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Campus & Community

Administration of Student Course Ratings, Exam Scoring Will Transfer to Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment

Friday, May 3, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

To better align academic functions, the administration and oversight of student course ratings and exam scoring is moving from the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA), under the Office of Academic Affairs….

Campus & Community

Student Offers Free Film Workshop for Youth on the South Side

Monday, April 29, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

A young woman sits in an office chair with her laptop on her lap. She opens the laptop. The camera pans across the back of the laptop, then zooms in on the woman’s eyes. Her eyes are wide open; she…

Campus & Community

Anthropology Professor Hans Buechler Marks 50 Years of Service

Monday, April 22, 2019, By Mary Elizabeth Horsington

Hans Buechler is an anthropologist at heart. He is fascinated by people and their stories—where they come from, what they do in their working lives and how it shapes their world view. When Syracuse University honored the Maxwell School anthropology…

Media Tip Sheets

Experts in French Architecture and History for Notre-Dame Fire

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for insight on the architecture or French history after the fire on the Notre-Dame cathedral, please see comments from two Syracuse University faculty members. Samantha Herrick is an associate professor of history and specializes in the Middle Ages and is the…

Media Tip Sheets

Malls Continuing To Face Volatile Retail Market

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, By Kerri D. Howell

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – As the retail industry’s brick and mortar stores continue to struggle against the growing online shopping trend, commercial real estate is now facing new financial challenges. In the wake of a recent report that DestiNY USA, a…

Campus & Community

Seven to Be Honored Today With Teaching Recognition Award

Friday, April 12, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Seven non-tenured faculty members have been selected to receive the 2018-19 Meredith Teaching Recognition Awards. They are Kivanç Avrenli, Sarah Fuchs, Joseph Godlewski, Shannon Houck, Robin Jones, Christa Kelleher and Tessa Murphy. The Teaching Recognition Award is sponsored by the…

Health & Society

Alumni Lead the Fight Against ALS in Upstate New York

Thursday, April 11, 2019, By Eileen Jevis

There are 15,000 new cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) diagnosed each year in the United States. One hundred cases of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, are diagnosed in Upstate New York annually. For those identified with ALS,…

Health & Society

Free, Confidential Mental Health Services Available through New Syracuse Community Connections-Falk College Partnership

Monday, April 8, 2019, By Michele Barrett

A partnership between Syracuse Community Connections (SCC) and Falk College’s Department of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) is bringing free-of-charge, confidential mental health services to SCC/Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility. Children, teens, seniors and families accessing other services at this site…

STEM

Mission to Mars—Miguel San Martin ’82

Monday, April 8, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

When a spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere, terror sets in on Earth. Following a smooth, quiet cruise across the expanse of space, a NASA Mars lander nears its final destination. Eighty miles above the alien surface, the vehicle begins a…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Community Comes Together for Monster Jam

Monday, April 8, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

The Dome’s air-supported roof has been a part of the Syracuse skyline since its dedication on Sept. 20, 1980. When construction was completed, the Dome was the fifth-largest domed stadium in the United States and the first of its kind…