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STEM

Gift Provides Support for iSchool’s Immersion Experiences

Monday, February 11, 2019, By J.D. Ross

Thanks to a generous contribution from a Syracuse University alumnus, students embarking on four signature immersion experiences at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will have their program fees reduced to $250  through 2023. Alumnus Rob Harris ’77, G’79 has established…

Campus & Community

An Artistic Response to U.S. Immigration Policy

Monday, February 11, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Adela C. Licona, this year’s Syracuse Symposium keynote speaker, finds the euphemistically termed “tender-age facilities”—in reality, prisons for migrant babies and children—wholly reprehensible. The University of Arizona (UA) professor, artist and activist believes the oft-repeated phrase masks extreme cruelty and…

Campus & Community

College of Engineering and Computer Science Hosting National Engineers Week Events

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Sunday, Feb. 17. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…

Campus & Community

Bailey Brings Customer-Friendly Demeanor, Solution-Oriented Approach to Managing Campus Event Parking

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

Deanna (Dee) Bailey, associate director of field operations and events for Parking and Transit Services, has trouble remembering which act appeared at the Dome during Thanksgiving weekend in 1990. “I know it was a huge concert,” Bailey recalls. “And it…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts NPR Correspondent, Noted Engineer and LGBTQ Advocate, Distinguished Diplomat

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Kevin Morrow

The University Lectures’ spring series features NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg (March 5); internationally renowned research engineer Lynn Conway (March 26); and Martin S. Indyk, distinguished fellow and director of executive education at the Council on Foreign Relations (April…

Campus & Community

Creative Minds on the Move: University’s Division of Marketing and Communications Sets Up Shop in Nancy Cantor Warehouse in Downtown Syracuse

Friday, February 8, 2019, By Brandon Dyer

This week, 60 members of Syracuse University’s Division of Marketing and Communications relocated their offices off campus to the second floor of the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, located near Syracuse’s historic Armory Square. The move will help foster more collaboration and…

STEM

Center for Computational and Data Science Plans Un-Conference on Future of Work, AI

Thursday, February 7, 2019, By J.D. Ross

The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the second Syracuse University Research Un-Conference in April. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty and Ph.D. students from the…

Campus & Community

New Safety Sign Initiative Launched in East Neighborhood

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, By Christine Grabowski

Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS), Student Association (SA) and Graduate Student Organization (GSO) teamed up to create and recently install 50 safety resource signs in the East Neighborhood and other streets near off-campus student housing. “The signs are…

Campus & Community

Intra-University Transfer Fair to Be Held Feb. 19

Wednesday, February 6, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University students thinking about transferring to another school or college within the University are encouraged to attend the Intra-University Transfer Fair (IUT) on Tuesday, Feb. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the atrium of the Schine Student…

Health & Society

The Lender Center for Social Justice Seeks Applications for Its Inaugural Faculty Fellow

Tuesday, February 5, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Lender Center for Social Justice is seeking applications for its inaugural faculty fellow. The Lender Faculty Fellowship will support a two-year research agenda to critically and creatively explore contemporary social issues, develop innovative approaches to these problems, and implement…