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Getting to Know: Kevin Heffernan

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, By News Staff

Kevin Heffernan has always been excited about exercise. In high school and college he was active in many sports, and his sports training led to a love of weight lifting. His earliest research focused on weight training and the health…

Campus & Community

HC Faculty Fellow Symposium Will Explore Experimental Philosophy

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The role that intuitions have played in philosophy will be the focus of a Syracuse University Humanities Center symposium this week. Edouard Machery, professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, will explore the implications of…

Campus & Community

Tap, Filtered or Bottled: Testing Your Water Preference

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, By News Staff

Tap, filtered or bottled. The Sustainability Division wants to know what members of the campus community prefer in terms of their drinking water by offering a blind sample of water tests around campus this month. Starting last week in Bird…

Health & Society

Best-Selling Author, Eating Behaviors Expert Brian Wansink to Lecture Feb. 26

Tuesday, February 11, 2014, By Michele Barrett

The Nutrition Education Promotion Association (NEPA) in the Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition will host Brian Wansink, Feb. 26 in 001 Life Sciences Building at 7 p.m. The community is invited to attend this free…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Selected to Host Young African leaders

Monday, February 10, 2014, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs will join the International Research and Exchanges Board and the U.S. Department of State to host 25 participants from President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) for a six-week public administration training…

Health & Society

School of Education to Host 2014 Equity and Social Justice Conference March 1

Monday, February 10, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will host the seventh annual Conference on Equity and Social Justice (ESJ) on Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton Syracuse University Conference Center. The theme of the 2014 conference is Social Justice Education Out of Bounds:…

Health & Society

Falk Student Connects Fans with the Big Game

Monday, February 10, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

It took about three hours for the Seahawks to take down the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. The experience for Steven Kozar ’14, who spent his senior capstone as an intern with the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, will last a lifetime.

STEM

Physicist’s Proposal in Quantum Computing Receives $2.25 Million in Funding

Monday, February 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

“The Big Bang Theory” is one of television’s most popular shows, but if you’re interested in physics, cutting-edge research and high IQs, you need to look no further than the Department of Physics in The College of Arts and Sciences….

Media, Law & Policy

Humphrey Fellows from 26 Nations to Attend Leadership Workshop at Maxwell

Friday, February 7, 2014, By News Staff

From Feb. 10-14, the Maxwell School will welcome 38 Humphrey Fellows from 26 nations and 15 host universities across the United States for a special Leadership and Governance During Times of Crisis Enhancement Workshop. This is the second year that…

Campus & Community

Thornden Park Chili Bowl Festival

Friday, February 7, 2014, By News Staff

The 2014 Thornden Park Association’s annual Chili Bowl Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 8, from noon to 3 p.m. in the park’s field house adjacent to the football field. More than 120 quarts of delicious “from scratch” chilies are…