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Campus & Community

Climate Assessment Planning Committee Announces Campus Update Sessions, Campus Community Urged to Review Executive Summary

Thursday, October 20, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The Climate Assessment Planning Committee will host a pair of Campus Update sessions later this month to present the findings of the comprehensive survey completed last spring by some 6,000 students, faculty and staff. The survey sought to assess the…

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week 2016 to Be Held Oct. 23-29

Thursday, October 20, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Week 2016 will be held on campus Sunday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 29. The weeklong series of events honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who lost their lives in the…

Media, Law & Policy

Students Broaden Knowledge By Attending ‘Running for Cover’ Symposium

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Students who attended “Running for Cover: Politics, Justice and Media in the Syrian Conflict” on Thursday, Oct. 6, said the event was an amazing opportunity and a great learning experience. They said it was helpful in broadening their knowledge about…

STEM

Mind Readers

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

For decades, medical researchers have understood which areas of the brain are devoted to abilities, memories and emotions. Newhouse School Research Associate Professor Leanne Hirshfield’s research takes things to a whole new level.

Health & Society

CEPH Accredits Falk College’s Bachelor of Science in Public Health

Wednesday, October 19, 2016, By Michele Barrett

Syracuse University has received accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for the bachelor of science degree offered through Falk College. Among the first colleges and universities in New York State to earn CEPH accreditation, the University’s…

Arts & Culture

DK Summer Institute Focuses on Knowledge Production to Create More ‘Just Academy’

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LeConté Dill’s grandparents were part of the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North and West, where, during the 1940s, they put down roots in South Los Angeles. Today, the once-vibrant neighborhood is plagued…

Media, Law & Policy

Avoiding Conflicts By Improving Cultural Understanding

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

When the Red Cross sent food to drought- and conflict-ravaged Somalia, military personnel distributed the supplies on a first-come, first-served basis. People who didn’t receive food responded by starting a riot. “The military didn’t understand that the local politics of…

Campus & Community

SCC Fall Concert: ‘Tudo Bem! A Celebration of Latin American Music’

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse Children’s Chorus (SCC) kicks off its 36th season with the fall concert, “Tudo Bem—A Celebration of Latin American Music,” on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 at 3 p.m. at H.W. Smith School, 1130 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse. The public is…

Campus & Community

Life Skills Taught at End of School Day

Tuesday, October 18, 2016, By Eileen Jevis

The South Side Communication Center is much more than a safe place for middle school and high school students to gather after the school day ends. The center, opened in January 2011 through a partnership with the Southside Community Coalition,…

STEM

Multidisciplinary Team Wins NSF Award to Study Distributed Energy Markets

Friday, October 14, 2016, By J.D. Ross

As the traditional, centralized way of producing and distributing electricity gives way to a future of decentralized, “smart” energy production and consumption, policymakers, producers and regulators must understand the security and privacy risks inherent in “distributed” energy production and in…