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Campus Community Encouraged to Save the Date for Student-University Forum

Friday, September 19, 2014, By Keith Kobland

As announced in early September by Chancellor Syverud, the University is hosting a forum on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel to foster a campus discussion about diversity, inclusion and respect. The forum planning committee, made up…

University Community Mourns Passing of Professor Emerita Sari Knopp Biklen

Thursday, September 18, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

Sari Knopp Biklen, professor emerita of cultural foundations of education and women’s studies, passed away on Sept. 16. “I know that I speak for all of her colleagues in expressing deep sadness over Sari’s passing,” says Eric F. Spina, Syracuse…

Health & Society

Communication Sciences and Disorders’ Beth Prieve Awarded $1.4 Million Grant

Wednesday, September 10, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The most common birth defect among newborn babies is hearing loss. In fact, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than 12,000 babies are born each year with some degree of hearing loss. But Beth Prieve, professor of communication sciences…

Shannon Andre Named Student Affairs Communications Manager

Tuesday, September 9, 2014, By News Staff

Shannon Feeney Andre, ’09, has been named communications manager for the Division of Student Affairs.  Andre will move to the office of the Senior Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs from her current position as assistant director of Campus…

Health & Society

School of Education’s Center on Human Policy awarded $2.3 Million Grant for Community for All Project

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Center on Human Policy (CHP), a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization affiliated with the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education, has been awarded a five-year, $2.3 million dollar National Institute on Disability…

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.

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Listening Meeting on Advocacy Center

Tuesday, July 29, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Syracuse University campus community is invited to a Listening Meeting on the Advocacy Center on Wednesday, July 30, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Panasci Lounge in the Schine Student Center. This is the second in a series…

Health & Society

Institute on Communication and Inclusion to host Annual Summer Institute July 28-30

Thursday, July 24, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The Institute on Communication and Inclusion (ICI) at the School of Education will host its annual summer institute at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel from July 28-30. This year’s theme, “Envisioning the Future: Writing a New Disability Narrative,” boasts a…

STEM

Going Direct: Communication in a Device-to-Device Network

Monday, July 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Two Ph.D students, Chenfei Gao and Xiang Sheng, and their advisor Professor Jian Tang, from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, received a best paper award in the 2014 IEEE…

STEM

iSchool Research Finds Young People Are Careful, Expressive Communicating Online

Friday, July 11, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Contrary to a common cultural portrayal, young people are careful and conscientious about how they present themselves in online communication, and they compose expressive messages, use larger vocabularies, and emphasize remarks with more punctuation than their older counterparts. Those are some of…