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Arts & Culture

New American All-Stars Music Group to Make Debut Appearance Wednesday

Tuesday, April 24, 2018, By Jennifer Russo

Two-dozen music students from Syracuse University and the Syracuse City School District will collaborate in a rock concert in Setnor Auditorium Wednesday to celebrate the diversity of music in the community. It’s the debut concert of the Music in the…

Campus & Community

Professors Honored with Prestigious Meredith and Teaching Recognition Awards

Thursday, April 19, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Michelle Kaarst-Brown, associate professor in the School of Information Studies, and Tom Perreault, professor of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, have been named the 2018-21 Laura J. and…

Campus & Community

CNY Relief for Puerto Rico Coalition Hosting Teach-In on Continuing Crisis

Friday, April 6, 2018, By News Staff

The crisis that continues to afflict Puerto Rico and that has caused hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in the U.S. mainland—including hundreds of families relocating in Central and Upstate New York—will be discussed in a teach-in event on Friday,…

AP

Bowhead Whales or Jazz Musicians?

Monday, April 2, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

New research has discovered the most musically-inclined whale. While that sentence seems odd, its true, as researchers have found that bowhead whales have created 184 different songs over a three-year span, a very high number considering the relatively low amount…

Media, Law & Policy

Before Rolling Back Tailpipe Standards – Consider Gas Tax, Air Quality

Monday, March 26, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The Environmental Protection Agency will decide by April 1 if future vehicle emissions standards should be eased – a decision long advocated for by the automotive industry. Charles Driscoll, a professor at Syracuse University’s College of Civil Engineering and Computer…

Health & Society

Same Mosquito Transmitting Yellow Fever, Dengue and Zika Virus

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Brazil is working to get a handle on the worst outbreak of yellow fever in decades. Just this week, the government announced that it planned to vaccinate the entire country against the virus by April 2019. David Larsen is an…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Students Help Kids Fly in Vintage Flight Simulator at M.O.S.T.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Known as “blue boxes,” the compact blue mini-planes designed by Binghamton New York engineer Edwin Link in 1929 were the first commercially available flight simulators. To build them, Link used his experience working for his family’s piano and organ business….

Campus & Community

Food Recovery Network Continues to Prosper at University

Friday, March 16, 2018, By Keone Weigl

This year’s National Nutrition Month theme is “Go Further with Food.”  This theme focuses on how our food choices can impact our bodies and our world. This article observes this theme by sharing one way Syracuse University Food Services works…

Health & Society

Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Elected to Academy of Arts and Letters

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Carol Boll

George Saunders G’88, professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and acclaimed author, has been elected into the membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Saunders is one of 12 individuals from the arts, literature…