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Health & Society

Professor Maria Brown Leads Aging Studies Institute’s Community Collaboration to Benefit Older Adults Living at Home with Cognitive Decline

Monday, November 19, 2018, By Michele Barrett

A recently launched pilot project to screen for cognitive decline as part of routine community health services currently offered to older adults is expected to demonstrate the benefits of early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias (AD/D). One major…

Business & Economy

5 Questions Answered: Amazon Opening Headquarters in New York and Arlington, VA

Tuesday, November 13, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today, Amazon announced it had chosen New York City and Northern Virginia as the new location for its second headquarters. The company plans to invest $2.5 billion in both locations, and hire as many as 25,000 employees in each location….

STEM

You Say You Want a Revolution: Chemist Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75 Helped Spark PC Revolution With Trailblazing Work in Microlithography

Sunday, November 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

“Syracuse always was my top choice,” says Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75, reflecting on her decision to study chemistry. “Even though I was born and raised in Melbourne [Australia], my family and I moved to Central New York when I was eight….

Arts & Culture

Information Session on Nov. 14 Details ‘Paris Noir’ Study Abroad Opportunity

Sunday, November 11, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse Abroad is hosting an information session for “Paris Noir: Literature, Art, and Contemporary Life in Diaspora,” on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. in 319 Sims Hall. “Paris Noir” is a six-credit, study-abroad seminar for undergraduate and graduate students…

Campus & Community

iSchool Launches New Hub For Public Libraries Research

Sunday, November 11, 2018, By Diane Stirling

A new School of Information Studies (iSchool) initiative is serving as a discovery zone for public library innovation, a hub for student inquiry on librarianship topics, and a means to circulate new ideas and research findings to public library professionals….

STEM

Forensic Science Professors Awarded $431,917 for DNA Simulation and Sequencing Tool

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) faculty members Michael Marciano and Jonathan Adelman have been awarded a two-year $431,917 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in…

Business & Economy

Entrepreneurship Coach, Author Hayley Foster Speaking at SU for Global Entrepreneurship Week

Sunday, November 4, 2018, By News Staff

Hayley Foster, author of “Foster Your Passion: A guide to finding your passion and the tools you need to foster it” (Foster Consulting, 2018), will keynote Global Entrepreneurship Week with a book talk, signing and reception on Monday, Nov. 12,…

Campus & Community

Virginia Denton, Former Director of Design and Construction, Remembered for Stewardship of Physical Campus

Friday, November 2, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Virginia Rieger Denton ’61 oversaw great change on Syracuse University’s physical campus during her years with the office formerly known as Design and Construction through her various roles, including as director. But it was the development of a special place…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Mines Stories of Loss, Transformation

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium, presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), continues its yearlong look at “Stories” with a rich array of November events. They include a mini-residency by photographer Keisha Scarville (Nov. 1-2), a concert…

Campus & Community

Fall Update 10.30.18

Tuesday, October 30, 2018, By News Staff

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Since my appointment to the role of interim chief diversity officer July 1, I have been privileged to speak with a number of students, faculty and staff, and have participated in…