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Campus & Community

Got a Meeting? Take a Walk and Be Entered for a Chance to Win a Garmin Fitness Tracker

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By News Staff

Ready to walk the walk with a walking meeting? If so, you have the chance to win a Garmin Fitness Tracker. The more walking meetings you participate in, the greater your chance of winning. Getting out of the office and…

Campus & Community

Bookstore Mid-Summer Sale July 19, 20

Monday, July 17, 2017, By News Staff

The Bookstore is holding its annual Mid-Summer Sale Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 and 20. Enjoy 35 percent off ladies’ SU clothing and all sweatshirts and sweatpants; 30 percent off SU caps, children’s clothing and gifts, and 25 percent off Clinique. Take an…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Faculty Assist in Unique Habitat for Humanity Build

Monday, July 17, 2017, By Joseph M. Heslin

Two faculty members from the School of Architecture are lending their expertise to a unique project: the building of two homes for Habitat for Humanity constructed from concrete blocks.

Campus & Community

Four Questions with Carrie Abbott about Syracuse Welcome

Monday, July 17, 2017, By Shannon Andre

With Syracuse University preparing to welcome its newest students to campus this August, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is busy putting the final touches on Syracuse Welcome 2017, Syracuse’s new student orientation program.  Each year, the staff and…

Health & Society

Q&A: Margaret Voss on Coffee-Longevity Link

Friday, July 14, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Margaret Voss is a professor of practice in Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. She teaches courses in nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and nutrigenomics. She shared her thoughts about recently released research that seems to indicate that…

Campus & Community

Free Will Preparation Offered through Hyatt Legal Services

Friday, July 14, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Did you know that faculty and staff who enroll in Syracuse University’s MetLife Supplemental Life Insurance are eligible for complimentary will preparation services through Hyatt Legal Services? This service fully covers local attorney fees for preparing and updating a will…

Media, Law & Policy

“What We Need is Awareness of the Treatment of Anorexia”

Friday, July 14, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Harriet Brown, professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, is available for comment about “To the Bone,” a new Netflix movie that explores a young woman’s battle with anorexia. Professor Brown is the author of  Brave…

STEM

Alumnus Posthumously Named to National Mining Hall of Fame

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) in Leadville, Colorado, will posthumously honor an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Vincent E. McKelvey ’39, a noted research geologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1971-77, is part of…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Research Gets Major Boost from New Program

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Syracuse’s Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising (CFSA) recently chose nine undergraduate researchers to participate in the newly created Young Research Fellows Program (YRFP). Funding for this Universitywide program, including a two-year stipend, is made possible by a gift from Elliott Portnoy…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Joel Kaplan on the Media’s Role in Trump-Russia Investigation

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By News Staff

Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional graduate studies and professor and acting director of online master’s in communications in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, points out how integrally involved news media are in the unfolding investigation of the Trump…