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Senate Committee for Diversity completes Phase I of climate studyOctober 12, 2005 Syracuse University’s Senate Committee for Diversity is working to complete a climate study for faculty of color. Results of Phase I of the study interim report, which included…

SU chemistry professor develops breakthrough technology for non-invasive, pain-freeglucose testingOctober 11, 2005Carol K. Masiclatclkim@syr.edu A Syracuse University chemistry professor has patented a device that aims to make painful fingerstick testing of glucose levels a thing of the past for diabetics….

Nationally renowned feminist, poet and equality activist Minnie Bruce Pratt has joined Syracuse University, with a joint appointment as a professor in the departments of writing and women’s studies. Pratt has toured the country speaking at pride celebrations, political rallies,…

Black Box Players brings racial dialogue to the forefront with ‘Dutchman’October 06, 2005 Syracuse University’s Black Box Players opens its 20th-anniversary season with Imamu Amiri Baraka’s volatile Obie award-winning play “Dutchman.” The show opens Oct. 7 and runs through Oct….

University opens AirOrange wireless ‘hotspots’ to campus visitorsOctober 05, 2005Judy Holmesjlholmes@syr.edu Visitors to the Syracuse University campus can now use their laptop computers, PDAs and other wireless devices to check e-mail and surf the Internet free of charge, using the…

Blackboard Learning System moves beyond classroomOctober 04, 2005 The secret is out: Syracuse University faculty members are no longer the only people on campus using the Web-based Blackboard Learning System. Student organizations, research groups and other academic and administrative groups…

Underground Railroad exhibition opens Sept. 30 at SU LibrarySeptember 28, 2005 An exhibition that vividly portrays Syracuse’s major role as a station along the Underground Railroad opens Sept. 30 at Syracuse University Library. The exhibition, “That laboratory of abolitionism, libel,…

SU Counseling Center receives grant to support suicide prevention effortsSeptember 27, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu The Syracuse University Counseling Center has received a $75,000 Campus Suicide Prevention Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to enhance…

SU law students devise creative way to raise funds for Katrina relief effortSeptember 22, 2005Jaime Winne Alvarez jlwinne@syr.edu Like many of their peers, Syracuse University College of Law third-year students and roommates Lindsey Duerst and Angela Cruz felt they needed…

Built for comfort, speedilySeptember 21, 2005Roxanna Carpenterrocarpen@syr.edu This is not your grandmother’s sewing bee. Today’s is a different culture, with different tools. People keep wildly different schedules from those of their grandparents. But they still gather to quilt, sharing common…