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Campus & Community

Spiritual Life Council Shares Message of Unity Through Peace Poles on Quad

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

“May Peace Prevail on Earth.” A simple phrase with a powerful message. The words—in 23 different languages and in Braille—are inscribed on two red cedar “peace poles” installed over winter break in front of Hendricks Chapel through the work of…

Campus & Community

Flight from Syria, New Life in the College of Law, Now Helping Fellow Refugees

Monday, March 27, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Violette Khabbaz, silent, is listening to a conversation on a March afternoon. Sunlight pours through a window and illuminates her face as she leans across the counter of the Byblos Mediterranean Café, the restaurant she operates on North Clinton Street…

Campus & Community

U Senate Committee on Student Life Launches Email, Social Media Presence

Thursday, March 9, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University Senate’s Committee on Student Life has created an email and three new social media addresses to strengthen its online presence and allow students to interact with the committee. The committee, composed of undergraduate and graduate students and…

Health & Society

Celebrating the Life of Kay Buschle, Nursing Alumna and Professor Emerita

Wednesday, March 8, 2017, By Valerie Pietra

Kay A. (Brown) Buschle ’57, G’62, professor emerita of nursing, earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Syracuse University School of Nursing, and much of her career was spent there as a professor of nursing. Buschle passed away…

Arts & Culture

Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano: ‘World-Class Education’ at Syracuse in Jazz, Blues—and Life

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For more than three decades, Frank Malfitano ’72 has served as executive director and guiding force behind Jazz Fest, an event he founded in greater Syracuse. Admission is free for the annual festival, which has brought some of the greatest…

Campus & Community

SUPAC Conference on Transition Planning for Life after High School for Students with Disabilities

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University Parent Assistance Center (SUPAC), the Mid-State Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center (RSE-TASC) and Onondaga Community College (OCC) will host a free conference, “Finding Your Way! Understanding Transition Planning In and After High School.” The event,…

Syracuse Post-Standard

College of Law Dean Craig Boise’s Life as a “Modern Renaissance Man”

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse University College of Law Craig Boise discusses his life from a Kansas farm boy to dean of a law college with Syracuse.com in the article SU law school Dean Craig Boise: Ex-cop, classical pianist who had to learn to be…

STEM

Geochemist Breathes New Life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the “Great Oxidation Event” (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in the Earth’s atmosphere more than 2.3 billion years ago. Christopher Junium, assistant professor of Earth…

Campus & Community

Disabilifunk Promotes Disability and Diversity Awareness

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Justin Kim

On Saturday, Feb. 11, from 7-10 p.m. in the Schine Underground, the Disability Student Union (DSU) and Disability Cultural Center (DCC) will host the fourth annual Disabilifunk, a vibrant and exciting evening of karaoke, improv, a cappella and more. “Disabilifunk…

STEM

The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…