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Fast Forward Syracuse Update

Tuesday, August 19, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Amid all the construction, campus tours and summer activities over the past 60 days, work has continued on Fast Forward Syracuse, the University-wide initiative providing the key strategic direction and framework for propelling the University forward, fostering academic and operational…

Evacuation Drills Schedule for Academic and Administrative Buildings, Summer 2014

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

(Update: This week’s evacuation drills have been cancelled.) The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) will conduct the summer 2014 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from Aug. 18-22. The building drills will be conducted in the morning…

Campus & Community

Participants Needed for Research Project on Health Behaviors Among African-American College Students

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

We invite you for participation in the research project “Health Behaviors among African American College Students.” This study was designed to better understand determinants of health behaviors in college students of African descent. College students of African descent have not…

Campus & Community

Evacuation Drills for Academic and Administrative Buildings Canceled

Thursday, August 14, 2014, By News Staff

The evacuation drills scheduled by the Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) for this week have been canceled.  

Arts & Culture

‘Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer’ Opens Aug. 19

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will premiere a new media installation, “Tammy Renée Brackett: Dear Deer,” curated by SUArt Galleries Associate Director and Curator of Collections David L. Prince. Brackett’s recent work combines the digital and natural world to explore…

Arts & Culture

Opening Reception for ‘Last’ to be held on Sept. 4 at Point of Contact Gallery

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “Last,” an exhibition by local artist Dorene Quinn, on Thursday, Sept. 4. The opening reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Refreshments…

STEM

Sharing Passion for Science from One Generation to the Next

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

Jessica Whisher-Hehl G’09 knows that being surrounded by educators at home and at school ignited her desire to study science and engineering. Her father was a guidance counselor at Saranac Lake High School and her mother was an elementary teacher…

STEM

Building Green from Syracuse to Nanjing

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

This spring, Professor Jensen Zhang, director of Syracuse University’s Building Energy and Environmental Systems Laboratory, led a group of students from SU to Nanjing, China. There, they joined students from Nanjing University and Aalto University in Finland to explore the…

Campus & Community

Fire Training Academy Provides Moments of Shock and Awe

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Keith Kobland

For David Grimes it was a real eye opener, even if he couldn’t see clearly. Grimes was trying to navigate his way to safety in what appeared to be a smoke filled hallway.

STEM

Students Meld Creativity, Community Needs in Field House Redesign

Monday, August 4, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

The Near West Side of Syracuse became a familiar haunt for a team of architecture, engineering and industrial design students last spring. They were there to absorb the neighborhood’s environs and imagine what a renovation of the current Skiddy Park field house might look like.