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Health & Society

BBI study reveals people with disabilities are sidelined in American politics

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

People with disabilities remain largely sidelined in American politics, according to a new study published in Social Science Quarterly.

Interns working to bring solar energy to rural Mexican village

Tuesday, September 11, 2012, By News Staff

Some students take on internships to learn what work in the “real world” will be like after graduation. Others get involved in projects in order to learn how to make their post-graduation world more like they want it to be….

Veterans

Veterans’ Resource Center sponsors seminar series

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Veterans’ Resource Center presents a series of fall seminars focusing on key issues relating to veterans. Topics include transitioning from military to student life, suicide awareness and prevention, developing veteran-friendly programs in schools and techniques for supporting the academic and…

DPS announces key leadership appointments and structural changes

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Tony Callisto has announced key leadership appointments and structural changes in the organization. The changes will create better lines of communication throughout the DPS organization and more effectively align operations, resulting in more efficient and…

Campus & Community

Campus, city, county debut one-mile walking loops as part of Healthy Monday

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

New signs designed by students and staff who are part of the Healthy Monday Syracuse team at SU are making it easy for people to find and follow a series of mile-long walking loops located in city and county parks,…

Campus & Community

Workshop on the OECD iLibrary will be held Sept. 18

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A workshop on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development iLibrary, one of the most comprehensive online resources on the world economy, society, education and the environment, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 18, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University publishes Copyright Guide

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University has published “Using Copyrighted Works in Teaching: A Guide for Syracuse University Faculty” to provide recommendations and best practices to assist SU faculty members, teaching assistants, online course administrators, librarians and others in making legal use of copyright-protected…

Campus & Community

Colleen Bench appointed assistant vice president for student affairs

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Colleen O’Connor Bench has been appointed assistant vice president for the Division of Student Affairs (DSA). Bench joined the University in 1991 and became director of the Parents Office in 1993, where she has managed the administrative, financial and operational…

STEM

ISchool student awarded scholarship to cloud computing conference

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Cloud computing has expanded into a useful resource for businesses to collaborate, store information and create programs to improve their organizations. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), students, faculty members and entrepreneurs work closely together to both understand these…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…