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Arts & Culture

Critically Acclaimed American Spiritual Ensemble to Perform as Part of Syracuse University Residency

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Erica Blust

The American Spiritual Ensemble, a critically acclaimed professional vocal group that has thrilled audiences around the world with its dynamic renditions of classic spirituals and Broadway numbers, will visit Syracuse University March 8-11 to hold a residency and offer three…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Students Lobby in Albany for Continued HEOP Funding

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Eileen Jevis

The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) offers economically and educationally disadvantaged individuals a chance to transform their lives through education. The program provides access to a Syracuse University degree for students from New York State. University College…

Campus & Community

Cardiology Workshop and Blood Pressure Screening for Faculty and Staff

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By News Staff

Our heart beats about 115,000 times each day and about 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime. Our heart has a never-ending workload and it’s important for us to achieve the best heart health to keep it performing at its…

Campus & Community

Special Collections Research Center Reflects on Sesquicentennial

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will honor Syracuse University’s founding 150 years ago on March 24, also known as National Orange Day, with special exhibition tours and a pop-up exhibit. Visitors to Bird Library on that day…

Campus & Community

Libraries Provide Access to E-book Package from JSTOR

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries has acquired access to more than 45,000 e-book titles, copyright year 2017 and earlier, hosted on the JSTOR platform as part of an e-resource collections pilot. The JSTOR e-book package contains titles from many major university presses,…

Campus & Community

Fall 2020 Application Deadline Approaching for Syracuse Abroad Semester Programs

Monday, March 2, 2020, By Ashley Barletta

Applications for Syracuse University’s fall 2020 study abroad programs are reviewed on a rolling admissions basis, so students are encouraged to apply to their preferred program before the March 15 deadline. For more information on programs, locations and courses, Syracuse…

Business & Economy

Shumer Wins Campuswide InVenture Prize

Thursday, February 27, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Matthew Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, the first virtual reality (VR) headset specifically designed for health care applications, has won Syracuse University’s InVenture Prize campus qualifier competition, sponsored by the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at Syracuse University Libraries. He received…

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Campus & Community

Scott Reynolds ‘Can’t Stand to See Kids Walk through Snow to Get on a Bus’

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Very early on winter mornings, Scott Reynolds navigates a payloader along the streets and through parking lots on the Syracuse University campus. Following a snowfall, Reynolds and his 60 colleagues on the Facilities Services grounds team work to clear the…

STEM

Syracuse University and UC Berkeley Researchers Team Up to Develop 3D Human Heart Model Showing How Cardiac Cells Fail to Adapt to a Pathological Mechanical Environment

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

To better understand heart diseases, doctors and scientists are constantly trying to understand how cardiac tissue in the human heart is affected by its changing environment. Specifically, researchers have wanted to better understand how cardiac cells adjust themselves depending on…