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Campus & Community

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Announces Spring Semester Professional Development Schedule

Friday, February 3, 2017, By J.D. Ross

The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has released its schedule for spring semester professional development opportunities on campus. All FCTL sessions have been designed to support the entire Syracuse University faculty…

Campus & Community

Save Smart: Join Us for Retirement Planning Sessions with TIAA

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By News Staff

No matter what stage of life you’re in, there are financial decisions around every corner. The University’s retirement plan administrator, TIAA, has nearly 100 years of experience helping people prepare for a financially secure future and we’re excited to share…

STEM

Consumers Have Poor Understanding of Tracking Methods Used by Online Advertisers

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By J.D. Ross

A recent study published by researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) reveals that the general public has a poor understanding of the workings of online behavioral advertising, and the privacy implications behind the information that advertisers gather. The…

Campus & Community

Whitman School Accounting Students Offer Free Tax Prep

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

WhiTAX, a student-run accounting firm in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is offering free tax preparation this tax season. The firm, operating as a chapter of the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation, includes undergraduate and graduate accounting students who provide…

Health & Society

King’s 1965 Speech in Sims Hall Still Inspires

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For Fern Durand, one conversation last week turned a familiar corridor turned into something else. He was in the Shaffer Arts Building, walking past the SUArtGalleries, when a stranger approached him and asked if he knew this story: In 1965,…

Campus & Community

Four Questions Regarding Body Worn Cameras For DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently received an $88,000 grant from the Federal Bureau of Justice to purchase new body worn cameras (BWC). The award assisted the department in purchasing and outfitting all of the sworn peace officers with…

STEM

Physicist to be Recognized by National Academy of Sciences

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his “outstanding leadership” of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration. Peter R. Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…

Campus & Community

Over $40,000 Raised During 12th Annual Charity Sports Auction

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By News Staff

The Sport Management (SPM) Club in Falk College has announced that it raised $42,900 for the McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center as a result of its 12th Annual Charity Sports Auction. During the SU men’s basketball game on Dec. 10, supporters…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…

STEM

Stromer-Galley Secures $11.5 Million for Decision-Making Research

Monday, January 23, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Can an application help intelligence analysts engage in better reasoning and produce reports that help decision makers make better decisions? A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Syracuse University, the University of Arizona, Colorado State University and SRC Inc. aims to…