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Health & Society

Summer Course Will Help Participants Develop Mindfulness Practice

Monday, May 22, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In one Syracuse University course this summer, students will engage in creative ways to learn about and incorporate the practice of mindfulness into their lives. “Mindful Communication Skills,” CRS 347, will be offered for six weeks in Summer Session II,…

Campus & Community

$5 Million Gift From Board of Trustees Chairman Steven W. Barnes ’82 to Help Create a State-of-the-Art Health, Wellness and Recreation Complex

Friday, May 19, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

Steve and Deborah Barnes cite University’s transformative, student-centric vision as motivation for gift A new state-of-the-art, health, wellness and recreation complex, which until now has been a conceptual component in the draft Campus Framework, is now one step closer to…

Campus & Community

‘Salute to Service’ Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries of 147 Faculty and Staff

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University honored employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries in 2016 at the annual “Salute to Service” celebration on Tuesday, May 16, during a luncheon in the Schine Student Center’s Goldstein Auditorium. Faculty and staff honored—147 overall—marked anniversaries of 25 years…

Campus & Community

Dara J. Royer Named Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Sarah Scalese

A dynamic national leader in marketing and communications and the architect behind award-winning brand transformations has been selected to launch and oversee Syracuse University’s newly integrated Division of Communications and Marketing. Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Dara…

Campus & Community

Dean, Faculty and Student Representatives Named to Board of Trustees

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Chancellor Kent Syverud has named a new dean representative to the Board of Trustees, and the University Senate Academic Affairs Committee, in consultation with the provost and the chairperson of the University Senate Agenda Committee, has selected a new faculty…

STEM

Charting the Course for Drones

Tuesday, May 16, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Researchers and businesses see incredible potential in the growing Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry, but the emerging opportunities carry a lot of challenges. On May 3, more than 65 representatives from consulting, aerospace, engineering, insurance and imaging companies met with…

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees Endorses Award-Winning Campus Framework—Vision for Excellence; Full Report Now Available for Community Feedback

Monday, May 15, 2017, By News Staff

Ensuring that Syracuse University’s physical landscape, buildings and infrastructure align with and support the priorities of the Academic Strategic Plan and its institutional mission and vision is the chief objective of the newly released Campus Framework-Vision for Excellence.

STEM

Syracuse Hosts Inaugural Zebrafish Conference

Friday, May 12, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

On a recent Saturday biologists from the region—and as far afield as Toronto—gathered at Syracuse University with one mission: to talk about all things zebrafish. “The conference was invaluable for facilitating research collaborations, building community, and exposing students to areas…

Campus & Community

New Books by Syracuse Professor Examine Post-Secular Politics, Religion, Philosophy

Thursday, May 11, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Politics, religion and philosophy in the post-secular world underlie two new books by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Gregg Lambert, director and principal investigator of the Central New York Humanities Corridor and Dean’s Professor of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Carnegie-Knight News21 Wins Prestigious IRE Award for ‘Voting Wars’ Investigation

Thursday, May 11, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two Newhouse students were among the News21 fellows who worked on the project An in-depth report on voting rights and regulations by the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative, produced by students from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and 17 other universities,…