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Campus & Community

Connective Corridor Featured at Greenbuild

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By News Staff

The Connective Corridor was featured at Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, held Nov. 20-22 in Philadelphia, as a civic engagement model for sustainable initiatives. Connective Corridor partners were selected to present an education session on the project for other communities from around the globe.

STEM

Biologist Develops Method for Monitoring Shipping Noise in Dolphin Habitat

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in The College of Arts and Sciences has developed a system of techniques for tracking ships and monitoring underwater noise levels in a protected marine mammal habitat.

Campus & Community

Convergence of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah Celebrated

Tuesday, November 26, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Thursday, Nov. 28, Americans of the Jewish faith tradition will celebrate two holidays—Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah.

Arts & Culture

SU Professor Organizes ‘Visual Literacy’ Institute to Strengthen Immigrant Voice

Monday, November 25, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Using art to develop language and literacy was the theme of a recent two-day institute at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Among the organizers was Amanda Brown, assistant professor of linguistics in The College of Arts and Sciences….

Media, Law & Policy

Modern Mythology: Fifty Years Later, JFK Still Resonates

Friday, November 22, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

It was sunny that day in June of 1957 when John F. Kennedy came to Syracuse University. He was the junior senator from Massachusetts, but he was already eying the presidency, and already testing the rhetoric—a call to public service, an appeal to young people—that would later mark his administration.

Campus & Community

VPA Seeks Nominations for Alpert Visiting Artist Program

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is now accepting nominations for the Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist Program. The program was established by Alpert, 1945 alumna of VPA, and her husband, Clement C. Alpert, to bring leading visual…

Veterans

Syracuse University Front and Center in Veterans’ Initiatives

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Carol Boll

As the nation took a collective pause this week for its annual tribute to those who have served in the armed forces, Syracuse University reasserted its standing as a precedent-setting leader and national force for advancing programming and services to meet the needs of veterans.

Health & Society

Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….

Health & Society

Thwarting a Devastating Disease

Thursday, November 14, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Assistant Professor David Larsen saw the damaging effects of the lack of health care and clean water in the favelas of Belem, Brazil, while working among the people ten years ago. Impacted by the work, he now conducts research to halt the impact of deadly—yet preventable—infectious diseases.

Campus & Community

Retired Philosphy Professor Edward McClennen Dies

Wednesday, November 13, 2013, By News Staff

Edward McClennen, 77, who retired earlier this year from Syracuse University as professor of philosophy and political science after teaching at the University since 2003, died Saturday, Nov. 2. Ben Bradley, chair of the Department of Philosophy in The College…