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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…

Campus & Community

Student Affairs Seeks Additional Members for Student Advisory Board

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Last year, the Division of Student Affairs announced the formation of the Student Affairs Advisory Board, a group of students who serve as part of a volunteer council to Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz….

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses October Meeting of University Senate

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Syracuse University’s fiscal health, student life, academic affairs and Fast Forward Syracuse were among the topics of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s address to the University Senate last week. The 25-minute presentation was his first to the University’s academic governing body since…

Campus & Community

ITS Invites All to Virtual Reality for Learning Seminar

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

Free registration is now available for zSpace’s Virtual Reality for Learning Seminar. This “lunch and learn” session will be hosted by Information Technology Services at the SU MakerSpace on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from noon-1:30 p.m. Experience the latest in virtual…

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…

Supply Chain Management Critical in Syrian Refugee Crisis

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Burak Kazaz, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Syracuse University Whitman School of Management, is an expert in global supply chains and managing uncertainty and risk. He is also “intimately familiar” with the terrain that the refugees currently fleeing Syria…

Campus & Community

Phase Two of Connective Corridor Completed

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, By News Staff

Ceremonial pavers marking the completion of phase two of the Connective Corridor project will be placed at the midpoint of the route linking University Hill and Downtown Syracuse at a celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The festive event will include…

STEM

Deans’ Panel to Address STEM Preparation

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, By J.D. Ross

From the classroom to the White House, there is a global push to ensure that higher education prepares future STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) leaders. Unfortunately, in the United States, the supply of STEM professionals has not kept up…

Business & Economy

Q&A: Supply Chain Expert Burak Kazaz on Getting Aid to the European Refugees

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, By News Staff

Burak Kazaz, the Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management in the Whitman School of Management and a Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, is an expert in global supply chains and managing uncertainty and…

Campus & Community

Orange Central 2015 Unites Alumni, Campus Community

Tuesday, October 13, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse University welcomes of hundreds of alumni and family members back to campus during the annual Orange Central homecoming, Oct. 22-25.