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University Honored with Prestigious Civic Engagement Award
Syracuse University is among just five colleges and universities in the nation, chosen from more than 100 nominations, to share in the 2013 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center and the New York Life Foundation.
Challenge Course Opens on South Campus
The challenge course is not only open to SU students, faculty, and staff, but to the surrounding community as well. It was designed to support groups, as well as individuals, in working together at accomplishing the various challenges presented in the course.
Brooks Gump Named Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health
Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., has been named the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College at Syracuse University. Gump joined the Falk College faculty in 2010 and is currently a professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition, where he also serves as the graduate program director for public health.
Symposium Explores Use of Digital Games by Human Rights Activists
The Digital Witness Symposium invites cutting-edge mediamakers, programmers and scholars to discuss how the changing digital ecology is opening up new opportunities for human rights media. This year’s symposium explores how human rights activism is increasingly turning to digital games and interactive media as a strategy for engaging new audiences.
A Slice of Compliance
The Office of Athletic Compliance publishes an annual newsletter to help faculty and staff understand NCAA rules and regulations pertaining to academic year activities with student-athletes. The newsletter serves as a guide to determining what is permissible. A copy of…
Syracuse International Film Festival Opens Wednesday, Continues through Sunday
The Syracuse International Film Festival 2013 opens Wednesday, Oct. 2, with an art show and reception, “The Golden Era of Hollywood,” featuring work by Italian poster artist Silvano Campeggi, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Landmark Theatre. The festival continues through…
NSF Funds OrangeGrid Improvements
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Syracuse University $498,000 to enhance SU’s OrangeGrid by upgrading the campus’s data network infrastructure to facilitate high throughput research computing. OrangeGrid (formerly known as the HTC campus grid) uses idle desktop computers in…
When Accidents Happen
Professor Christopher DeCorse had made the trip from Bunce Island in Sierra Leone to nearby Papel Island over the span of many years as part of his research work. But one day last June, the journey’s end turned into a harrowing experience.
Flu Vaccine Clinics for Students
SU Health Services will hold the first seasonal flu vaccine clinic for SU/ESF students on Thursday, Oct. 3, from noon-4 pm at Flanagan Gym. No appointment is necessary. Please bring your SU/ESF ID with you. Additional flu clinics will be…
Internet Expert Viktor Mayer-Schonberger to Speak
In early June, British newspaper The Guardian reported that the U.S. National Security Agency had been collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans under a secret court order. The source was Edward Snowden, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton,…