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Whitman School Using Gamification to Promote Learning
What do Harry Potter and a smartphone app have to do with training tomorrow’s business leaders? At Syracuse University, plenty. This semester, the Whitman School of Management is launching the Goodman IMPRESS program. IMPRESS creates competition among students to gain…
Biologist Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant
James Hewett, an associate professor of biology and neuroscientist, was recently awarded a $440,000 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Hewett will use this…
Summer Storytelling Project to Hold Opening Reception Sept. 11
Eight families from Syracuse’s south and west sides participated in the South Side Newspaper Project’s Summer Storytelling Series, “From Where We Stand.” The mission of this project was to spotlight family life by putting real families behind the camera. To…
Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair
Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. After…
Physicist John Laiho Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
John “Jack” Laiho recently completed his first year as a member of the Syracuse University faculty, and what better way to celebrate than by receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support his cutting-edge research. Laiho, who earned a…
#HashtagLunchbag Syracuse—Feed The Homeless
Please join us for the #hashtagLunchbag Syracuse edition! Hashtaglunchbag is a nonprofit organization based out of California that holds monthly events across the nation to feed the homeless and inspire others to give back, by sharing the experience via social…
Convocation Remarks by Stephen Barton ’12
Good morning. Thank you, Professor Andersen, for that introduction. A little over two years ago, I stood on this platform, at this podium, in these robes, and in this Dome to give a commencement speech for my graduating class. I…
Campus Springs Back to Life as Students Arrive for Upcoming Semester
By car, van or moving truck, students by the thousands are returning to the Syracuse University Hill. Why did they choose Syracuse, and who is helping them when they arrive? The answer to both of those questions is steeped in…
Training the Next Generation of Power Engineers
Most people only think about the electricity that powers our homes and gadgets when it isn’t there. When the power is humming, we tend to take it for granted. The trouble is, the network that delivers the electricity to keep…
Android Summer for Computer Science Student
Carter Yagemann, a senior in the computer science program from Jupiter, Fla., spent his summer crawling the Android operating system as part of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Carter investigated Android security…