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Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Provides Update on Key University Initiatives

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the University Senate in a nearly full Maxwell Auditorium on Wednesday, Jan. 20. In his nearly 25-minute remarks, the Chancellor provided a comprehensive update on a number of items, including matters relative to student life, academic affairs, executive searches and Fast Forward Syracuse. Chancellor Syverud has been regularly delivering remarks at Senate meetings to provide an update on key University initiatives. This was his first to the University’s governing body since the start of 2016.

Campus & Community

Take a Vacation, Contribute to Research

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Michele Barrett

To demonstrate potential costly effects of not taking time off from work as well as the beneficial effects that can result from vacationing, a professor in the Falk College is leading a new research study to examine how past and…

Campus & Community

Accessibility Training Classes Spring 2016

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

The University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced its new Walk-in IT Accessibility Help Desk hours. New this semester, the IT…

Campus & Community

Employees: Please update your SU directory information by Feb. 4

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

The campus directory for employees for 2016 will be updated soon. The directory will be available online through MySlice. The information in the directory is used by SU’s telephone operators and automated systems to connect callers to faculty and staff….

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

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

Frahm-Hingtgen Named Content and Operations Manager for WAER

Thursday, January 14, 2016, By News Staff

Katherine Frahm-Hingtgen has been named as the new content and operations manager for  WAER-FM. Frahm-Hingtgen comes to WAER from KMST public radio, operated by the University of Missouri-Rolla, where she most recently served as the station’s program director. Like WAER,…

Business & Economy

Panasci Business Plan Competition Applications Due by Jan. 21

Sunday, January 10, 2016, By News Staff

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2016 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Wins Major Book Award

Tuesday, January 5, 2016, By Amy Mertz

Frederick Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2015 Journal of the History of Philosophy (The Johns Hopkins University Press) Book Prize. The prize, which includes a $5,000 award, is in recognition of…