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STEM

Stromer-Galley’s Bias Retraining Game Wins ‘Serious Play’ Honors

Monday, August 3, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Human decision-making is prone to cognitive biases, the shortcuts people take because their brains are wired to make decisions quickly with limited information. However, a game developed by a research team that includes a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty…

Campus & Community

Shaw Hall Gets New Entrance, Address

Thursday, July 30, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Students living in Shaw Hall will notice some significant changes when they return to campus next month, namely a new entrance and a new address. It’s part of a substantial four-year construction project with renovations “from top to bottom and…

Campus & Community

Nourish Students Share in Rebuilding Livelihoods, Hope in Uganda

Wednesday, July 29, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Rural Ugandans were at first unsure about the Nourish International students who came to help with health and livelihood initiatives. There can be skepticism about Westerners bringing their own values. The students showed their purpose was different.

Veterans

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Begins 10th Session

Monday, July 27, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Nearly two dozen veterans with disabilities have converged on the University campus for the 10th Barnes Family Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. The event kicked off Saturday with a welcome reception and words of encouragement from organizers. EBV kickoff…

Campus & Community

Research Computing Gains Momentum at University

Monday, July 27, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

Research computing continues to grow at Syracuse University. Supported by Information Technology Services (ITS), enhanced resources offer University researchers more support, greater capacity and an expanding toolset. A National Science Foundation award in 2013 funded infrastructure upgrades that expanded data-intensive…

Campus & Community

Evacuation Drills Scheduled

Tuesday, July 21, 2015, By News Staff

Fire and Life Safety Services (FLSS) will conduct the summer 2015 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from July 27-31. The building drills will be conducted in the morning between 9:30-11:30 a.m. or in the afternoon/evening between 1:30-9  p.m.,…

Media, Law & Policy

Summer Law Program Focuses on Business and Technology Development

Friday, July 17, 2015, By Jessica Chesher

Microfluidic bubble bioreactor for cell capture is not a description one would expect to hear for a project being researched in a law school, but that’s exactly what Heather Roark Parker L’16 was explaining to Assemblyman William Magnarelli during a…

Philosophers Celebrate 10th Anniversary of SPAWN Series July 29-31

Friday, July 17, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences is marking the 10th anniversary of its acclaimed SPAWN summer workshop series by revisiting the theme of its first conference: “Consciousness.” SPAWN, which stands for “Syracuse Philosophy Annual Workshop…

STEM

Physicists Awarded $3 Million Grant to Build Particle Detector

Wednesday, July 15, 2015, By Rob Enslin

They will use the three-year award to build an inner tracking device, known as the Upstream Tracker, which will increase the amount of data that LHCb can handle by factors of five to 10.

STEM

Physicists Confirm Existence of Rare Pentaquarks

Tuesday, July 14, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed the existence of two rare pentaquark states. Their discovery is said to have major implications for the study of the structure of matter.