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Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?

Arts & Culture

University at Forefront of Creative Industries Management

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The University is home to four such programs that are highly interdisciplinary and lead to a master’s degree: the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the Audio Arts Program and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies.

Media, Law & Policy

Photographer Gregory Heisler Settles into a New Career

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

A few decades ago—when darkrooms and Kodachrome were staples of professional photography—a “hotshot” photographer spoke at the Rochester Institute of Technology about his extremely successful career. In the audience sat an eager young college student who worked up enough courage…

Campus & Community

Sarah Scalese Appointed Associate Vice President for University Communications

Monday, December 21, 2015, By News Staff

Sarah Scalese has been named associate vice president for University Communications. In this capacity, she will oversee the University’s Office of News Services, Office of Publications and the Office of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. In October,…

Media, Law & Policy

2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship Goes to Newhouse Senior

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Max Darrow, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, is the recipient of the 2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship. The scholarship, which is given by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), was established in 2007 to…

STEM

LHCb’s Pentaquark Discovery Named Top 10 Breakthrough of 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A discovery by scientists in the College of Arts and Sciences has been named one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the year by Physics World magazine. The Top 10 is chosen by a panel of Physics World editors and…

Crowston, Østerlund Funded for New NSF Citizen Science Project

Tuesday, December 15, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members are exploring new ways of combining the efforts of citizen scientists and machine learning algorithms to classify data from a National Science Foundation-funded research initiative called “the most complicated experiment ever undertaken in…

Campus & Community

Concur Solutions Travel Training

Monday, December 14, 2015, By News Staff

The University travel policy and use of Concur are expected to achieve a significant reduction in annual travel spending, reduce administrative burden and provide a one-stop travel shopping experience. Additional Concur training sessions have been added through June 2016. The…

Campus & Community

University Partners with Carebridge to Enhance Faculty and Staff Assistance Program

Monday, December 14, 2015, By News Staff

The University has partnered with Carebridge to provide comprehensive counseling, wellness and work-life services and resources that will significantly expand and enhance the offerings of the current Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP). As previously announced, the University has been…

Campus & Community

Staff Members Finding Positive Results from Fast Forward Syracuse Initiatives

Monday, December 14, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

As a purchasing agent in the University’s Purchasing Department, Karla Salmonsen sees the results every day of the work done by the Fast Forward Syracuse Office Supplies Initiative Team. Salmonsen, who was a team member, handles any concerns with the…