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Emergency Response Crews and Newhouse School to Conduct Training Exercise on July 29

Thursday, July 24, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Department of Public Safety, along with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will be conducting a drill on Tuesday, July 29, from 8-11:30 a.m. The exercise will take place in the 100 block of Winding Ridge Road. DPS,…

Health & Society

Sociology Professor Looks at the International Student Experience

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

A recent jump in the number of students from Asia enrolling in American universities has led Yingyi Ma to her latest research and a purpose in thinking about the best experience for international students.

STEM

Going Direct: Communication in a Device-to-Device Network

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Two Ph.D students, Chenfei Gao and Xiang Sheng, and their advisor Professor Jian Tang, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a best paper award in the 2014 IEEE…

STEM

Skytop Garden Yields Bounty for Researchers (Video)

Monday, July 14, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Summertime is the growing season for Syracuse University researchers, including Jason Fridley. The field biologist is looking into why some invasive plant species do better than their native cousins. There’s a good chance these invasive species are growing in your…

STEM

iSchool Research Finds Young People Are Careful, Expressive Communicating Online

Friday, July 11, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Contrary to a common cultural portrayal, young people are careful and conscientious about how they present themselves in online communication, and they compose expressive messages, use larger vocabularies, and emphasize remarks with more punctuation than their older counterparts. Those are some of…

Campus & Community

I-81 Workgroup Presents Findings, Recommendations

Thursday, July 10, 2014, By Kevin Morrow

Any decision on the future of I-81 will significantly impact the Syracuse University campus and the University Hill, says a report by a University I-81 workgroup charged by Chancellor Kent Syverud.

Campus & Community

Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors Continues with Grant from Verizon Wireless

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, By Lindsay Wickham

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management, South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) and WISE Women’s Business Center (WISE WBC) have partnered with Vera House Inc., a comprehensive domestic and sexual violence service agency, to reach out and support domestic violence…

Campus & Community

DPS Training Set for July 11

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, By Keith Kobland

On Friday, July 11, the Syracuse University Department of Public Safety (DPS) will hold a training exercise from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 311 Chinook Ave. on South Campus. Officers will be taking part in training and responding as…

STEM

Making Discoveries on the Smallest of Scales at Jefferson Lab

Monday, July 7, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

Post-doctoral Research Associate Rakitha Beminiwattha appreciates the irony of the work he does at the Jefferson Lab. Massive equipment, complex preparations, many collaborators and years of data and analysis searching for discoveries on the smallest of scales.

Campus & Community

Q&A: Rebecca Rose, Assistant Director of Financial Literacy and Education Programs

Thursday, July 3, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

A Brookings Institution study released last week claimed that though student debt levels have been increasing at a fast pace for at least two decades, there is no crisis in the offing. The authors say that increases in average lifetime…