcript of Welcome Address by Kent D. Syverud

Thursday, September 12, 2013, By News Staff

Thank you, Dick and Ryan, for those welcoming words and for your great service to Syracuse University. First things first. I must acknowledge and thank our Chancellor, Nancy Cantor. Nancy, you have been an extraordinary leader in higher education, at…

Campus & Community

Bat Activity On Campus

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By News Staff

During the late summer and early fall months there is a seasonal increase in bat activity in and around Central New York, including the Syracuse University Campus. Because a small percentage of bats may carry the rabies virus, it is…