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Health & Society

How to Stay Cool When the Summer Heats Up

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By News Staff

With high heat and humidity predicted later this week, it’s a good idea to review the warning signs of heat illness and take precautions to avoid heat exhaustion or heat stroke. What is heat illness? When you get warm, your…

Veterans

IVMF’s Maureen Casey Testifies before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veteran Affairs

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

On July 10, Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) Chief Operating Officer Maureen Casey testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veteran Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C. The testimony marks the second time in…

Campus & Community

Join in the Campus Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By News Staff

Faculty and staff can still join in on a scavenger hunt! Get outdoors, move more and earn points to be entered to win prizes. This scavenger hunt is a fun way to keep moving this summer while exploring our beautiful…

Health & Society

Free ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Accessible Technologies Webinar Available Thursday

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, By News Staff

The Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (BBI), is co-hosting the free Accessible Technology Webinar Series. The next webinar, “(Dis)abling Comics, ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con, and Accessible Technologies,” is Thursday, July 18, from 2…

Arts & Culture

Professor to Co-Present Restoration Shakespeare Showcase at London’s Globe Theatre July 17

Monday, July 15, 2019, By Rob Enslin

London-based students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to a showcase of Restoration Shakespeare at the historic Globe Theatre, co-led by Amanda Eubanks Winkler, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). The…

Business & Economy

Syracuse Student Startup MedUX Selected for Medical Device Innovation Challenge Accelerator Program

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

MedUX is one of six teams selected for the prestigious CNY Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC) 2019 Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC), an intensive six-month mentorship accelerator program that starts Aug. 1. MedUX was founded by Alec Gillinder and Quinn King ’20, both…

Campus & Community

Hendricks Chapel Sponsors Student-Led Organ and Choral Music Workshop in Accra, Ghana

Monday, July 8, 2019, By Delaney Van Wey

Through support from Hendricks Chapel, students and faculty from Syracuse University, the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Brooklyn College will travel to Accra, Ghana, this August to participate in a weeklong workshop on organ and choral music alongside Ghanaian…

Media, Law & Policy

Committee Members Appointed in Search for the Next Dean of the Newhouse School

Wednesday, July 3, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the members of a search committee for the next dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, following the death of Dean Lorraine Branham on April 2….

STEM

Apollo Anniversary and the Future of Space Exploration

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, By News Staff

The upcoming 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is July 20. The moon landing marked the culmination of America’s Cold War human spaceflight program and positioned itself as a global leader in science and technology. Apollo 11, the mission Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University, SEIU Confirm New Five-Year Agreement

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University staff members represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200United voted on Friday, June 28, to ratify a five-year contract for over 800 University employees, who are food service workers, library technicians, skilled tradespeople, custodial and…