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Campus & Community

Students Work with Nepalese Communities in Earthquake Recovery

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Brian Kam ’15 was planning to travel to Nepal last spring and summer to assist in beekeeping enterprises and fruit tree planting, mainly agricultural initiatives. His plans quickly changed as he arrived a week after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous country on April 25.

Campus & Community

Live virtual conference: ‘Accessing Higher Ground’

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

All faculty and staff are invited to the virtual version of “Accessing Higher Ground,” a live, web-based conference focused on accessible media, web and technology, presented by the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD). The 18th annual conference will…

The Twitter Gaffes of Donald Trump

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Republican candidate Donald Trump is back in the news today after retweeting a photo collage of anti-Jeb Bush imagery including a Nazi swastika and an image of Bush in a sombrero next to a cactus. “This is a perfect example…

Veterans

Vice Chancellor, Employees, Veterans, Partners Ring Closing Bell at NYSE

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, By News Staff

Representatives and guests of Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) rang the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Closing Bell® Tuesday afternoon to highlight the University’s continuing commitment to the veteran and military community. Joining Mike…

Arts & Culture

Linguistics Professor Shares Insights at National, International Conferences

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Tej K. Bhatia’s insights are being sought by colleagues in the field both nationally and internationally. Bhatia, a professor of linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Announces Winners of 2015 Grossman Trial Competition

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Robert Conrad

College of Law students Ibrahim Lawton L’17 and Khadijah Peek L’16, representing the plaintiffs, won the 38th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition. Representing the defendants were finalists John Boyd II L ’16 and Steven M. Nelson L ’16. Judge…

Health & Society

Eric Kingson Honored with 2015 Donald P. Kent Award from Gerontological Society of America

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Eric R. Kingson, professor of social work in Falk College and a faculty affiliate in its Aging Studies Institute, was named the 2015 recipient of the Donald P. Kent Award from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The award, which…

Arts & Culture

Free Public Performance Scheduled Nov. 7 for Children’s Show ‘New Kid’

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By News Staff

A public performance of this year’s Bank of America Children’s Show “New Kid,” produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov. 7…

Campus & Community

Faculty Advisory Committee Weighs In on Potential Syracuse University College of Medicine

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By News Staff

After seven weeks of information gathering, exploration and deliberation, the Faculty Advisory Committee tasked with studying the idea of a veterans-focused college of medicine at Syracuse, has submitted a 107-page report to Chancellor Kent Syverud. That report, which will help…

Veterans

Renowned Photographer Stacy Pearsall Returns to University

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Keith Kobland

The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs has joined the Syracuse University Art Galleries in bringing Sgt. Stacy Pearsall and her exhibit: “Hard Earned: The Military Photographs of Stacy Pearsall” to campus this fall through  Jan. 24, 2016. Pearsall got…