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Long-term research reveals causes, consequences of environmental change
As global temperatures rise, the most threatened ecosystems are those that depend on a season of snow and ice, scientists from the nation’s Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network say.“The vulnerability of cool, wet areas to climate change is striking,”…
VPA fiber arts students create textile responses to environmentally concerned prints in new ArtRage exhibition
Fiber arts students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design will show textiles created in response to environmentally concerned prints by the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative in the exhibition “RESOURCED/response,” which will be on view March 31-May…
Environmental activist, scholar Martin Sage dies
Environmental activist and scholar Martin Sage, professor emeritus in the Department of Chemistry in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, died Feb. 3. He was 76. Although he retired in 2008, Sage remained active in the department and in…
Civil and environmental engineering seminar with Charles Driscoll
Friday, March 23, 2 p.m.,369 Link Hall
Jewish environmentalism to be addressed at next B.G. Rudolph Lecture April 1
Jewish environmentalism is the topic of the next B.G. Rudolph Lecture at Syracuse University. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, director of Jewish studies at Arizona State University, will address “Judaism and Environmentalism: Are They Compatible?” on Sunday, April 1, at 3 p.m. at…
Workshop gears medical research librarians to changing environment
Big data trends in bioscience and changing policies in health care are creating an increasingly complex environment for medical research librarians, and Jian Qin, associate professor at the School of Information Studies, has developed a workshop to help them address those…
Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion
“Religion and the Environment” is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and…
Environmental toxicants and children’s health
Brooks Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor, public health, will present “Environmental Toxicants and Children’s Health,” on Friday, Sept. 23.
Environmental Health Office, Safety Department to merge
The Risk Management Department has announced that effective Sept. 1, Syracuse University’s Environmental Health Office and Safety Department will merge and operate as one service unit. The new name of the combined department is Environmental Health and Safety Services Office….
ExxonMobil Foundation provides grant to SU
The ExxonMobil Foundation has provided a grant in the amount of $49,542 to Syracuse University, representing ExxonMobil’s 3-to-l match of donations made to SU by ExxonMobil employees, retirees and surviving spouses under the foundation’s 2010 Educational Matching Gift Program. Harold…