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Health & Society

School Food Policy and Its Impact on Childhood Obesity

Friday, October 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Amy Schwartz has for many years studied the school lives of New York City children, looking at educational inequalities and school finance. Much of the work focused on looking at test score results but more recently Schwartz wanted to look at a broader picture of student success.

STEM

Biomedical and Chemical Engineering to Hold Fall Distinguished Lecture

Friday, October 23, 2015, By News Staff

Shekhar Garde, dean of engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will speak on “Water Near Proteins and Interfaces: A New Molecular Perspective” on Friday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. in 105 Link…

Campus & Community

Message to Our Community

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It is with immense sadness that I write to notify you of the death of two Syracuse University students, Chengye Hou and Yifan Tao. Chengye and Yifan, both originally from China, were graduate students in…

Health & Society

Syracuse University and Nanjing University Form Green Buildings Partnership

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kerrie Marshall

With joint interests in sustainability of the built environment, Syracuse University and Nanjing University (NJU) of the People’s Republic of China signed a cooperative agreement on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to establish the International Center for Green Buildings and the Urban…

Scholars Announce Activities for 2015 Remembrance Week

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988.

Veterans

VeteransU App Helps Vets Adjust to Life at SU

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Charles Preuss had spent the previous seven years of his life with his head on a swivel. As an airborne paratrooper for the U.S. Army, his life depended on an astute understanding of his surroundings and the people in them….

Military Intelligence Expert Available for Comment on Benghazi Hearings

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Vice Admiral and Deputy Director for the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism Robert B. Murrett is available for media interviews regarding the current Benghazi hearings. Murrett is also faculty member at Syracuse University Maxwell School’s Department of Public Administration…

Health & Society

Guest Speaker to Discuss Black Westward Migration Nov. 4

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

The Department of African American Studies (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences will play host to an expert on black migration experiences. Marta Effinger-Crichlow, associate professor and chair of African American studies at CUNY’s New York City College…

Media, Law & Policy

Scholar Spotlight: Justin Mattingly ’17

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Justin Mattingly is busy with dual majors in newspaper and online journalism (Newhouse) and political science (Maxwell) and minors in sport management (Falk College), history (Maxwell) and, soon, sport analytics (Falk). But that’s only part of the story. He also…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Launches Research Website

Wednesday, October 21, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management recently launched a website featuring faculty research on a variety of business topics. The site is a repository where users can access research translations/briefs and full papers from Whitman School faculty. The site…