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Campus & Community

Start Your Week Off Right

Monday, November 9, 2015, By News Staff

Each Monday morning the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative team will post a short wellness quiz on wellness.syr.edu. Check in each week to test your wellness knowledge and you may win a CamelBak® water bottle! Here’s how it works. A link…

Campus & Community

La Casita, Smithsonian Team up for ‘Latinos and Baseball’ Initiative

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By Rob Enslin

La Casita Cultural Center has been selected to participate in “Latinos and Baseball: In the Barrios and the Big Leagues,” a national community collecting initiative at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Campus & Community

Fall Wellness Series, Last Chance to Register

Thursday, November 5, 2015, By News Staff

The Syracuse University Wellness Initiative is hosting a free Fall Wellness Series for faculty and staff. Register today! Fitting exercise into our busy lives can be challenging. Let Maggie Thomson, certified exercise physiologist and adjunct professor at Syracuse University, show…

Students Invited to Attend First Paris Noir Information Session Nov. 4

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Students interested in learning more about Paris Noir, one of the University’s most revered study abroad experiences, are invited to attend an information session scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. in 219 Sims Hall. For more information, contact…

Campus & Community

Wellness Initiative Offers Weekly Quizzes

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, By News Staff

Start your week off right! Each Monday morning the Syracuse University Wellness Initiative team will post a short wellness quiz on http://wellness.syr.edu. Check in each week to test your wellness knowledge and you may win a CamelBak® water bottle! Here’s…

STEM

Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren’t all there is to intelligence.

Campus & Community

Orange Central 2015 in Photos

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Alumni and friends came back to campus this past weekend to celebrate and remember during Orange Central 2015. Take a look at some of the activities and fun—and more memories made.

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Publishes Book on Jürgen Habermas

Friday, October 16, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Kenneth Baynes, professor of philosophy in  the College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Habermas” (Routledge, 2015), a new book on the life and work of Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s leading philosophers and sociologists. Baynes, also…

Campus & Community

ITS Offers Workshops on Improving Accessibility of Documents, Web Pages

Friday, October 16, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for two series of training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of, sensitivity to and proficiency in ensuring the accessibility of information communications and technologies. “Creating Accessible Documents” focuses on course…

STEM

Plants Cope with Climate Change at the Gene Level

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Climate change can influence everything from pine beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains to rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea. In the face of a rapidly changing earth, plants and animals are forced to quickly deal with new challenges…