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Campus & Community

Parking During Men’s Basketball Games

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By News Staff

As a reminder, Syracuse University men’s basketball games are scheduled to occur while classes are in session on the following dates: Tuesday, Jan. 24, vs. Wake Forest Monday, Feb. 13, vs. Louisville Wednesday, Feb. 22, vs. Duke For academic purposes,…

Media, Law & Policy

Airbrushing and Selling a Fake Image

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor of advertising at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, who researches issues of sex, gender, and the media, said that CVS’s decision to stop substantially retouching photos for their CVS-brand beauty products is an incredibly smart move…

Campus & Community

Red Cross Blood Drive, Jan. 18

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By News Staff

The Syracuse University American Red Cross Club and the Center for Policy Research at The Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. in 304ABC Schine Student Center.   To set up an appointment…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Can Now Use MySlice to Designate Preferred Name

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Members of the Syracuse University community can now designate their preferred or chosen name on MySlice to indicate to others how they would like to be addressed. The new policy assists people who use a name other than an official…

Media, Law & Policy

Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…

STEM

Contrasting Construction in Bulgaria

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Students in the new course “Construction Management Practices in Eastern Europe” began their studies early last summer in the heart of Bulgaria, spending two weeks examining historic and modern construction sites throughout the country. The trip began with a visit…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

CNY Central

Professor Sean O’Keefe on Transistion of Presidential Power

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Sean O’Keefe, University Professor at the Maxwell School, was interviewed by CNY Central for the story “Syracuse Professor Talks About Transition of Presidential Power.”

Health & Society

Vivian May, Visionary Humanist

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The director of the Humanities Center is bringing national distinction to Syracuse University, thanks to a recent flurry of scholarly activity. Vivian May, the center’s director since 2015, is the author of a new article in Hypatia: A Journal of…

Campus & Community

New Weather Station Aids in Emergency Weather Preparedness

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, By News Staff

Real-time weather data and a live look at the Syracuse University main campus are now available, thanks to a donation from WeatherSTEM. Ed Mansouri, Florida State University alumnus, is the creator of WeatherSTEM. His initial goal for this program was…