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STEM

Researchers Combine Experimentation, Simulation to Understand Chronic Infections

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

People who suffer from chronic infections, such as Lyme disease, are forced to resign themselves to the fact that they will live with the disease for the rest of their lives. Researchers in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are taking…

STEM

Arents Winner Mary Spio ’98 Brings Virtual Reality to Everyday People

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As Neil Armstrong took his infamous “one small step” onto the surface of the moon, Mary Spio’s world took a giant leap forward. Decades removed from the actual event, as a child in Ghana, Spio watched a lunar landing documentary…

Health & Society

School of Education Hosts Research Conference Nov. 3-5 for Special Education Thought Leaders

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

Researchers, theorists and federal policy makers will gather at the School of Education this weekend to grapple with issues focused on improving post-school outcomes for students with significant cognitive disabilities (SWSCD). The conference—“Policy, Practice, and Long-Term Outcomes: The Current State…

Arts & Culture

Friday Comedy Show to Feature Jay Pharoah

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Shannon Andre

On Friday, Nov. 3, the Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. is hosting its annual “Laugh till you Turn Blu” comedy show in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. The event is -11 p.m. and open to the…

Campus & Community

New Dean Sees Chapel’s Work as Sanctuary from World’s Chaos

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

About two weeks after starting his new role as dean of Hendricks Chapel, the Rev. Brian E. Konkol was walking to a meeting. He ran into Leah Fein, Hillel’s campus rabbi. The two started walking together; about a minute later…

Media, Law & Policy

To Politicize the New York City Terrorist Attack is Folly

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Corri Zoli, Director of Research for the Institute for National Security and Counter Terrorism and Research Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to speak on the domestic terrorism attack in lower Manhattan. “The attack looks like another low-tech terrorist…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Symposium to Continue ‘Belonging’ Theme with Flurry of Events Nov. 3-9

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong survey of “Belonging” with a quartet of multidisciplinary events. On Friday, Nov. 3, Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, will address “Where Have All the Alphabets Gone? Disappearing Traditional Writing Systems and the Worldwide Loss of…

Arts & Culture

New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from Light Work Collection

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work is pleased to present “New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light Work Collection.”  Selected from over 4,000 photographs donated to the Light Work Collection by former artists-in-residence, the exhibition highlights Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Takahiro Kaneyama, Sara Macel, John Mann,…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Event in Los Angeles to Explore Journalism Environment Post-2016 Election

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Syracuse University Los Angeles and the Newhouse School will host a special event, “Making Journalism Great Again,” Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Los Angeles. The panel discussion, moderated by Newhouse Associate Dean Joel Kaplan, will be held at The Paley Center…

Campus & Community

Humanities and Sciences Intersect in ‘Water + Photography’ Event

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

How do humanists, artists and scientists approach a similar subject—water, for example—through their seemingly very different disciplinary lenses? This question is at the heart of a discussion that will unfold when four Syracuse University faculty members from three different disciplines…