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Free Drop-in Yoga for Faculty and Staff

Monday, January 28, 2019, By News Staff

Recharge your workweek with Wednesday yoga, starting Feb. 6. Reset your mind and body with Drop-in Yoga, led by Laura Enslin, a certified yogi and University faculty member. Regardless of your age or yogic experience, this hourlong session offers something…

Campus & Community

Deadline for Meeting of the Minds Applications Is Friday

Monday, January 28, 2019, By News Staff

This year’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (M.o.M.) conference will be held March 29-31 at the University of Louisville. Each of the ACC’s 15 schools will select six undergraduates to attend and present at the conference. Undergraduates…

Campus & Community

Career Services Hosts Spring Career Week 2019

Friday, January 25, 2019, By Teagan Cyan Peacock

Career Services’ Spring 2019 Career Week starts Tuesday, Jan. 29, and runs through Thursday, Jan. 31. Career Week, featuring multiple career fairs, is an opportunity for students and recent graduates to learn about and connect with potential employers across multiple…

Campus & Community

Feb. 28 Campus Symposium Explores Issues of Equality, Privilege, Justice in South Africa and Syracuse

Thursday, January 24, 2019, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will be the setting of an evening symposium exploring issues of equality, privilege and justice in Syracuse and South Africa. “No Innocence This Side of the Womb,” hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement, will bring…

Campus & Community

New Campuswide Initiative to Support Teaching, Research in Policy and Governance of Autonomous Systems

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, By Eileen Korey

A new interdisciplinary effort at Syracuse University will advance knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems, exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies. From self-driving cars to drone delivery systems, from robotic underwater…

Campus & Community

Undergraduates Invited to Apply to Attend, Present at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Joeann Salvati ’18 is currently working as a pre-doctoral research fellow in the Fundamentals of the Adolescent Brain (FAB) lab at Yale University. As a Syracuse University undergraduate studying psychology and forensic science last year, she participated in the 2018…

STEM

Turning Student Research into Reality

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Avinash “Avi” Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently made headlines with his role in the development of a novel class of nanomaterials that could possibly improve cancer detection….

Campus & Community

Neal Powless G’08 to Head University Ombuds Office

Friday, January 18, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University today announced the appointment of Neal Powless G’08 to the post of University ombuds. In this role, Powless will serve the campus community as a neutral, independent, informal and confidential resource for faculty, staff and graduate students who…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Names Five Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Unsung Heroes’

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By News Staff

The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2019 Unsung Hero Award winners. The awards are bestowed annually on people who, in the spirit of King’s “beloved community,” have made a positive difference in the lives of others,…

Media, Law & Policy

Peter Blanck Meets Ecuadorian President, Ministers to Proclaim First UD Building in Ecuador for People with Disabilities

Thursday, January 17, 2019, By Martin Walls

On Jan. 14, Syracuse University Professor Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) and the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), met with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, the first lady and Ecuadorian ministers to develop collaborative programs toward an…