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Arts & Culture

Genet Gallery Presents Visual, Literary Elements of Roderick Martinez’s ‘Wondering the Alphabet’

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition in the Sue & Leon Genet Gallery serves as a companion to “Wondering the Alphabet,” a book for readers, writers and designers by Roderick Martinez, associate professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing…

STEM

ECS Professor Vir V. Phoha Named a 2018 AAAS Fellow

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Vir V. Phoha of the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was awarded this prestigious honor for developing practicable foundations of behavioral…

STEM

New Site Offers Privacy Resources for Underserved Populations

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Diane Stirling

If you’re someone with disabilities needing help with your online privacy and computer access needs, a family member or practitioner who supports people with disabilities or a scholar seeking information about online privacy for underserved populations, a new information resource…

Health & Society

Falk College Expands Graduate Merit Scholarships Beginning Summer 2019

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Michele Barrett

Graduate merit scholarships have been expanded for prospective students interested in matriculating into master’s degrees, either full- or part-time, offered in Falk College effective Summer 2019 (includes MAYmester Summer Session I, Summer Session II, Combined Summer Session). Incentives include no…

STEM

Ph.D. Student Earns American Heart Association Fellowship for Stem Cell Research

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Plansky Hoang ’15, a graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Hoang is a researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute—working…

Arts & Culture

University Set to Open Massive 238-Painting Exhibition, ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth,’ with Accompanying Public Discussion Hosted by Tanner Lecture Series, University Lectures

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

All 238 paintings in Robert Shetterly’s masterwork portrait series “Americans Who Tell the Truth: Models of Courageous Citizenship” will be on public display for the first time en masse Nov. 29-Dec. 14 at Syracuse University. And the artist himself will…

Health & Society

Professor Maria Brown Leads Aging Studies Institute’s Community Collaboration to Benefit Older Adults Living at Home with Cognitive Decline

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Michele Barrett

A recently launched pilot project to screen for cognitive decline as part of routine community health services currently offered to older adults is expected to demonstrate the benefits of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D). One major…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Community Members Honored at 2018 YMCA CNY Book Awards

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Two members of the Syracuse University community recently received awards at the 2018 YMCA Central New York (CNY) Book Awards. Christine Kitano G’10 and Stephen Kuusisto, University Professor, won the 2018 YMCA CNY Book Award for Poetry and Nonfiction, respectively….

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR Students Participate in Leadership Workshop in New York City

Friday, November 16, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Five Newhouse School seniors were among 19 public relations students who took part in the third Challenge for Emerging Leaders, held Nov. 8-10 at Lubin House in New York City. The challenge, sponsored by The Plank Center for Leadership in…

Campus & Community

53 New Faculty Positions Approved as Part of Cluster Hires Initiative

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse University has approved the creation of seven multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary themes for the first round of its Cluster Hires Initiative, along with funding for 53 faculty positions. Academic cluster creation and cluster hires are an effective approach to strengthening…