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Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Auditioning Local Children Ages 9-13

Tuesday, September 22, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage will be holding auditions for local children ages 9-13 for the roles of Scout, Jem and Dill in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Auditions will be held at Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., on Oct. 5 and 6….

Arts & Culture

Tickets Available for SU Drama’s 2015/16 Season

Thursday, September 17, 2015, By News Staff

SU Drama’s 2015/16 season features six productions, including three musicals, starting in October with the Cole Porter classic “Kiss Me, Kate.” Second in the season is “Agamemnon,” the haunting Greek classic, followed by a co-production with Syracuse Stage, “Peter Pan.”…

Campus & Community

BE Wise Seeks Students to Become Peer Educators

Thursday, September 10, 2015, By News Staff

The BE Wise campaign, within the Division of Student Affairs, is recruiting new peer educators for the 2015-2016 academic year. Peer educators are dedicated students who work with staff from the Counseling Center and Office of Health Promotion to provide educational…

Campus & Community

SAMtool Makes Its Debut

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By News Staff

A new Sponsored Award Management tool (SAMtool) has made its debut. The SAMtool is a financial and budget management tool for sponsored projects. It was conceived, designed and built with the active participation of a campuswide cross-functional team including central…

Media, Law & Policy

Jeffrey Gonda Honored with Supreme Court Historical Society Award

Wednesday, September 9, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Jeffrey Gonda, assistant professor of history at the Maxwell School, was honored by the Supreme Court Historical Society with the Hughes-Gossett Award for Best Journal Article. Gonda was presented the award by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during a ceremony…

STEM

Mathematicians Sweep NSF Grant Awards

Tuesday, September 8, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Three mathematicians in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded major grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), totaling more than $518,400. Each grant is for a three-year period. Professor Lixin Shen has received a collaborative research grant…

STEM

Scientist Receives CAREER Award to Study Ice Chemistry

Friday, September 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to study ice’s role as a chemical reactor. Tara Kahan, assistant professor of chemistry, will use…

Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance Offices Move

Friday, August 7, 2015, By News Staff

Starting Aug. 11, the Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance Services offices will be located in 119  Euclid Ave. Risk Management was previously housed in the Skytop Office Building. The new facility, which was previously home to the Falk College of…

STEM

Student Awarded Best Paper for Laser Ignition Research

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Nathan Peters, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the best student paper award at the 2015 Laser Ignition Conference. Peters presented the paper, “Laser ignition of methane and biogas near flammability limits,”…

STEM

Stromer-Galley’s Bias Retraining Game Wins ‘Serious Play’ Honors

Monday, August 3, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Human decision-making is prone to cognitive biases, the shortcuts people take because their brains are wired to make decisions quickly with limited information. However, a game developed by a research team that includes a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty…