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Wang to Discuss Drone Privacy Issues at FTC Workshop Thursday

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, By J.D. Ross

As the technology has improved for unmanned aerial drones over the past several years, they have become more popular with, and accessible to, the general public. With this growth has come the need for regulation, both for operation of the…

STEM

Software Tool to Enhance Wireless Spectrum Management Released

Monday, October 10, 2016, By J.D. Ross

With the rapid increase of wireless technology, devices and services, more companies and their hardware are competing for a limited amount of available resources across the radio frequency spectrum. This is an issue that School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate…

Reminder: Flu Clinic for Students, Faculty, Staff this Wednesday

Monday, October 10, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of Human Resources, in collaboration with Health Services and the Onondaga County Health Department, will continue their partnership to offer free flu vaccines to the Syracuse University community. The first flu clinic–open to all students, faculty and staff–…

STEM

Information Sessions Scheduled for 2017 Spring Break in Silicon Valley

Friday, October 7, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Information Sessions for the 2017 Spring Break in Silicon Valley experiential learning trip held by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been scheduled. Spring Break in Silicon Valley is designed to give students a firsthand look at the companies,…

Tisdel Honored by Catholic Charities

Friday, October 7, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Camille Tisdel, director of web services for Technical Systems and Services (TSS) in the Women’s Building, was honored recently by Catholic Charities with its “Mover & Shaker” award. The award is presented to a community leader who lives out Catholic…

Health & Society

Education Activist Jonathan Mooney to Deliver Milton Lecture Oct. 19

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Jonathan Mooney—a noted writer, learning activist and social engineer interested in improving the lives of marginalized groups—will deliver this fall’s Milton First-Year Lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. Drawing on his own life experiences and those of others…

Arts & Culture

Kal Alston Appointed Interim Executive Director of Community Folk Art Center

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Kal Alston has been named interim executive director of the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) for the rest of the 2016-17 academic year, according to a recent statement by Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.Ruhlandt made…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Invites People to Discover USC Visual History Archive Oct. 10

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong examination of “Place” with a special visit by an audiovisual historian from the University of Southern California (USC). Emilie Garrigou-Kempton, academic relations and outreach officer at the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA), will lead…

Health & Society

New Stuttering Lab Resurrects Strong SU Research Tradition

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Victoria Tumanova’s stuttering research lab in the communications sciences and disorders department resumes a long SU tradition of research on the subject. Tumanova, along with two undergraduate and two graduate students, explores the causes and persistence of stuttering in children…