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Campus & Community

Registration Open for Spring Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people regardless of individual ability or disability can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for five training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

Arts & Culture

Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…

Campus & Community

Middle States Self-Study Asks: Are We Doing What We Say We Do?

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Carol Boll

For the past four months, more than 140 members of Syracuse University’s faculty, staff, and student body have been exhaustively scrutinizing nearly every aspect of University programs, operations and services to determine how well it meets the standards and requirements…

Health & Society

Additional Flu Clinic to Be Held Jan. 31

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

It’s not too late to protect yourself from getting the flu this winter. The Office of Human Resources, in partnership with Health Services, will offer one more clinic for faculty, staff and students to receive a free flu vaccine. Annual…

Arts & Culture

University Partners to Host Global Game Jam, Jan. 20-22 in Bird Library

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Bird Library will serve as a location for Global Game Jam (#SUGGJ17), the world’s largest game jam (game creation) event, taking place on the weekend of Jan. 20-22. University and community members are invited to collaborate, create and present new game…

Media, Law & Policy

Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…

STEM

Contrasting Construction in Bulgaria

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Students in the new course “Construction Management Practices in Eastern Europe” began their studies early last summer in the heart of Bulgaria, spending two weeks examining historic and modern construction sites throughout the country. The trip began with a visit…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

Campus & Community

Be Alert for Payroll Tax Email Scams

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University’s Information Security team has again been notified that employees at several other colleges and universities have been targeted by malicious email campaigns attempting to steal usernames and passwords, or to install malicious software—malware—on users’ computers. These phishing emails…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Kanter, College of Law Students, Staff Contribute to SCOTUS Amicus Brief

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Robert Conrad

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the College of Law Arlene Kanter, together with her research assistants, Alyssa Galea and Megan Brooks; students from her Fall 2016 Disability Law class, Cintia Garcia and Alexandra Caraballo;…