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Campus & Community

UC Offers Webinar to Help Employers Advance the Skill Level of Workers

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

Susan Conklin and Michael Evans, Ed.D., will host a webinar for leaders of professional organizations who want to enhance their employees’ interpersonal skills. The webinar takes place on Thursday, March 16, from 1 – 2 p.m. Click here to register….

Arts & Culture

Light Work to Present George Awde: ‘Scale Without Measure’

Friday, March 3, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work will present “Scale Without Measure,” a solo exhibition by artist George Awde from March 20–July 27. Awde’s photographic work delves into themes of contemporary masculinity, the male body, homosexuality and notions of physical and psychological strength, as seen through…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium, Urban Video Project to Present ‘Haunted Ethnography’ Screening, Artist Q&A March 9

Friday, March 3, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with an evening of video and experimental film. Urban Video Project (UVP) will present a program titled “Haunted Ethnography: new experimental documentary” on Thursday, March 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Hosmer Auditorium…

Campus & Community

Syracuse’s InVenture Prize Winner, Kate Beckman of Fresh U, Advances to ACC Finals

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Kate Beckman, founder of Fresh U, will represent Syracuse University at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) InVenture Prize Competition on March 30-31 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The ACC is composed of 15 member universities that compete in NCAA Division I athletics….

Campus & Community

Announcing the 2017 Orange Circle Award Winners

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Phanstiel Lecture and award ceremony to be held March 23 Syracuse University will celebrate philanthropy and honor some of the most altruistic members of the SU community at the Phanstiel Lecture and Orange Circle Awards—the signature events of Philanthropy Week…

Campus & Community

Laura J. Steinberg Named Special Assistant for Strategy to Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By News Staff

Laura J. Steinberg, former dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been appointed to a new role at Syracuse University in which she will help lead the growth of entrepreneurship and innovation across campus. Today, Steinberg…

Campus & Community

Longtime Religion Department Chair, Former Interim Dean of Hendricks Chapel Mourned

Thursday, March 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

A few days after Samuel Clemence was named co-chair of the committee charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Hendricks Chapel, former Department of Religion chair James B. Wiggins called him. “He offered me a copy of his report from…

Campus & Community

Broadway, Ryans to Receive 2017 Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Awards at March 6 Program

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Michele Barrett

In commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month during March, the School of Social Work in the Falk College will present its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program on Monday, March 6, at 6:45 p.m. in…

Arts & Culture

Research Is Her Cup of Tea

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Romita Ray’s background is steeped in India’s place in the history of tea production. She grew up in Kolkata (also known as Calcutta), a descendent of one of the pioneering Indian tea planter families in Bengal. Her expertise as an…

STEM

Undergrads Team Up to Publish Bacteria Research

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Bacteria may be small, but the effect they have on us is anything but minor. Bacteria are often associated with illness and disease, but in reality most  do us more good than harm. Although certain bacteria can wreak havoc on…