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Campus & Community

Liddy Selects David Seaman as Dean of the University Libraries

Monday, June 8, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today selected David Seaman as University librarian and dean of the Syracuse University Libraries. Seaman comes to Syracuse from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., where he is currently the associate librarian…

Arts & Culture

UVP, Light Work Announce Summer Review 2015

Monday, June 8, 2015, By Jessica Posner

From mid-June through early September, UVP is screening two programs featuring works from the 2014-2015 “Celestial Navigation: a year into the afro future” program at UVP Everson.

Media, Law & Policy

Hromadzic Publishes ‘Citizens of an Empty Nation’

Monday, June 8, 2015, By News Staff

Azra Hromadzic, assistant professor of anthropology in the Maxwell School, has published a new book, “Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina” (University of Pennsylvania Press), an ethnography that investigates the internationally directed postwar intervention policies…

STEM

Sloan Foundation Funds Expanding Smart-Energy Device Privacy Study

Thursday, June 4, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The Sloan Foundation has awarded funding to expand the efforts of two School of Information Studies (iSchool) researchers who are looking at the issue of data privacy regarding smart energy-reading meters—and now, additional smart home devices. A foundation award of…

Campus & Community

New Members Elected to Board of Trustees; Dean, Faculty, Student Reps Appointed

Thursday, June 4, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University is pleased to announce the election of two new members to the University’s Board of Trustees, Clifford Ensley ’69,’70, G’71 and Mark Verone ’95. Ensley and Verone were elected at the May Board meeting. “We welcome Cliff and…

Campus & Community

Q&A: Chase Catalano on Caitlyn Jenner, Transgender Issues

Wednesday, June 3, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Former Olympian (and Kardashian family in-law) Bruce Jenner recently, and very publicly, came out as transgender.  Her transition into Caitlyn Jenner, and debut on the cover of Vanity Fair, have been chronicled, and commented on, everywhere. LGBT Resource Center Director…

Health & Society

Falk Offers PTSD Discussion Series

Tuesday, June 2, 2015, By Michele Barrett

To educate the local community about issues related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Falk College is offering a discussion series during the month of June, which is designated as National PTSD Awareness Month to raise public awareness of PTSD and…

Health & Society

Ph.D. Student Awarded Grant to Help People in Pain Quit Smoking

Monday, June 1, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a grant award to help people in pain quit smoking. Emily Zale, a student in the clinical psychology program in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded a…

Campus & Community

Tackle Security, Win a Prize at Strawberry Fest

Monday, June 1, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

You could win a prize from Information Technology and Services (ITS) at the Syracuse University Strawberry Festival on June 12. ITS’s Information Security team has developed a crossword puzzle challenge that tests your knowledge about protecting your—and the University’s—data and…

Arts & Culture

Project Aims to Raise Profile of Women Architects on Wikipedia

Monday, June 1, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Associate Professor of Architecture Lori Brown hears one question over and over from her female students that she doesn’t have a good answer for. “Years ago, and even now, they ask me why they’re not learning more about female architects…