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Media, Law & Policy

Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities

Wednesday, December 20, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…

STEM

Physicist Marchetti Named to Commission on Statistical Physics

Tuesday, December 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Distinguished Professor M. Cristina Marchetti has been elected to the Commission on Statistical Physics as part of a select group of international scientists. The Commission on Statistical Physics (C3) was established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics…

Veterans

Veterans Express Themselves in Writing Group

Tuesday, December 19, 2017, By Amy Manley

Once a month, veterans meet in the Syracuse University Writing Center to share stories of their armed service experience and learn how to craft those narratives into more polished written works.

Campus & Community

The Spirit of the Season

Monday, December 18, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Members of the Syracuse University community recently took part in an adopt-a-family program in one example of getting into the spirit of the holiday season.

Health & Society

Hendricks Dean Invited to Preach in Historic Cathedral in South Africa

Thursday, December 14, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

South Africa holds a special place in the heart of Brian Konkol, the newly installed dean of Hendricks Chapel. From 2008-12, Konkol and his wife, Kristen, served in South Africa as country coordinators of the Young Adults in Global Mission…

Business & Economy

NYSSTLC Helps Biotech Firm Traverse Commercialization’s ‘Valley of Death’

Thursday, December 14, 2017, By Martin Walls

The realm of technology commercialization is fond of its geographical metaphors. Researchers and entrepreneurs who seek to make their discoveries commercially viable talk of intellectual property “landscapes,” “routes” or “paths” to market, as well as technical and regulatory “milestones.” But…

Campus & Community

University Endorses Learning Outcomes Assessment to Ensure Academic Program Accountability, Excellence

Wednesday, December 13, 2017, By Carol Boll

Four years ago, math Professor Terry McConnell was asked to participate in a series of meetings with faculty to help advance a campuswide culture of assessment and allay any concerns about a Universitywide move toward student learning assessment. McConnell didn’t…

Business & Economy

Apply Now for Invent@SU Summer 2018

Monday, December 11, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

This summer, Invent@SU will return to transform undergraduate students into inventors as they design, prototype and pitch original devices. The immersive invention accelerators will be held on campus and at the Fisher Center in New York City. For the first time, the program is…

Business & Economy

Money Matters: How to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Monday, December 11, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

News of this year’s Equifax breach, fraudulent I.R.S. tax returns and hacks into retail giants shows the ever-growing need to protect a person’s identity. “Identity theft is, unfortunately, not 100 percent preventable, so it’s important to know what resources are…

STEM

Bend Or Break? ECS 101 Students Test Wood Bridge Designs

Monday, December 11, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Designing a wood bridge is one thing. Actually building it knowing a series of 19-pound weights will be placed on it is another. Teams of first-year students from the College of Engineering & Computer Science in ECS 101 had about a week…