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Students Play Santa for Child in Need

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A group of Syracuse University students recently played the role of Santa for the family of a young boy with cancer. Shannon Mowles ’15 and some of her classmates helped to brighten the holiday season for 6-year old Julian Ross…

STEM

Mehrotra Named Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Kishan Mehrotra, a longtime professor of computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has accepted a new role as the department chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, beginning on Jan. 1. Chilukuri Mohan,…

Media, Law & Policy

Strike up the Brand!

Thursday, December 18, 2014, By Rob Enslin

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is known for setting the tempo for the times. (Just ask its Maestro Marin Alsop, the first female conductor of a major American orchestra.) So when the BSO recently unveiled plans to hire professional journalists to…

INSCT Co-Hosts International Workshop on Islam and Conflict Norms

Wednesday, December 17, 2014, By Martin Walls

Representatives from the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) traveled to the Arab Gulf recently to co-host a preparatory workshop toward a future international conference on “Islam and the Laws of War,” to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,…

Campus & Community

Visiting International Students Host PosterFest

Tuesday, December 16, 2014, By Eileen Jevis

The English Language Institute (ELI) hosted its second biannual student Posterfest on Thursday, Dec. 11, at University College. One hundred-seventeen ELI students presented 59 posters (digital and paper displays). Topics were wide ranging and included biomedical, chemical and civil engineering;…

Key Departments to Form New Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services

Thursday, December 11, 2014, By News Staff

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Louis Marcoccia today announced the formation of a new Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services to achieve increased collaboration and coordination of safety and emergency-related functions. Consistent with best practices in higher…

Chancellor Syverud Addresses December Meeting of University Senate

Tuesday, December 9, 2014, By News Staff

Last week, Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed the December meeting of the University Senate. Among the topics he discussed were two resolutions that came before the Senate and concerns about the Fast Forward Syracuse Operational Excellence initiative. The following is a…

Design Students Present Safer Campus Solutions, Rust Belt Projects

Monday, December 8, 2014, By Erica Blust

Industrial and interaction design (IID) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Design will give final presentations this week for two semester-long assignments: designing a safer campus and transforming the Rust Belt. Both presentations are open…

Campus & Community

Talent Agency to Hold ‘Wild’ Exhibition, Art Sale

Wednesday, December 3, 2014, By Erica Blust

Talent Agency, in partnership with Fowler High School and Syracuse Academy of Science art programs, will present “Wild: The Endangered Species Exhibition,” Dec. 4, 6-7 and 13-14 at SALTQuarters Gallery, 115 Otisco St., Syracuse. Under the guidance of art faculty…

Chemistry Swap Inspired by Fast Forward Initiative

Monday, December 1, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Three drawers filled with glass tubes, which are no longer used in courses, just sit in storage. Gary Bonomo believes those old tubes can have a new life, along with other pieces of lab equipment that are in storage or classroom drawers.