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Arts & Culture

College of Arts and Sciences Launches Minor in Arabic

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By News Staff

In response to the growing interest in understanding Arab contemporary society, the College of Arts and Sciences has launched a minor degree program in Arabic. The 20-credit-hour program prepares students to read, write and communicate orally in Arabic at a…

Arts & Culture

‘Margaret Bourke-White: Moments In History’ Opens Aug. 19

Wednesday, August 13, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries, in collaboration with the SU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, will present “Margaret Bourke-White: Moments in History 1930-1945,” an exhibition of vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and ’40s.

Arts & Culture

‘Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer’ Opens Aug. 19

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will premiere a new media installation, “Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer,” curated by SUArt Galleries Associate Director and Curator of Collections David L. Prince. Brackett’s recent work combines the digital and natural world to explore…

STEM

Sharing Passion for Science from One Generation to the Next

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Jessica Whisher-Hehl G’09 knows that being surrounded by educators at home and at school ignited her desire to study science and engineering. Her father was a guidance counselor at Saranac Lake High School and her mother was an elementary teacher…

STEM

Training the Next Generation of Power Engineers

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Most people only think about the electricity that powers our homes and gadgets when it isn’t there. When the power is humming, we tend to take it for granted. The trouble is, the network that delivers the electricity to keep…

Health & Society

Psychologist Elected President of Society for Mathematical Psychology

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

For the last three years, Amy Criss, associate professor of psychology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has served on the board of the Society for Mathematical Psychology. Earlier this month, at the society’s annual meeting in Québec,…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…

Arts & Culture

Arts and Sciences Welcomes New Associate Dean, Academic Chairs

Friday, August 8, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Karin Ruhlandt, interim dean of Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has appointed a new associate dean and four new academic chairs. The appointments, which go into effect immediately, are as follows: Paul Fitzgerald, associate dean for science, mathematics…

Arts & Culture

Art, Music and Food Align to Celebrate Summer in Forman Park

Friday, August 8, 2014, By News Staff

A Midsummer Night’s Fling in Forman Park, an enchanted, family-friendly evening along the Connective Corridor featuring music, food and art, will be held on Friday, Aug. 22, from 6-10 p.m. in Forman Park in downtown Syracuse. The event is free…

Campus & Community

Gerontological Society of America Honors Harrington Meyer’s ‘Grandmothers at Work’

Wednesday, August 6, 2014, By News Staff

Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer has been awarded the Gerontological Society of America’s Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award for her book, “Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs.” Harrington Meyer was one of four scholars honored by the Gerontological Society of…