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Media, Law & Policy

Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities

Wednesday, December 20, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…

Business & Economy

Money Matters: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Monday, December 11, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

News of this year’s Equifax breach, fraudulent I.R.S. tax returns and hacks into retail giants shows the ever-growing need to protect a person’s identity. “Identity theft is, unfortunately, not 100 percent preventable, so it’s important to know what resources are…

Campus & Community

Schine Box Office Hours During Finals and Semester Break

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, By News Staff

Here are hours for the Schine Box Office during finals and semester break: Monday, Dec. 4-Wednesday, Dec. 6—11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 7—11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9—Noon-9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11-Friday, Dec. 15—10:30 a.m.-1:30 pm.;…

Campus & Community

Drones Is Topic at Thursday Morning Roundtable Dec. 7

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

“Drones: How Will They Impact Central New York?” will be the topic when Major General Mark “Hoot” Gibson, USAF (Ret.), CEO of NUAIR Alliance, and Craig Marcinkowski, director, Strategy & Business Development at Gryphon Sensors, speak at Thursday Morning Roundtable on…

Health & Society

Blackboard Ally Available to Help Faculty Make Digital Course Content More Accessible

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Gabriella Salkin

University faculty members have a new tool for providing students with accessible course documents. Blackboard Ally, an accessibility plugin, will be integrated into all Syracuse University courses in Blackboard starting in the 2018 spring semester. Faculty can request that Ally…

Campus & Community

Apply for Spring 2018 Intergroup Dialogue Courses Today

Monday, December 4, 2017, By News Staff

The Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) Program invites students to fill out an online interest form for our 2018 academic course offerings: SOC/WGS 230 and CFE 200. IGD is an educational model that brings together students from diverse backgrounds to engage in…

STEM

Students Pursue Research at Sites across Country through NSF-Funded Program

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Mathematics major Danika Van Niel ’18 conducted original research in algebraic geometry last summer within the Mathematics Department at Purdue University. In the process, she learned what a career in mathematics research involves—and discovered more about herself. “I learned about…

Campus & Community

Light Work Lab Winter Break Hours

Thursday, November 16, 2017, By News Staff

With limited staff and in preparation for the New Year, #lightworklab will be temporarily changing hours of operation. The lab will be closed for Thanksgiving Nov. 23-26. Limited lab hours will be Dec. 9-22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays and 1-6 p.m. on weekends. We…

Campus & Community

Schine Box Office: Thanksgiving Break Hours

Thursday, November 16, 2017, By News Staff

Thanksgiving Break hours for the Schine Box Office are listed below. Friday, Nov. 17, noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, and Sunday, Nov. 19, CLOSED Monday, Nov. 20, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The…

Business & Economy

Whitman Entrepreneurship Programs Ranked in Top 20 by The Princeton Review

Wednesday, November 15, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

The Whitman School‘s entrepreneurship programs offers one of the best programs for students aspiring to launch their own businesses according to The Princeton Review. The education services company named the school’s undergraduate entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises program #16 and the graduate program…