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Campus & Community

Alumni Association Announces Basketball Tailgate Schedule

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, By John Boccacino

Expectations are high entering the season for the Syracuse University men’s and women’s basketball teams. The women are coming off a 25-9 season and are searching for their sixth straight NCAA appearance, while the men are coming off a 20-14…

Business & Economy

PAANI and EcoBamboo Living Take Prizes at ’Cuse Tank Competition

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) awarded the following teams prizes at this year’s ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition, held on Oct. 18 at Bird Library: First-place winner–Nikita Chatterjee (Arts and Sciences), representing PAANI, won $7,000. PAANI…

Campus & Community

Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Program Awards Funding for Four Projects

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) program awarded four projects funding in May 2019. The Syracuse University Climate Action Plan, which was released in 2009, provided the competitive funding as part of the CALS program, overseen…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute Host ‘‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Psychiatric Disability, ‘Crip’ Culture and the Humanities’

Tuesday, October 22, 2019, By Robert Conrad

Syracuse University’s Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting the two-part Syracuse Symposium, “‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Psychiatric Disability, ‘Crip’ Culture and the Humanities.” Elizabeth J. Donaldson, professor of English and interim…

Health & Society

Falk College Announces Master of Public Health Degree

Monday, October 21, 2019, By News Staff

Falk College today announced a master of public health (MPH) available beginning this semester. The MPH is a 42-credit hour graduate program providing students with core knowledge, research and practice skills in evidence-based public health. Providing a field-based learning opportunity…

Social Media: Its Effect On Human Health and Politics

Friday, October 18, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the Business Insider article “Unlicensed medical ‘cures’ are flourishing in closed Facebook groups, where cancer treatments – and even surgery – are sold beyond the reach of…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Scholar Convocation to Be Held Oct. 25

Friday, October 18, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The 2019-20 Convocation for Remembrance Scholars, honoring 35 outstanding students from this year’s senior class, will be held Friday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The convocation will be preceded by the annual Rose-Laying Ceremony at 2:03 p.m….

Arts & Culture

Special Screening of ‘Knives and Skin’ by Award-Winning Director Jennifer Reeder to Be Held Nov. 7

Friday, October 18, 2019, By Cjala Surratt

Where is Carolyn Harper? The coming of age thriller “Knives and Skin” (trailer) by award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Reeder will be presented by Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 5:30–8 p.m. The free indoor screening will…

Arts & Culture

Louisa Chase Prints Featured in Palitz Gallery Exhibition Opening October 21

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, By News Staff

The Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery at Syracuse University’s Lubin House presents “Kamikaze Curiosity: Louisa Chase Prints,” on view beginning October 21. Curated by Andrew Saluti, assistant professor/program coordinator in the graduate program in museum studies at Syracuse University, the…

Business & Economy

George Dawson ’08, Techstars Fund Controller, Speaks at Syracuse University Libraries

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries (LaunchPad) will host George Dawson ’08, Techstars Fund Controller, for a “Fireside Chat” on Friday, November 1 at 4 p.m. at Bird Library. The event is free and open to…