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Health & Society

Low-Cost Tool in Fight Against Childhood Obesity: Water Dispensers in Schools

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Jessica Smith

Making water more available in New York City public schools through self-serve water dispensers in cafeterias resulted in small—but statistically significant—declines in students’ weight, according to new findings. The study, published Jan. 19 in the online issue of JAMA Pediatrics,…

STEM

Students Can Highlight Research, Creative Work at Upcoming ACC Meeting of the Minds

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Biology student Alexandria Aruck ’16 engaged with students doing research outside of her field for the first time at the ACC’s Meeting of the Minds Conference last year at North Carolina State University. “It was an opportunity for me to…

Health & Society

Claire S. Rudolph, Professor Emerita of Social Work, Dies

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By News Staff

Professor emerita Claire S. Rudolph died Jan. 5 peacefully at home. A resident of Syracuse since 1952, when she and her husband relocated to continue their graduate studies, she earned a Ph.D. in social sciences from Syracuse University and joined…

STEM

Fake a Knee—Professor, Students Develop Device for Joint Repair Research

Friday, January 15, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When patients undergo traditional knee replacement surgery, the bone and cartilage that make up the knee joint is replaced with one built with metal, plastic and polymers. Along with their natural joint, patients lose a certain quality of life. Risk…

Campus & Community

Register for Spring Semester Wellness Series for Faculty and Staff

Thursday, January 14, 2016, By News Staff

Join us for one or all of these free sessions. Healthy snacks and a prize drawing at each one. Andrea Willis, assistant director of the TEDCenter and Holy Fire Reiki Master will share her passion for wellness and her expertise…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents ‘Stupid F***ing Bird’

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

The play is a contemporary mash-up of Anton Chekhov’s modern classic “The Seagull.”

Susan Ballard Named Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Kim Infanti

Susan Ballard has been appointed associate vice president for alumni engagement at Syracuse University. The appointment, effective Feb. 22, follows a comprehensive national search and was made by chief advancement officer and senior vice president of advancement and external affairs…

Campus & Community

Lockerbie Scholar Erin McLaughlin ’07 Granted Green Card

Tuesday, January 12, 2016, By Kim Infanti

In 2007, Erin McLaughlin became the first Lockerbie Scholar to earn an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University. Typically, these outstanding scholars from Lockerbie, Scotland, study in Syracuse for only a year, representing the 11 Lockerbie residents who died in the…

Business & Economy

U.S. News & World Report Gives Top 50 Ranking to Whitman’s Online MBA Program

Tuesday, January 12, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

MBA@Syracuse (formerly known as the iMBA program), the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University’s online MBA program, recently was ranked #44 by U.S. News & World Report in its publication of 2016 Best Online Business Programs, released…

STEM

Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…