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Campus & Community

Discussion Trainers Help Prepare First-Year Experience Facilitators

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By News Staff

This week, new first-year and transfer students begin their second week of small-group discussions centered on themes of identity, inclusion, health and community as part of the enhanced First-Year Experience Initiative. For five weeks, students will engage in these important…

Arts & Culture

Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’ Opens the Department of Drama Season

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By Joanna Penalva

The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama kicks off the 2018-19 season with Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Directed and choreographed by David Lowenstein, with musical direction by Brian Cimmet, the Department of Drama’s production takes a…

STEM

Physicist’s Discovery Recasts ‘Lifetime Hierarchy’ of Subatomic Particles

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the lifetime of the so-called charmed omega—part of a family of subatomic particles called baryons—is nearly four times longer than previously thought. In an article in Physical Review Letters…

Campus & Community

National Pan-Hellenic Council Hosts ‘Syracuse 8’ Panel Oct. 4

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Shannon Andre

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) welcomes four members of the “Syracuse 8” on Thursday, Oct. 4, for a panel discussion titled “Leveling the Playing Field.” The panel discussion begins at 7 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. Returning to…

Campus & Community

October is Disability Awareness and Appreciation Month

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Throughout the month of October, the Disability Cultural Center (DCC) and a host of campus partners and student organizations will host Disability Awareness and Appreciation Month. The month’s events will focus on disability and its many intersections. “We are very…

STEM

Maxwell’s QDR Receives NSF Grant to Facilitate Ethical Data Sharing

Monday, October 1, 2018, By News Staff

Colin Elman, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and co-director of the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR), has received a $299,787 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the construction of socio-technical infrastructure to facilitate the safe…

Campus & Community

Challenges, Events Highlight Campus Sustainability Month

Monday, October 1, 2018, By News Staff

As the leaves begin to change from green to orange across campus, Sustainability Management invites members of the University community to become sustainability change agents by taking part in the international celebration of Campus Sustainability Month during October. Throughout the…

Campus & Community

Scholar Amber Johnson to Speak on ‘Becoming the Justice Fleet: the Great Shift from Diversity to Radical Inclusion’

Friday, September 28, 2018, By Hannah Hein

Amber Johnson, an award-winning assistant professor of communication and social justice at Saint Louis University and creator of the Justice Fleet, a mobile justice museum that interrogates radical forgiveness, will present “Becoming the Justice Fleet: The Great Shift from Diversity…

Campus & Community

Fall Update 9.28.18

Friday, September 28, 2018, By News Staff

Friday, September 28, 2018 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: With the new academic year underway, we want to update you on the work that has continued through the summer and into the fall semester. Greek Life Review • The Greek…

STEM

iSchool to Lead Partnership Expanding Internet Connectivity in Liberia

Thursday, September 27, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), Imcon International and the Republic of Liberia will collaborate on the 40 in 2021 Project, a far-reaching initiative that will digitally transform the country of Liberia by increasing the nation’s current Internet penetration of…