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Health & Society

Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…

Campus & Community

Students Present on Variety of Topics at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Six students with a variety of research projects—such as community attachment resilience in a deindustrialized city, the effects of using different basketballs in NCAA play and 3D flow visualization in virtual reality—represented Syracuse University at this year’s ACC Meeting of…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Recipients of 43rd Annual Light Work Grants in Photography

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Light Work has announced the 43rd annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2017 recipients are Mary Helena Clark, Joe Librandi-Cowan and Stephanie Mercedes. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to…

Campus & Community

New Members to Begin Service on Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University has announced the election of four new members to the University’s Board of Trustees: Tracy M. Barash ’89, who will become the president of the Syracuse University Alumni Association Board in July 2017 and will serve a two-year…

Campus & Community

Career Services Hosts POP-UP NYC

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Shannon Andre

From May 22-24, Syracuse University Career Services is hosting a series of events for its POP-UP New York City initiative at the University’s Joseph I. Lubin House, 11 E. 61st St., Manhattan. The pop-up includes opportunities for networking with employers…

STEM

Syracuse Hosts Inaugural Zebrafish Conference

Friday, May 12, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

On a recent Saturday biologists from the region—and as far afield as Toronto—gathered at Syracuse University with one mission: to talk about all things zebrafish. “The conference was invaluable for facilitating research collaborations, building community, and exposing students to areas…

Campus & Community

As the Centennial of JFK’s Birth Nears, Recalling His Stirring Commencement Address in Syracuse

Friday, May 12, 2017, By Sean Kirst

By 1957, a young United States senator from Massachusetts named John F. Kennedy already had a long working relationship with Ted Sorensen, who served at the time as his aide and counselor. Kennedy grew into greatness as an orator, and…

Campus & Community

New Books by Syracuse Professor Examine Post-Secular Politics, Religion, Philosophy

Thursday, May 11, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Politics, religion and philosophy in the post-secular world underlie two new books by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Gregg Lambert, director and principal investigator of the Central New York Humanities Corridor and Dean’s Professor of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Carnegie-Knight News21 Wins Prestigious IRE Award for ‘Voting Wars’ Investigation

Thursday, May 11, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two Newhouse students were among the News21 fellows who worked on the project An in-depth report on voting rights and regulations by the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative, produced by students from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and 17 other universities,…

STEM

Wang Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Wednesday, May 10, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Yang Wang has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research and education efforts on privacy management for people with disabilities, particularly…