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Health Services Gives Advice to Protect against Flu, Other Contagious Illnesses
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Flu season may be well underway but it’s never too late to protect yourself against the flu and other contagious illnesses. That is why University Health Services would like to remind the campus community of…
The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81
It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…
Campus Becomes a Laboratory for Sustainability Research and Education
Six faculty and student projects will receive grants totaling $50,000 this spring through the new Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer opportunities for communication and…
Physicist to be Recognized by National Academy of Sciences
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his “outstanding leadership” of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration. Peter R. Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…
Michael Frasciello Appointed Interim Dean of University College
Michele G. Wheatly, vice chancellor and provost, and J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovations, today announced that Michael Frasciello, director of online learning at the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been named interim…
Financial Wellness Webinar to Kick Off New Year
New Year, new you! Many times this phrase refers to making changes to eating or physical activity routines, but not in this case. The results of the 2016 faculty and staff wellness survey indicated that 50 percent of survey respondents…
Tillman Scholars Applications Now Open
The application process for the Tillman Scholars program, which funds education for student veterans and spouses of veterans, will open Feb. 1. The scholarship honors Pat Tillman. In 2002, Tillman, a starting safety for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals,…
Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors
The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…
Registration Open for Spring Technology Accessibility Training Workshops
Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people regardless of individual ability or disability can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for five training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…
Newhouse Professor Explains Fake News
Tom Boll was a newspaper journalist for 30 years and has been an adjunct professor in the Newhouse School since 2007. There, he’s taught newswriting as well as news literacy. One of his courses, COM 337, “Real News, Fake News:…