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Campus & Community

Words of JFK inspire immigrant to seek new life in the U.S.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011, By Eileen Jevis

In his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Roland Nzima was working as a technical engineer and a project manager. While he experienced some level of success, Nzima knew he had to make a choice between his career and…

Veterans

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities celebrates fifth year

Wednesday, July 13, 2011, By News Staff

Features keynotes by U.S. Department of Labor Assistant Secretary Ray Jefferson and legendary high school basketball coach Bob Hurley Sr. On Saturday, July 16, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome a new class of 25 veterans…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, July 11

Monday, July 11, 2011, By News Staff

ABC News quotes Dessa Bergen-Cico of Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics on Betty Ford

Health & Society

Dye publishes in American Journal of Public Health

Wednesday, July 6, 2011, By News Staff

Professor Timothy Dye is a medical anthropologist and social epidemiologist who specializes in applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global populations, and with a content focus on social and cultural determinants of health.

Veterans

James Schmeling appointed managing director, co-founder of Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Tuesday, July 5, 2011, By News Staff

James Schmeling has been appointed managing director of the newly established Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, which he co-founded with Mike Haynie, Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in SU’s Whitman School of Management. Schmeling was previously…

Campus & Community

Project Advance Summer Institute begins

Thursday, June 30, 2011, By News Staff

On June 27, Syracuse University Project Advance kicked off its annual Summer Institute training, which brings 141 high school teachers from across the Northeast and abroad to the SU campus to be trained to teach SU courses in their home…

STEM

Welch Allyn, Syracuse University announce new plans for Blue Highway, LLC

Tuesday, June 28, 2011, By News Staff

Created in 2008 as a technology incubator of Syracuse University and Welch Allyn, Blue Highway, LLC, has flourished in its mission to research and incubate innovative health care technologies and concepts. Today, June 28, Welch Allyn announced that Blue Highway—a…

Campus & Community

Message from Thomas Wolfe, SU senior vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students, regarding YouTube video

Saturday, June 25, 2011, By News Staff

Dear Members of the SU Community:  On behalf of Chancellor Cantor, I am writing to update you regarding an incident of hate speech that came to light yesterday afternoon, and to inform you of the University’s actions regarding it.  Syracuse…

STEM

Syracuse University biologist discovers key regulators for biofilm development

Friday, June 24, 2011, By News Staff

They can be found everywhere—organized communities of bacteria sticking to surfaces both inside and outside the body. These biofilms are responsible for some of the most virulent, antibiotic-resistant infections in humans; however, scientific understanding of how these communities develop is…

STEM

Discovery by SU physicist alters conventional understanding of sight

Friday, June 24, 2011, By News Staff

A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless special light-receptor…