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Students Form Sustainability Organizations on Campus

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By News Staff

For Elizabeth Kahn, being president of Students of Sustainability at Syracuse University is not just a campus commitment. A few weeks ago, Kahn spent her weekend in Washington, D.C., with 12 other students in the organization to protest the proposed…

Campus & Community

Rob’s Run: SU Junior Plans 54-Mile Jog to Help Make-A-Wish

Wednesday, March 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A Syracuse University junior is lacing up his running shoes for a 54-mile jog, in the name of his sister and an organization that grants wishes to sick children. Rob Faugno will depart before sunrise on April 11, which is…

Getting to Know: Astrophysicist Jedidah Isler

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Jedidah Isler was interested in the heavens from the time she was 11 or 12. She had a telescope as a kid, which her sister bought her for her birthday one year. But she didn’t get a chance to pursue…

Campus & Community

International Masterclass in Physics Rescheduled for March 28

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Keith Kobland

More than 20 local high school students will participate in an International Masterclass on particle physics in The College of Arts and Sciences on March 28 that has been rescheduled from March 12. Students will meet in SU’s Physics Building…

Design Students Partner with the Delphics

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By News Staff

Thirty-three communications design students of the College of Visual and Performing Arts are working alongside the Delphic Council of the Americas to raise awareness of the Delphic Games’ arrival to Syracuse in the summer of 2015. The Delphic Games are…

STEM

SU Biologists Use Sound to Identify Breeding Grounds of Endangered Whales

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Remote acoustic monitoring among endangered whales is the subject of a major article by two doctoral students in The College of Arts and Sciences. Leanna Matthews and Jessica McCordic, members of the Parks Lab in the Department of Biology, have…

DPS Employees Inducted into Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By News Staff

Department of Public Safety commander Andrew Mrozienski and training coordinator Daniel Lebron have been inducted into the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society. During a ceremony at Hendricks Chapel on March 21, Pat Burak, chapter…

Campus & Community

SU Affirms Commitment to Sustainable Science with ‘Green Chemistry’ Workshop

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Green chemistry was the focus of a recent teacher workshop in The College of Arts and Sciences. Nearly 30 teachers from 24 area high schools converged at the Life Sciences Complex to learn more about the benefits of sustainable science…

Campus & Community

Artist to Discuss Socially and Community Engaged Art Practice March 26

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will welcome Rick Lowe, an artist and member of the National Council on the Arts, to speak on Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. in the Public Events Room at 220 Eggers Hall. Lowe’s lecture, “Art…

STEM

Faculty Member a Judge for IBM’s Master the Mainframe Competition

Tuesday, March 25, 2014, By Diane Stirling

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will be involved in an innovative IBM academic initiative, as one of its faculty members participates as a judge for the technology firm’s “Master the Mainframe World Championship” programming competition for young innovators. One…