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Campus & Community

University Goes Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Thursday, October 8, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Shine the Light, organized by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, is a statewide campaign that brings communities together to turn the state purple during October, with efforts coordinated locally by Vera House.

STEM

Varshney Honored by University Of Illinois

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Distinguished Professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science Pramod K. Varshney has received the University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Distinguished Alumni Award. The ECE Alumni Board of Directors recognizes a select few of…

STEM

Engineering Cities to Survive Extreme Weather

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By News Staff

Extreme weather events can cripple crucial infrastructure that enables transit, electricity, water and other services in urban areas. This leaves cities and their inhabitants cut off and in danger. With weather extremes becoming more common—from devastating hurricanes and flooding to…

Campus & Community

University to screen PBS documentary ‘A Wing and a Prayer’

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By Scott Barrett

The Middle Eastern Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Program will host a special screening of the hit PBS documentary “A Wing and a Prayer.”  The event will be held on Monday, Oct. 12, at 5 p.m. 060 Eggers Hall…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Announces 13th Annual Syracuse Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By Lindsay Wickham

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management  will offer the annual Syracuse Entrepreneurship Bootcamp Oct. 17, 24 and 31 and Nov. 7, 14 and 21, at the Whitman School, 721 University Ave. The Saturday…

Dependent Tuition Presentation Today at Noon

Wednesday, October 7, 2015, By News Staff

Benefits-eligible employees with children approaching college age can learn more about Syracuse University’s dependent tuition benefit at a presentation Wednesday, Oct. 7, at noon in Shemin Auditorium in the Shaffer Art Building. Whitney Karl, an analyst with the Office of…

Arts & Culture

Imagining America to Receive Phi Beta Kappa Key of Excellence

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, By News Staff

The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s oldest and most-widely known academic honor society, will present Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life with the capstone Key of Excellence Award and its $10,000 prize at a reception on Thursday,…

Inclusive Fitness Conference to Focus on Adapted Design

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, By Erica Blust

The Fitness Inclusion Network (Fit-IN), a collaboration of the Upstate Foundation/Golisano Children’s Hospital, SUNY Cortland’s Department of Physical Education and the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), has partnered with students and faculty in the collaborative design program of the College of…

Arts & Culture

School of Architecture Sponsors Women in Architecture Wiki-a-thon

Tuesday, October 6, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

As part of a global campaign to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of women in architecture and to increase female contributors to Wikipedia, School of Architecture Professor Lori Brown and Architecture Librarian Barbara Opar will hold a Women in Architecture Wiki-a-thon on…

Campus & Community

University Research Community Invited to Computing Colloquies

Monday, October 5, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

The diverse array of campus computing resources available to the University’s researchers was created to take on new and greater computational tasks, enhance research productivity, increase the competitiveness of grant submissions and advance scientific discovery across many disciplines. Information Technology…