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Health & Society

Student Explores Scottish Identity, Culture through Fulbright Program

Friday, October 28, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Hannah Butler ’19 fell in love with Scotland during her junior year of high school while performing at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. When the opportunity arose to go back to Scotland through a Fulbright program, she knew she had to return.

Arts & Culture

Art Education Conference Hosted on Campus Features Alumni Scholars

Friday, October 28, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The art education department will host the 13th annual Graduate Research in Art Education (GRAE) conference this weekend, Oct. 28 and 29. This is the first time Syracuse University has hosted the summit. All events are in Room 102 of the Whitman…

Campus & Community

Literacy CNY Celebrates 54 Years as Ruth Colvin Turns 100

Thursday, October 27, 2016, By Eileen Jevis

Ruth Colvin is the founder of Literacy Volunteers of America (which merged with Laubach Literacy to form ProLiteracy Worldwide). At the Nov. 3 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable, she will discuss the history of the local organization, Literacy CNY, its…

Media, Law & Policy

Former Ambassador Discusses Evolution of Public Diplomacy

Thursday, October 27, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Speaking from his long experience in foreign service, Ambassador William Rugh talked about the evolution of public diplomacy in government and academia. He discussed how public diplomacy has come to be a growing field, but has yet to be  recognized…

Campus & Community

Graduate Mentoring Symposium Oct. 31

Thursday, October 27, 2016, By News Staff

This Halloween, the Graduate School takes the terror out of developing and sustaining great mentoring relationships with a half-day, GSO-funded Graduate Mentoring Symposium in Schine 304. The program features concurrent session threads tailored respectively to grad students (how to get…

Campus & Community

Disability Training Session Tuesday Moved to Sheraton

Thursday, October 27, 2016, By Carol Boll

The training session on disability policies and procedures scheduled for Nov. 1 has been moved to a new location. The Tuesday session will be at the Sheraton Hotel, Regency C, instead of Bird Library. Due to significant interest in the…

Arts & Culture

The Tao of the Liberal Arts

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Gerry Greenberg is an easy-going guy, but, if you want to get him started, challenge him on the value of a liberal arts education. The Washington Post recently found this out when it ran an excerpt from the aptly titled…

Health & Society

Ph.D Student Participates in European Lacrosse Championships

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, By Keith Kobland

As a Ph.D student in Earth sciences, Benjamin Uveges knows the rigors of research and deep thought. He also knows his way around a lacrosse field. Uveges played four years of lacrosse at the collegiate level. Then, this past summer,…

Campus & Community

Hemsley Provides Tips for Academic Research Posters (Video)

Wednesday, October 26, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Designing and presenting an academic research poster for a poster session or conference can be a daunting task for a student who has never been through the experience before. Research posters are used widely across the academic community, and many conferences…

STEM

Nangia Lab’s Blood-Brain Barrier Research Recognized at International Conference

Tuesday, October 25, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia’s research on blood-brain barrier tight junctions was recognized at the International Conference on Tight Junctions and Their Proteins in Berlin this September. Her research team’s poster was selected from more than 40 other posters from around…