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Chancellor Syverud Responds to GSO Resolution Regarding University Interactions with THE General Body
In a letter delivered tonight to Graduate Student Organization (GSO) President Patrick Neary, Chancellor Syverud responded to the GSO’s Resolution requesting an investigation into the administration’s response to recent student protests. Below is the complete text of the letter. In…
Drone Project Takes Flight, Leads to Entrepreneurial Venture
A couple of summers ago, Arland Whitfield ’16 stumbled across a YouTube video about drones. It wasn’t long before he knew he had to get airborne.
iSchool Mourns Former Faculty Member Marta Dosa
School of Information Studies Professor Emerita Marta Dosa passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8. She joined the faculty in 1962, after receiving her master’s degree in library science from Syracuse in 1957, and served for 34 years. She was 91…
Support Groups for Survivors of Sexual and Relationship Violence
The Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team is offering two new groups through the Counseling Center. Students should call the Counseling Center and refer to the group they wish to register for. Students must attend a group orientation meeting. Listed…
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Call for Entries
Light Work has announced the 2015 Light Work Grants in Photography competition. Three $2,000 grants will be awarded to photographers who reside within an approximate 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Recipients are invited to display their work in a special exhibition…
Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez
Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.
Free Smoking Cessation Support Groups Begin this Month
Quitting smoking is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Beginning in July 2015, SU becomes a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus. In support of the variety of ways that people utilize to quit smoking, and in recognizing that stopping…
Transcript: Elizabeth Droge-Young Video
Liz: So right here we are looking at female reproductive tracks of females who where mated to two different males. So this area here is called the bursa. It’s where sperm comes in and also where eggs will come down…
Stanton on Importance of Connection, Collaboration, Stewardship
As a software engineer and manager at several Boston-area startup firms, Jeff Stanton became increasingly intrigued by the ways software development teams functioned. Some teams meshed well and were nimble and highly productive. Other teams worked poorly, produced buggy code,…
Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine
For the second time in as many months, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley’s book, “Going Viral,” has been recognized with a significant award in the field of scholarly writing. The Association of College & Research Libraries…