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Campus & Community

Housing Lottery Presentations and Open Forums

Monday, February 2, 2015, By News Staff

The Housing Lottery has changed! Current on-campus residents interested in participating in the 2015-16 Housing Lottery are encouraged to attend one of two Lottery overview presentations and open forums. Monday, Feb. 16,  7 p.m. Shemin Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7…

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…

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.

Health & Society

Chantal Line Carpentier to present ‘Negotiating a Global Sustainable Development Agenda’

Friday, January 30, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Chantal Line Carpentier will be the featured guest speaker on Friday, Feb. 13, as part of the Falk College’s Spring 2015 Research Brown Bag Series. Carpentier will focus on the most pressing sustainable development issues and initiatives from her perspective…

Campus & Community

Liddy Selects Karin Ruhlandt Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Friday, January 30, 2015, By News Staff

Ruhlandt, who first joined the Syracuse faculty in 1993, has served as interim dean of the college since July 2014.

Arts & Culture

Recognitions Roll in for LLL Faculty

Thursday, January 29, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Success comes in droves for members of the College of Arts and Sciences. An unprecedented six professors in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) have been elected to top positions at three of the world’s leading language organizations….

Campus & Community

Show Orange Love with Duke Tailgate

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, By News Staff

This Valentine’s Day, show your love for the Orange by attending the Duke Rivalry Tailgate! Join alumni, fans and friends for the tailgate on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 3-5:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, before the men’s basketball game against the…

Campus & Community

Interim Vice Chancellor Liddy Creates Academic Affairs Faculty Fellow Positions

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, By Carol Boll

Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost Liz Liddy today announced that she will appoint several faculty members to serve in the newly created capacity of Provost’s Faculty Fellows. The positions are being created with the goal of expanding channels of communication…

Health & Society

Alumnus, Wife Leave Lasting Legacy to Assist Students with Disabilities

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

The legacy of a Syracuse University alumnus and his wife is creating a lasting mark for students with physical disabilities and the entire campus, nine decades after he first stepped onto campus. The James S. Blesh Fund will meet a…