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Anonymous Donor’s Gift Drives $1 Million Science Equipment Excellence Fund

Wednesday, February 4, 2015, By News Staff

Students and faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are benefiting from a new Science Equipment Excellence Fund that is modernizing science-teaching instrumentation and enhancing the overall learning experience.

Campus & Community

‘Above All Else’ Screening and Q&A with Director John Fiege

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By News Staff

Students of Sustainability (SOS) and the geography department will co-host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Above All Else” on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in Grant Auditorium. The free event will be followed by a Q&A session with its…

20th Anniversary of Historic Day for Space Program and University Alumna

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Feb. 3, 1995, is a day Eileen Collins ’78 is unlikely to forget. It was on that day that Collins piloted the shuttle Discovery into outer space and into the history books all at once. Collins became the first female…

Campus & Community

University Kicks Off 2015 RecycleMania Competition

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University kicked off its 2015 RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition on Feb. 1. RecycleMania is a nationwide event that raises awareness about reducing waste and increasing recycling. Last year, more than 6.3 million students and staff in 50 states, the…

Business & Economy

Whitman School to Host Symposium on Multifamily Housing

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Whitman School will host a real estate symposium on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Milton Room, room 411 at the Whitman School, featuring five Syracuse University alumni who are…

Campus & Community

VentureWell Student Grants Provide Funding of up to $75,000

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By News Staff

VentureWell, a nonprofit organization dedicated to experiential learning and commercialization in higher education, is accepting applications from Syracuse University students for their E-Team Program for winter 2015 (deadline Feb. 6, 2015) and spring 2015 (deadline May 8, 2015). VentureWell defines…

Business & Economy

Syracuse Scholar: Brian Cheung ’15

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

While this spring may represent the end of an era for senior Brian Cheung, the experiences that he has had through Syracuse University have prepared him to be a highly successful professional. Cheung is a dual major in Whitman and…

STEM

Simulated UN Negotiations Teach Role of Science in Policy-Making

Monday, February 2, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Since 2011, Professor Svetoslava Todorova of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering has served as a science observer for the UN-Mandated Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) on Mercury. The group has been instrumental in the development of a global mercury…

Campus & Community

NEXIS Offers Data Visualization Seminar

Monday, February 2, 2015, By News Staff

Students from the New Explorations in Information and Science (NEXIS) lab will host the first NEXIS-X event of the semester; the topic is data visualization. The seminar will be held Feb. 6 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the ICE Box, located…

Campus & Community

NYSHealth Healthy Neighborhood Funds Near Westside Initiative

Monday, February 2, 2015, By News Staff

The Near Westside of Syracuse is one of six communities selected to participate in the New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) Healthy Neighborhood Funds initiative (http://nyshealthfoundation.org/our-grantees/healthy-neighborhoods-fund-recipients).  The initiative will provide funding and support for an active collaboration between NYSHealth and…