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The Impacts of a Wetland Restored
In the St. Lawrence River watershed, the recovery of the Blanding’s turtle and the golden-winged warbler is an important indicator for researchers assessing the viability of public-private partnerships to restore wetlands. Their work is providing answers to ensure conservation efforts in this region—and possibly beyond.
National Attention for Fisher House
First Lady Michelle Obama made quite a splash during her trip to the Fisher House in Bethesda, Md. The Fisher House Foundation helps provide a place to stay for military families who have loved ones receiving medical care nearby. There…
Centscere Wins $150,000 in StartupLabs Competition
Centscere, the philanthropic student venture that began last summer in the Syracuse Student Sandbox, and entered the Syracuse StartupLabs competition earlier this year, was awarded the top prize of $150,000 in the StartupLabs contest. At the Centerstate CEO annual meeting…
Student Startups Win over $150,000 at Emerging Talk
Student start-ups won a combined $153,000 in seed funding at the third annual Emerging Talk conference on April 11 and 12. Emerging Talk was a weekend full of inspiring Power Chats by local and national entrepreneurs, a keynote by “Shark…
CSD Professor Wins Arts and Sciences Master’s Teaching Award
Soren Y. Lowell, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders (CSD), is the recipient of the 2014 Prize for Excellence in Master’s Level Teaching in The College of Arts and Sciences. In conjunction with the award, she will address candidates…
Sundance-Acclaimed Documentary ‘American Promise’ Screening Tuesday
The National Association of Black Journalists Syracuse University will be screening the Sundance-acclaimed documentary “American Promise.” It will be held April 15 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. “American Promise” spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle…
Professors Test Boundaries of ‘New Physics’ with Discovery of Four-Quark Hadron
Physicists in The College of Arts and Sciences have helped confirm the existence of exotic hadrons—a type of matter that cannot be classified within the traditional quark model. Their finding is the subject of a forthcoming article, prepared by the…
iSchool, Marist, Linux Foundation, IBM Presenting MOOC Series on Enterprise Computing
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, two IT-savvy colleges, a nonprofit consortium and an IT industry leader are combining academic efforts to present a massive open online educational series whose curriculum is centered on mainframe-computing operations. The School of Information Studies (iSchool),…
SU Wellness Week 2014 to Kick Off April 20
The annual Wellness Week, coordinated by Health and Wellness Promotions in the Division of Student Affairs, will kick off Sunday, April 20, on campus. A variety of campus-wide departments and student organizations have collaborated on this year’s “Celebration of Total…
Diversity Training with Lee Mun Wah Open to Campus Community
As a highlight of this year’s Asian Pacific Heritage Month programming, students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a day-long training that focuses on increasing diversity skill sets, community building and cultivating trusting relationships on April 23. The Office…