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Campus & Community

New Students Find Value in First-Year Shared Reading Experience, According to Survey

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

In classrooms and residence halls across campus earlier this fall, small groups of new students came together to connect with their peers through exploring their differences and similarities—to learn more about themselves and others. As part of the newly redeveloped…

Campus & Community

Dissertation, Public Humanities Fellows Advance Student-Centered Research

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Cognitive experience. Romantic legalism. Educational equality. Authentic writing. These are some of the themes of this year’s research by Dissertation and Public Humanities Fellows in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Based in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the…

Arts & Culture

Genet Gallery Presents Visual, Literary Elements of Roderick Martinez’s ‘Wondering the Alphabet’

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition in the Sue & Leon Genet Gallery serves as a companion to “Wondering the Alphabet,” a book for readers, writers and designers by Roderick Martinez, associate professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing…

Arts & Culture

University Set to Open Massive 238-Painting Exhibition, ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth,’ with Accompanying Public Discussion Hosted by Tanner Lecture Series, University Lectures

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

All 238 paintings in Robert Shetterly’s masterwork portrait series “Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship” will be on public display for the first time en masse Nov. 29-Dec. 14 at Syracuse University. And the artist himself will…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Among the First to Offer Pilot Program in Concussion Reporting Training

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Alumnus Bob Costas ’74 and professor of practice Olivia Stomski helped develop the program in partnership with the Concussion Legacy Foundation The first-ever concussion reporting training program was piloted at the Newhouse School this fall. The three-hour Concussion Reporting Workshop,…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Study Election-Related Misinformation on WhatsApp

Monday, November 19, 2018, By J.D. Ross

A pair of researchers from the Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have received a research award from the Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging service to study the issues of misinformation transmitted over the…

Health & Society

Professor Maria Brown Leads Aging Studies Institute’s Community Collaboration to Benefit Older Adults Living at Home with Cognitive Decline

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Michele Barrett

A recently launched pilot project to screen for cognitive decline as part of routine community health services currently offered to older adults is expected to demonstrate the benefits of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D). One major…

Campus & Community

Center for Online and Digital Learning Expands to Keep Pace with Growing Demand for Online Courses

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College’s Center for Online and Digital Learning (CODL) is a signature One University initiative and a strategic response to the growing demand to quality online programming at Syracuse University. The center was launched in 2017 and now includes a…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Remain Open on Friday, Nov. 16

Friday, November 16, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse University continues to monitor weather conditions of the overnight storm and assess travel conditions to and from campus. This effort includes reviewing the most up-to-date National Weather Service data and forecasting, and consulting with an independent meteorologist who reports…

Campus & Community

TEDx Syracuse University Issues Call for Speakers

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, By News Staff

Are you exploring an innovative idea or concept that has yet to reach its full potential? Are you pursuing interesting projects in your local community? Do you want to spark change in the lives of people? The student organizers at TEDx…