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Student Team Testing Smart Grid Security Project

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Diane Stirling

In an era when digital devices talk to one another to accomplish tasks, how will industries protect conversations between them and the information those exchanges transmit to maintain the security of their systems and networks? That is the central question…

Arts & Culture

Design Students Connect Campus, City through ‘We Are Syracuse’ Billboards

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

It was more than a year ago that the Connective Corridor issued a challenge to SU students: Design a large-scale public art project for a billboard series to be displayed over the 2014-15 academic year next to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse in downtown Syracuse.

Arts & Culture

‘None of That’ Exhibition Explores Discontent, Search for Meaning

Friday, February 27, 2015, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center is hosting an opening reception for “None of That,” an exhibition by artist Juan Alberto Cruz, on Thursday, March 5. The opening reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. at La Casita, located in the Lincoln…

Campus & Community

Breaking the Habit

Friday, February 27, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Every smoker faces different challenges when trying to quit. The hardest part may be a matter of routine.

Campus & Community

Greek Life Presents ‘Just Bring Your Hands’

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Shannon Andre

The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, within the Division of Student Affairs, presents its second annual “Just Bring Your Hands” event Sunday, March 1, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. Students will come together and make sandwiches for…

Campus & Community

Humanities Center Continues Spring Symposia with Lecture on March 4

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Gesa E. Kirsch, professor of English and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, will deliver a public lecture titled “The Power of Social Networks: Rhetorical Agency and Civic Activism among 19th-Century Women Physicians” on…

Campus & Community

Harry Brod Presents ‘Asking for It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent’

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Harry Brod, widely recognized as a founding figure of the field of masculinity studies, will speak March 3 at 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium on “Asking For It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent.” The lecture focuses on the…

Campus & Community

Smoking Cessation Programs for Faculty, Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

The University will offer free, six-week tobacco cessation programs on campus for faculty and staff. The classes will be facilitated by Cynthia Cary, RRT, CPFT, CTTS, director of tobacco cessation at SUNY Upstate Medical University. The program consists of seven,…

STEM

Students, Community Invited to New Info Visualization Meetup

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A community meetup on the topic of information visualization is being hosted by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley. The meetup will take place Tuesday, March 3, starting at 6 p.m. in the Katzer Room,…

Campus & Community

Former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend to Give Next University Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Andreas Weigend, former chief scientist at Amazon and founder of Social Data Lab, is the next speaker in the 2014-15 University Lectures series. His presentation, “We Are Our Data: Harnessing the Power of Social Data,” is Tuesday, March 3, at…