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Health & Society

Psychologist to Study Smoking, Painkiller Misuse Among Older Adults with HIV, Chronic Pain

Monday, September 15, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Joseph Ditre, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is readying a significant study that may help older adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and chronic pain quit tobacco smoking and reduce their misuse of prescription…

Health & Society

Annual Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy Will Feature Noted Public Health Expert

Monday, September 15, 2014, By News Staff

The Maxwell School, the Center for Policy Research and the Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF) will present the 26th annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy.  The lecture, “Improving Health Safety Nets after an Economic Recession” will be…

Syracuse Launches Certificate Program in Forensic Firearms Analysis

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Forensic firearms analysis is the subject of a new graduate certificate program offered by the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) in the University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Certificate of Advanced Study in Firearm and Tool Mark…

Maxwell Student Learns from Nobel Laureates in Economics

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Last month, Syracuse University doctoral student Bin Peng got the chance to meet, and to learn from, some of the most brilliant minds in the field of economics. Peng, a student in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,…

Campus & Community

ESL Opportunity in Syracuse for Graduate/Law Students

Friday, September 12, 2014, By News Staff

Come out next week and join SUPRA (Syracuse University Program for Refugee Assistance) for a chance to make a difference in your community! SUPRA provides English classes to refugees in our community. We are currently looking for new teachers who…

Campus & Community

Libraries Sponsors STEM Publishers and Products Showcase

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Join the Syracuse University Libraries on Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the STEM Publisher and Products Showcase. Representatives from the following publishers and products will be available in the atrium of the Life Sciences Complex to…

SU Libraries Names Six New Members to Advisory Board

Friday, September 12, 2014, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries has appointed six new members to its advisory board. “These six individuals bring a keen strategic perspective for enhancing the resources, services, and environments of the 21st-century Syracuse University academic research libraries,” says Interim Dean of Libraries…

African American, Latino Alumni Gather for Coming Back Together 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Coming Back Together 2014, Syracuse University’s African American and Latino alumni reunion, will take place on campus Sept. 18-21. The theme is Celebrate, Inspire, Empower! Celebrar, Inspirar, Empoderar! This is the 11th CBT Reunion—the events take place every three years.

AT&T CNY Civic App Challenge Launched

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Technology giant AT&T, along with Syracuse University, CenterState CEO, SUNY-Oswego, Girls in Tech and Hack Upstate, today announced the AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon” in which developers are encouraged to “Solve Local” by building…

Laboratories of Opportunity

Thursday, September 11, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Karin Ruhlandt takes a step forward, adjusts the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and peers at a small graph in the center of a large, white science poster. “This is why we stay up five days in a…