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iSchool Mourns Former Faculty Member Marta Dosa

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies Professor Emerita Marta Dosa passed away on Thursday, Jan. 8. She joined the faculty in 1962, after receiving her master’s degree in library science from Syracuse in 1957, and served for 34 years. She was 91…

Business & Economy

Student Ventures Can Enter Panasci Business Plan Competition to Win Startup Funding

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By Lindsay Wickham

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Whitman School of Management are calling for submissions for the 2015 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan ideas from graduate and…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: Tully Center for Free Speech Director Roy Gutterman on Charlie Hebdo Violence

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Roy S. Gutterman, a graduate of the Newhouse School and the Syracuse University College of Law, is an expert on communications law and the First Amendment. He is director of Newhouse’s Tully Center for Free Speech. In the wake of…

Campus & Community

Support Groups for Survivors of Sexual and Relationship Violence

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By News Staff

The Sexual and Relationship Violence Response Team is offering two new groups through the Counseling Center. Students should call the Counseling Center and refer to the group they wish to register for. Students must attend a group orientation meeting. Listed…

Campus & Community

Posse Foundation President Deborah Bial to Visit Campus Jan. 26

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, By News Staff

At Chancellor Kent Syverud’s invitation, Deborah Bial, president and founder of the Posse Foundation, will visit campus on Monday, Jan. 26. The Posse Foundation provides college access and youth leadership development opportunities to top public high school students from diverse…

Health & Society

Falk College Begins Relocation to MacNaughton and White Halls

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Falk College has begun its phased relocation to the new Falk Complex at MacNaughton and White halls (the former College of Law).

STEM

Todorova Serves as Science Observer in UN Mercury Negotiations

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

In November, Assistant Professor Svetoslava Todorova of the College of Engineering and Computer Science participated in the sixth session of the United Nations mandated Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) on Mercury in Thailand. The INC on Mercury has been instrumental in the…

Arts & Culture

Hawthorne String Quartet to Perform Free Public Concert

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The Hawthorne String Quartet, comprised of members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will be in residence in Syracuse from Jan. 22-25 for a series of events to promote Holocaust education and public memory. One of the highlights of the quartet’s…

Campus & Community

City of Syracuse Implements Change to Comstock Avenue Parking

Friday, January 9, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Updated Comstock from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. Students and faculty heading back to the Syracuse University campus following the holiday break will notice further changes along Comstock Avenue. On Dec. 23, City of Syracuse work crews made changes to…

STEM

Preview the New Collaborative Classroom

Thursday, January 8, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The College of Engineering and Computer Science will open a state-of-the-art collaborative classroom this month. Students will work with peers and instructors to explore their class material in ways that aren’t possible in traditional classrooms. In this new space, instructors will design…