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Campus & Community

University Wellness Initiative to Sponsor Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

Monday, August 19, 2013, By News Staff

Interested in reducing your stress, increasing your concentration and/or improving your relationships?  Then join us for the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m. starting on Sept. 26. This eight-week program includes weekly sessions and one…

Students in Summer Youth Program Design Games to Assist in Learning

Monday, August 19, 2013, By Eileen Jevis

Twenty-five students, ages 14-17, will spend the day at the Milton J. RubensteinMuseum of Science and Technology (MOST) at 500 South Franklin St., Syracuse, on Thursday, Aug. 29, to explore the world of science and technology through game creation and…

SU Continues to Embody a Global Campus Community

Monday, August 19, 2013, By News Staff

Students from all over the world have begun to arrive on campus. The Slutzker Center for International Services within the Division of Student Affairs has greeted more than 800 new international graduate students recently. They will continue to do so…

Syracuse University Cultural Centers Host Open House on Aug. 29

Monday, August 19, 2013, By News Staff

In an effort to engage students simultaneously across their social identities, the four cultural centers within the Division of Student Affairs (Disability Cultural Center, LGBT Resource Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs and Slutzker Center for International Services) are working together…

360i-Sponsored Pilot Program Brings Harlem Teens to Campus

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications recently hosted 10 high school students from the Harlem section of New York City who were on campus to learn about the field of advertising and associated careers. The students, all part of…

Maxwell School Professor Christina Merchant Dies

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By News Staff

Christina Sickles Merchant, a professor of practice in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, passed away on Aug. 5. Since 2007, Merchant taught a wide variety of classes on…

STEM

Dischiave Honored by IBM for Curriculum Achievements

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By J.D. Ross

Dave Dischiave, associate professor of practice and director of the Global Enterprise Technology and Systems and Information Science programs at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been recognized by IBM for his development of curricula focusing on business and…

A Classroom of Promise

Thursday, August 15, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Five SU students traveled to South Africa for an SU Abroad course on the socio-economic development and educational system in the pre- and post-apartheid eras.They came back with much more and left behind a lasting impact on some young minds.

Chemist to Study ‘Orally Effective Therapy’ to Fight Obesity

Wednesday, August 14, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Robert Doyle will experiment with ‘gut hormone’ and vitamin B12 A chemist in The College of Arts and Sciences has received a federal grant to study the oral administration of PYY3-36, a peptide that inhibits food intake by naturally switching…

Campus & Community

Bowlers Wanted for Tuesday Evenings

Tuesday, August 13, 2013, By News Staff

The SU & ESF Faculty and Staff Bowling League is seeking new members. This is a fun handicap league accepting male and female bowlers who are currently employed at the College or University.  Your skill level does not matter; we…