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Architecture Students Blend Safety, Community Spaces for Church
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.
Learn How You Can Help SU Ensure Accessibility of Electronic, Information Technology
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…
Athletics Hosting Second Annual ’Cuse Champions Auction Feb. 13
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…
Clothing Drive Fills Unmet Need in Local Transgender Community
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…
How Nuclear Waste Recycling Could Help Expand U.S. Energy Production
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….
Simulated UN Negotiations Teach Role of Science in Policy-Making
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…
NEXIS Offers Data Visualization Seminar
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…
Geologist Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant
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.
Residence Hall Association Aims to Enhance Living Experience
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…