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Campus & Community

Seasonal Bat Activity

Thursday, September 15, 2016, By News Staff

During the late summer and early fall months there is a seasonal increase in bat activity in and around Central New York. Because a small percentage of bats may carry the rabies virus, it is important to avoid any physical…

Veterans

Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #1 for Veterans by USA Today/College Factual

Thursday, September 15, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) Program in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management was ranked #1 in the country for veterans by College Factual, a USA Today-affiliated website that helps students find the best colleges and universities for…

Campus & Community

University Place Promenade Interim Policy Guides Use for Variety of New Activities

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, By News Staff

With the start of classes and campus life back in full swing, the University Place Promenade is becoming another destination point on campus for activities and interaction. Given the many possible uses for this new campus resource, and already high…

STEM

$1M Investment from Nappis Establishes Stem Cell Research Activities

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Dubbed the System Tissue Engineering and Morphogenesis (STEM) Lab, it will support the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering’s efforts to improve, extend and enhance the lives of millions throughout the world.

Media, Law & Policy

CCJI to Hold Emmett Till Reauthorization Act Briefing on Capitol Hill

Tuesday, August 30, 2016, By Scott McDowell

The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College of Law will host a briefing on the Emmett Till Reauthorization Act at the Capitol Visitor’s Center, First St. NE, Room HVC-215, Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12 from 4:30-7 p.m. Paula…

Campus & Community

University to Protect and Extend Current Benefit Status to Employees Affected by New Federal Labor Standards Act

Monday, August 22, 2016, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

In May, the U.S. Department of Labor released new regulations that employers, including academic institutions like Syracuse University, must adopt to comply with the updated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The intent of the revised federal law is to provide greater clarity for…

Campus & Community

Lillian Slutzker, Longtime Benefactor of Syracuse University, Passes Away

Friday, August 19, 2016, By News Staff

Lillian Slutzker, a longtime supporter of Syracuse University and the former owner of Manny’s athletic apparel store on Marshall Street, passed away on Thursday, August 18, at the age of 98. She is predeceased by her husband, Emanuel, who died…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Announces Opening Reception of ‘WOE: Globalized Sadness’

Friday, August 12, 2016, By News Staff

Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month 2016, Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “WOE: Globalized Sadness,” an exhibition by Argentine artist Juan Cavallero on Friday, Sept. 16. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and is…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Sayler/Morris Receive Brower Center Art/Act Award, NYFA Fellowship

Tuesday, August 9, 2016, By Erica Blust

Artists Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris), faculty members in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia and co-directors of the Canary Lab, a hub for research-based, interdisciplinary art and media focused on ecology, have received…