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Arts & Culture

University to Host Ethnomusicologists Eric Usner, Michael Birenbaum Quintero

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse University will present programs by two distinguished ethnomusicologists in April. Eric Usner, visiting assistant professor of music at Franklin & Marshall College, will lead a hands-on workshop about teaching in music and the humanities on Friday, April 7, from…

STEM

Undergraduate Research Project Takes IM&T Student to China

Thursday, March 30, 2017, By J.D. Ross

How immigrants use social media, digital communications technologies and mobile applications to interact with their communities and families is the subject of an undergraduate research project that brought School of Information Studies (iSchool) junior Alexis Ho-Liu to China last week,…

STEM

Announcing the Richard J. Taylor Memorial Scholarship

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The Richard J. Taylor Memorial Scholarship has been established in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Instituted by a generous donation from his family, the fund provides scholarship and financial assistance to students enrolled in the college, with preference…

Arts & Culture

The Best of Brazilian Guitar Coming to Syracuse

Tuesday, March 28, 2017, By News Staff

The Department of Art & Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences will present an evening concert featuring three pioneers of Brazilian guitar music—Ricardo Peixoto, Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber—on Tuesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in Slocum…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Take Back the Night 2017 Events

Friday, March 24, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The annual Take Back the Night rally, march and speak out is scheduled for Wednesday, March 29, beginning at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Take Back the Night (TBTN) brings students, faculty and staff together to demonstrate the community’s support…

STEM

Professor Soman’s Team Uses 3D Printing to Engineer Model Blood Vessels

Friday, March 24, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Creating model blood vessels to aid in the study of diseases, such as strokes, can be complicated, costly and time-consuming. And the results may not always be truly representative of a human vessel. Assistant Professor Pranav Soman and his research…

Health & Society

Seventh Annual Health and Wellness Expo on March 29

Friday, March 24, 2017, By Shannon Andre

The Department of Recreation Services is once again hosting the Health and Wellness Expo on Wednesday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Flanagan Gymnasium.  The event is free and open to all faculty, staff and students with…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Symposium to Present Conservation Ecologist Eric Sanderson March 30-31

Thursday, March 23, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with a visit by an expert in ecosystem and landscape ecology. Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), will present “The Welikia Project: Discovering a Natural Sense of…

Health & Society

Professor Tom Dennison on AHCA Repeal and Replace

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

The House of Represenatives is expected to vote on the American Health Care Act — the GOP’s bid to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — on Thursday, March 23. Professor Tom Dennison, an expert in health care, offers insight…

Health & Society

Panel Discussion and Free Screening of the Documentary ‘A Plastic Ocean’

Wednesday, March 22, 2017, By News Staff

Sustainability Management and student groups Students of Sustainability and Green Peace SU will be hosting a panel discussion on plastic pollution at 5:30 p.m. followed by a free screening of “A Plastic Ocean” at 6:45 p.m. on March 29 in…