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Catastrophic Crop, Cattle Loss From Midwest Floods Will Soon Lead To Severe Supply Disruption

Friday, March 22, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

The “bomb cyclone” that hit several Midwestern states triggered devastating flooding in most of Nebraska, leaving behind more than $1 billion worth of flood damage. Floodwaters have begun to recede in Iowa and Nebraska, while residents in northwestern Missouri are…

STEM

Next Smart Cities Seminar to Focus on Citizen Science

Friday, March 22, 2019, By J.D. Ross

The fourth installment in a two-year series of working seminars and meetings that will explore the broad space of “smart cities” has been scheduled for March 27 and will examine the use of community-based science programs as effective data collection…

Campus & Community

Building Personal Connections to Help Students ‘Get to a Good Place Academically, Socially and Emotionally’

Friday, March 22, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

When School of Education Senior Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Services Amie Redmond was an undergraduate, she struggled with the stress that comes with leaving home for the first time. She was fortunate to have a faculty member take…

Campus & Community

Jaclyn Hingre, Founder of HALO, Selected for National Competition

Thursday, March 21, 2019, By News Staff

Jaclyn Hingre ’19, a mechanical engineering student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, was selected for the highly competitive Values & Ventures Business Plan Competition, to be held April 5-6 at TCU, Fort Worth, Texas. Hingre is the CEO…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Libraries and Partners to Host Living Library Event April 2

Thursday, March 21, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University Libraries is hosting a Living Library event on Tuesday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m. in Bird Library. During this event, “living books” representing a wide range of cultural backgrounds and life experience will share their stories…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents a Contemporary Take on ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Thursday, March 21, 2019, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage presents Kate Hamill’s “Pride and Prejudice,” a contemporary take on Jane Austen’s classic that’s full of surprises, through April 7, at the Syracuse Stage/SU Theatre Complex, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. In recent years, Austen has found renewal…

Campus & Community

Food Services Earns Nut-Free Certification, Continues to Make Dining Safer for Those with Food Allergies

Thursday, March 21, 2019, By Keone Weigl

Students with peanut and some tree-nut allergies can feel safer now, more than ever, while eating in Syracuse University’s dining centers. That’s because Food Services’ Production Kitchen and cook chill facility, located in the Commissary, recently became “certified free from”…

Campus & Community

BBI (Dis)courses Series Continues March 27 with Premiere of ‘You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born’

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, By Martin Walls

(Dis)courses: Interdisciplinary Disability Dialogues—a new multimedia series presented by the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach, in collaboration with the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA)—continues on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Watson…

Media, Law & Policy

Finalists Announced in 2019 Mirror Awards Competition

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School has announced the finalists in the 2019 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 13 in New York City. Tickets and tables for the event may…

STEM

Oakleaf Recognized with 2019 ACRL/IS Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, By J.D. Ross

Megan Oakleaf, associate professor and director of instructional quality in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been selected as the winner of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Instruction Section’s (IS) Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. The…