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Campus & Community

SoulSearch Launches and SoulScape Returns: Retreat Applications Open

Thursday, September 27, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

As part of the enhanced first-year experience at Syracuse University, the Office of Health Promotion launches new mindfulness programming for first-year and transfer students: SoulSearch. SoulSearch is a free, one-day personal development retreat that aims to provide a day of…

STEM

iSchool Launches New Minor in Data Analytics

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The demand for data analytics professionals is growing. Organizations across all industries are investing in analytics positions, and it is predicted that demand for data science and analytics expertise across many different job roles will grow rapidly in the coming…

Health & Society

Counseling Center Expands Group Therapy Options for Graduate Students and Students of Color

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

As student interest continues to grow for group therapy options, the Counseling Center has expanded sessions for the fall 2018 semester, including additional group therapy sections of Students of Color: Releasing the Invisible Weight and graduate student groups. “Group offers…

STEM

A New Way to Count Qubits

Monday, September 24, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers at Syracuse University, working with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison, have developed a new technique for measuring the state of quantum bits, or qubits, in a quantum computer.

Arts & Culture

Participants Discuss SU Human Rights Film Festival, Syracuse Symposium

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium is underway with a series of events in September supporting the yearlong theme of “Stories.” One of this year’s events, also part of the 16th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), is a visit by filmmaker Rudy Valdez….

Campus & Community

James Haywood Rolling Jr. Appointed VPA’s Inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Erica Blust

James Haywood Rolling Jr., dual professor of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the School of Education and the chair of art education, has been appointed VPA’s inaugural director of…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Activism in the Digital Age’ to Be Held Sept. 25 at Newhouse

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

“Activism in the Digital Age,” the first in a series of three seminars exploring how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan…

STEM

Experts from 33 Countries Convene in Syracuse for the 7th International Building Physics Conference

Thursday, September 20, 2018, By Kerrie Marshall

Experts on the science and engineering of buildings and urban environments will convene in Syracuse Sept. 23-26 for the 7th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC). More than 300 attendees from 33 countries will gather to present original research and findings,…

Campus & Community

Issues in Digital Scholarship Forum Lecture and Panel Discussion with Jill Rothstein

Thursday, September 20, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

As a part of the Syracuse University Libraries’ ongoing Issues in Digital Scholarship Forum series, Jill Rothstein, chief librarian at New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library, will be on campus today and tomorrow for a…

STEM

Crowston Awarded Lifetime Achievement Honors from the Academy of Management OCIS Division

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, By Diane Stirling

The career work and organizational-service contributions of a faculty member of the School of Information Studies has been recognized with a lifetime service award at the annual meeting of the Organizational Communication and Information Systems (OCIS) division of the Academy…