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Professor Emeritus of Political Science Michael Barkun has written a revised and expanded edition of his 2001 book “Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America” (University of California Press, 2013). In this second edition, Barkun looks at how American…

As you find your way on campus, make new friends and begin classes, a support system of peer mentors and advisors across campus are here to help make the transition smoother. Here are just a few who share their top pieces of advice.

Students from all over the world have begun to arrive on campus. The Slutzker Center for International Services within the Division of Student Affairs has greeted more than 800 new international graduate students recently. They will continue to do so…

Robert Doyle will experiment with ‘gut hormone’ and vitamin B12 A chemist in The College of Arts and Sciences has received a federal grant to study the oral administration of PYY3-36, a peptide that inhibits food intake by naturally switching…

Recent revelations about the U.S. government’s surveillance programs in counterterrorism have jarred the American public into a debate about privacy rights versus national security. A former National Security Agency contractor employee, Edward Snowden, leaked information that the N.S.A. collects the…

In Ruth Sullivan’s kitchen, an easy, inexpensive, healthy meal is only a well-stocked pantry away. The Food Services dietitian keeps hers supplied with such basics as quinoa, brown rice, whole wheat pasta and sauces.

Student address from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. The human heart beats 100,000 times a day, 35 million times a year, and 3 billion times in a lifetime. With each beat blood circulates throughout the body delivering the nutrients essential…

One of the world’s oldest stories comes to life from the point of view of a single poet in “An Iliad,” directed by Penny Metropulos at Syracuse Stage.

Students enrolled in SPM 101, “Personal and Social Responsibility,” learned what responsibility to community means by camping out overnight in cardboard boxes. This video explains why. Cardboard Cutout for the Rescue Mission from Syracuse University News on Vimeo.

With no compromise in place between Congress and the White House to control the federal deficit, the automatic spending cuts that have been looming for months were put in place as of March 1. The cuts, also known as sequestration,…