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@SyracuseU News Tips

Monday, February 9, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Syracuse University faculty members are available for interview on a variety of timely topics. Our faculty members provide insight that moves the story forward, and information that shines a new light on important research of interest to your audience. Here’s…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Students Blend Safety, Community Spaces for Church

Friday, February 6, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

When Freedom by Design took on the task to create a handicap-accessible ramp at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, they decided to expand on the concept. Students are constructing the ramp, along with a shelter, outdoor storage and community spaces.

Campus & Community

Learn How You Can Help SU Ensure Accessibility of Electronic, Information Technology

Wednesday, February 4, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

You’re invited! And if you’ve already participated, send your colleagues. But act fast; only a few seats remain. Information Technology and Services (ITS) is pleased to announce that registrations are being accepted for four more sessions of the award-winning workshop…

Campus & Community

Athletics Hosting Second Annual ’Cuse Champions Auction Feb. 13

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By News Staff

The Athletics Department will host its Second Annual ’Cuse Champions Auction on Friday, Feb. 13, from 6-9 p.m. at Manley Field House. After the success of the inaugural event last year, the auction is back in 2015 with even more…

Health & Society

Clothing Drive Fills Unmet Need in Local Transgender Community

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Table after table lined with hundreds of donated shirts, pants, sweaters, skirts, jackets and other clothing items were visible in one Peck Hall classroom because marriage and family therapy (MFT) graduate students Amy Goss and Megan O’Brien recognized an unmet…

STEM

How Nuclear Waste Recycling Could Help Expand U.S. Energy Production

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

As the world’s attention turns to alternative energy solutions, such as wind and solar, nuclear energy is an often overlooked or controversial option. And yet, nuclear power from 104 plants supplies approximately 20 percent of the electricity we use today….

STEM

Simulated UN Negotiations Teach Role of Science in Policy-Making

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Since 2011, Professor Svetoslava Todorova of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has served as a science observer for the UN-Mandated Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) on Mercury. The group has been instrumental in the development of a global mercury…

Campus & Community

NEXIS Offers Data Visualization Seminar

Monday, February 2, 2015, By News Staff

Students from the New Explorations in Information and Science (NEXIS) lab will host the first NEXIS-X event of the semester; the topic is data visualization. The seminar will be held Feb. 6 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the ICE Box, located…

STEM

Geologist Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A sedimentary and organic geochemist, Christopher Junium will use the five-year award, valued at more than $524,000, to study how marine communities respond to global warming, anoxia (i.e., lack of oxygen) and ocean acidification.

Campus & Community

Residence Hall Association Aims to Enhance Living Experience

Friday, January 30, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The Residence Hall Association (RHA) wants to make small changes in the residence halls that will make living there a more pleasant experience for students. They have launched a new project to achieve this called Enhance My Living Experience. “It…