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Dacheng Ren Elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) announced the election of Dacheng Ren to its College of Fellows. Ren is the associate dean for research and graduate programs at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and Stevenson…

Campus & Community

Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Program Helps Staff Member Ditch Emotional Eating and Dieting Mentality

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Jen Plummer

When Kristi Vega, academic support specialist in the School of Architecture, signed up for a program called Am I Hungry? offered by the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative for faculty and staff last September, she anticipated a run-of-the-mill group weight loss…

Campus & Community

Ph.D. Candidate Gleans New Insight From Ancient Evidence

Monday, February 21, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Lauren McCormick is finishing her doctoral dissertation in religion, but the path to her fundamental reinterpretation of an ancient Judean artifact draws on a broad base of multidisciplinary expertise that she has acquired over the course of her intellectual journey….

Media Tip Sheets

School Board Threats Cannot Become ‘New Normal’

Friday, February 18, 2022, By Lily Datz

Violent threats and hostile attitudes toward school board members are becoming increasingly more common. Topics centered around race, gender, sexuality, and COVID-19 masking policies are often at the center of the angry confrontations. Where do local school districts go from…

Campus & Community

Weekend Preview: SoulTalk on Relationships | Stand Up Comedy | ‘King Richard’

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: We have another full schedule of activities planned for this weekend, as well as events and programs lined up throughout next week. Pet therapy has returned at the Barnes Center at The Arch for the spring…

STEM

Alumnus Endows Undergraduate Research Award to Honor Big Thinkers

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By Eileen Korey

A newly endowed fund set up to support undergraduate interdisciplinary research recognizes the importance of connecting diverse fields of thought in generating new ideas. It also reflects the experiences and passions of William Hrushesky ’69 who graduated cum laude with…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Adds 4 New Board of Advisors Members

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By Robert Conrad

Syracuse University College of Law has appointed four new Board of Advisors members: Peter Carmen L’91, Prashanth (PJ) Jayachandran G’98, L’98, Benita Miller L’96 and David Wales L’95. These appointments reflect the heft of the College of Law’s alumni and…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Receives 2021 Shannon-Nyquist Technical Achievement Award

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for outstanding contributions in the fields of distributed inference…

Campus & Community

Nominations Sought for One University Assessment Awards

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By News Staff

Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) announce a call for nominations for Syracuse University’s One University Assessment Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 11. [Update March 18, 2022: The call for nominations has been extended through…

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Announces Comedy-Drama ‘Sender’ Feb. 18-27

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Joanna Penalva

The Syracuse University Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents the authentically compassionate story of “Sender,” written by Ike Holter. This whip-smart comedy-drama begs the audience to ponder what it means to reach adulthood and…