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Health & Society

A Passion for Caring

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dr. Heather Hirsch ’04 recently shared her expertise in menopause management while leading grand rounds at SUNY Upstate Medical University, the teaching hospital she attended. Her life’s passion evolved on the Hill in the College of Arts and Sciences. There her dual…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Chosen for Prestigious News21 National Reporting Initiative

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Two students from the Newhouse School are among a group of top journalism students chosen to participate in the prestigious Carnegie-Knight News21 multimedia reporting initiative. The students will conduct a major national investigation into hate crimes in the U.S. The…

Media, Law & Policy

Gift Will Fund Professorship, Research in Energy and Environmental Policy

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A $250,000 gift from Maxwell School alumnus James Ajello ’76 MPA will create a new professorship in energy and environmental policy while supporting interdisciplinary research projects in that field. The gift, with an initial term of five years, also funds…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders Elected to Academy of Arts and Letters

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Carol Boll

George Saunders G’88, professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and acclaimed author, has been elected into the membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Saunders is one of 12 individuals from the arts, literature…

STEM

Researchers Close to Understanding Disease Mechanisms of ALS

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Carlos A. Castañeda, assistant professor of biology, chemistry and interdisciplinary neuroscience, and Thuy…

Campus & Community

Team of Evaluators from Middle States to Visit Campus this Month

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University’s reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education enters its final phase this spring, with a team of peer evaluators scheduled to visit campus March 25-28. During the visit, the evaluators, who come from other Middle States-accredited…

Media, Law & Policy

CRS’s Dana Cloud Publishes Book on Rhetoric and the Circulation of Truth Claims in U.S. Political Culture

Thursday, March 8, 2018, By Erica Blust

  Dana L. Cloud, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has published the new book “Reality Bites: Rhetoric and the Circulation of Truth Claims…

Campus & Community

Graduate Student Seth Delisle Helps to Engineer Faceoff Wins for Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

On a typical Tuesday morning, Seth DeLisle, mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate student in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, is working on complex differential equations that measure the lift and thrust a helicopter needs to fly. “The classes…

Campus & Community

Winners of Plowing Through the Data Hackathon Announced

Wednesday, March 7, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The winners of the Plowing Through the Data Hackathon, powered by AT&T, were announced in a ceremony held at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and attended by City of Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh. The hackathon, organized by the iSchool, the City…

Campus & Community

Students Travel to Albany to Advocate for Student Aid

Tuesday, March 6, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Hundreds of young people voiced their support of student funding during the recent New York Student Aid Alliance Advocacy Day in Albany. Anthony Obas ’20 made sure he was one of them. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go last year,…