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Exploring Fluid Dynamics in Virtual Reality

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Virtual reality has grown beyond the gaming world and is increasingly being used for a variety of applications—including education. Researchers in Assistant Professor Melissa Green’s Flow Visualization Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are developing a way to apply it to…

Arts & Culture

Linguist Tackles Trauma, Mental Health, Forensics and Tastes

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Tej K. Bhatia has traveled the world connecting his expertise in linguistics with a broad array of related topics: trauma, mental health, forensics and tastes. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian…

LocalSYR

Hendricks Chapel Dean Konkol on his Path Forward

Saturday, December 2, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol recently spoke with News Channel Nine regarded his new position and how religion can influence many across college campuses. He spoke of how he got to Syracuse University and that path that led him here….

Campus & Community

Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy Approved; Work Continues to Enhance Digital Accessibility

Friday, December 1, 2017, By News Staff

Following months of constructive discussion and community input, the Chancellor’s Executive Team has approved a new University policy governing information technology accessibility. The Information and Communication Technology Accessibility Policy—which will be published and go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018—affirms…

STEM

SU, FBI Host Gathering of Stakeholders Involved in Biosecurity Response

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

The University’s Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD), Washington, D.C., sponsored a recent workshop on campus that brought together researchers, local, state and federal law…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Seeks Local Actor for Role in ‘Airborn’

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage will host auditions for local non-Equity actors on Dec. 13, 3-6 p.m., for the role of a Tuskegee Airman in “Airborn,” part of its touring Backstory program. Backstory is a live, interactive and creative history lesson for upper…

Media, Law & Policy

Expert Commentary: The Implications of Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Attorney John Wolohan, a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, is available to speak to the issues surrounding Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on Monday, December 4…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Syracuse Qualifier for Hult Prize Competition

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library will host a Dec. 11 campus qualifier for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. Known as “The Nobel Prize for student startups,” the Hult Prize…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Ethnomusicologist Lands Literary Honors

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, By Bianca Laury

A new book by an ethnomusicologist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is earning critical acclaim. Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures, is the author of “Tigers of a Different Stripe: Performing Gender in Dominican…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Continues Giving Tuesday Tradition with GivingCUSEday

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, By John Boccacino

Giving Tuesday—the Tuesday following Thanksgiving—is a global day of giving, a day when the world comes together to support causes we truly value. Because Syracuse University holds such a special place in the hearts of so many people, SU has…