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Campus & Community

Staff Member Helps Families in Wake of Natural Disasters as FEMA Reservist

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

When disastrous flooding hit Louisiana in August, most people around the nation could only watch the events of the devastation unfold on the news. Daniel Welker was glad to be called to action to help those in need.

Campus & Community

University Adds New Features to Mobile App

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

Students can now check SU Food Services menus and locations; order and pay for food ahead of time at Food Service locations and nearby off-campus locations; track and check arrival time for Centro buses; and view Lynda.com tutorials all from…

Campus & Community

AFSP Hosts Training for Clinicians Oct. 21

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP), Central New York Chapter, will host an attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) suicide prevention training for clinicians on Oct. 21, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Maplewood Suites in Liverpool, N.Y….

Campus & Community

Falk College Hosts Author, Nutritionist Jill Castle Oct. 6

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

Falk College and its Nutrition program will host the Second Annual Ann Selkowitz Litt Distinguished Speaker Series featuring childhood nutrition expert and author, Jill Castle, MS, RDN, CDN, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in Grant Auditorium. Her…

Campus & Community

Top Down—Bottom Up: A Series on Climate Solutions

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

A group of faculty members from all the schools and colleges at Syracuse University presents a curated series of events throughout the academic year, focusing on top-down and bottom-up strategies for combating climate disruption. The first events in the series…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse University Dialogue to Examine the Roles of Media, Law and Politics in Syrian Conflict

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Accountability in the Syrian conflict will be the focus of a daylong event hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications next month.

STEM

iSchool and City of Syracuse Launch Civic Data Hackathon

Monday, September 26, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the City of Syracuse announced today the launch of the Civic Data Hackathon: Syracuse Roads Challenge, powered by AT&T. The partnership between the iSchool, the city and AT&T creates the first community-based hackathon…

Arts & Culture

Carver Series Mourns Loss of SU Alumna, Announces Additional Author

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The Sept. 28 Raymond Carver Reading Series appearance of noted poet/journalist Ilyse Kusnetz G’92 has been canceled. Kusnetz, an alumna of Syracuse’s M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, died Sept. 13, succumbing to cancer. Kusnetz was the Sue Luzadder Chair in…

Campus & Community

J.R. Martinez Named as Keynote Speaker at 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Best-selling author, actor, U.S. Army veteran and motivational speaker J.R. Martinez will provide the keynote address at the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

Campus & Community

Q&A: LGBT Resource Center Director Tiffany Gray

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

After working for a year as the interim director of the University’s LGBT Resource Center, Tiffany Gray was recently named as the center’s permanent director. This cause for celebration coincides with the center’s 15th anniversary, which is being celebrated Monday,…