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Health & Society

Legendary Feminist Gloria Joseph to Visit Syracuse Feb. 29

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Black feminist icon Gloria Joseph is making a rare Central New York appearance with a visit to the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC). On Monday, Feb. 29, Joseph will read from and discuss “The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love…

STEM

New Research Introduces ‘Pause Button’ for Boiling

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Using a focused laser beam to essentially hit the pause button on boiling, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shalabh Maroo’s research group and collaborators have created a single vapor bubble in a pool of liquid that can remain stable on a surface for hours, instead of milliseconds.

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Appoints Committee to Conduct Hendricks Chapel Review

Monday, February 22, 2016, By Carol Boll

Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed 16 members of the campus and local community to serve on a study committee charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Hendricks Chapel and identifying the best candidate to lead the chapel as its next…

Health & Society

School of Education Faculty Find Inspiration in 30-Day Writing Challenge

Monday, February 22, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Faculty members in the School of Education were feeling a double pull: they needed time to write, and they wanted to unite toward a goal and get to know each other better. “When we sponsored an all-day writing retreat for…

Veterans

Patrice ‘Rock’ Grant ’97, ’05, Air Force Veteran, Newhouse alumnus: ‘Newhouse Made Me a Better Storyteller’

Monday, February 22, 2016, By News Staff

As a producer, editor and director at the American Forces Network (AFN), Newhouse School alumnus Patrice “Rock” Grant has the job of his dreams. Grant first came to Newhouse as part of the Military Visual Journalism program, which he completed…

Campus & Community

fullCIRCLE Seeks Students to Become Peer Mentors

Monday, February 22, 2016, By Gerard McTigue

The fullCIRCLE Mentoring Program in the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is currently looking for students to become peer mentors for the 2016-17 academic year and assist first-year and transfer students in succeeding at the University. Members of the program’s…

Arts & Culture

VPA Senior Named YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholar

Friday, February 19, 2016, By Erica Blust

Michelle Lee, a senior fashion design major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, was named a 2016 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholar. Lee is now a two-time recipient of the $5,000 scholarship; she was…

Arts & Culture

Bandier Program to Present Business Manager Phil Sarna Feb. 23

Friday, February 19, 2016, By Erica Blust

Phil Sarna, founder of PS Business Management LLC, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The lecture…

STEM

Small Nominated for WISE Instructor of the Year Award

Friday, February 19, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Ruth V. Small, Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been recognized by the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium for her excellence in online education. Small was nominated for a WISE 2015 Instructor of the…

Business & Economy

Libraries Announce $1 Million Gift to Endow Plastics Pioneers Curator Position

Friday, February 19, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Dean of Libraries David Seaman has announced a new endowed fund to support the Plastics Pioneers Historical Plastics Collection, created by a $1 million gift to the Syracuse University Libraries. The donor, a successful member of the plastics industry, wishes…