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Test of Orange Alert to Be Conducted Thursday, Nov. 1

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Christine Grabowski

Syracuse University will conduct a test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 9:30 a.m. It will be a full test of the personal e-mail, text message, cell voice and campus phone components…

Media, Law & Policy

Communications Executive Jim Olson ’91 to Present ‘Storytelling in the Digital Age’ Nov. 12 at Newhouse

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jim Olson ’91, chief communications officer at Steward Health Care, the world’s largest private, physician-led health care network, will visit the Newhouse School on Monday, Nov. 12, as the Social Commerce Days Visiting Executive. He will present “Storytelling in the…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Plant 35 Trees on South Campus in Remembrance of Pan Am 103 Victims

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

More than 70 volunteers took part in the Remembrance Tree Planting Project on South Campus on Friday, Oct. 26. Thirty-five trees were planted to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland,…

Media, Law & Policy

PPIA Fellows Reflect on Experiences; Application Deadline for 2019 is Nov. 1

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last summer, five Syracuse University students were selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. Anna Nguyen, who is majoring in public health in the Falk College and policy studies in the…

Campus & Community

Open Enrollment Begins Today—Enroll Now Through MySlice

Monday, October 29, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Open Enrollment, the annual period when University employees make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins today and continues through Friday, Nov. 9, through MySlice. This is the only time of year when employees may elect or change their…

Campus & Community

Thank you for Boosting the ’Cuse!

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

To all members of the Syracuse University community who joined Otto’s crew and made a gift to support the University yesterday: THANK YOU! More than 4,200 donors (and counting!) from all 50 states and more than a dozen countries raised…

Arts & Culture

Five Films that Laid the Foundation for the Horror Film

Friday, October 26, 2018, By News Staff

The term “horror film” first appeared in public usage in 1931 after the release of Tod Browning’s “Dracula.” But that doesn’t mean monsters and mayhem were not regularly seen on the silver screen during the silent era. Kendall Phillips, professor…

Campus & Community

Division of Marketing and Communications Announces Inaugural Student Communications Advisory Committee

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By News Staff

The Division of Marketing and Communications today announced the membership of the inaugural Student Communications Advisory Committee, a 16-member group comprising undergraduate, graduate and law students. The committee, the creation of which was announced in the spring, will serve in…

Campus & Community

Thousands of Alumni Return Home for Orange Central

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By John Boccacino

A record-setting Orange Central weekend brought thousands of proud alumni back home to Syracuse University for SU’s annual reunion and homecoming celebration, Oct. 18-21. It was a weekend of reminiscing and reconnecting with classmates and professors, sharing nostalgic moments from…

STEM

Accent Discrimination: Invisible Source of Social Bias

Thursday, October 25, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

On April 3, 2009, an Asian American named Jiverly Wong shot and killed 13 people at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, then turned a gun on himself. His victims included an ESL teacher and 12…