Search Results for: ,oes

Metropolis Magazine

Activist Architects Plan to Reform

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Essence Britt

When thinking of architects, the automatic thought goes to designers – those who design buildings, facilities, houses, parks, etc. Do you ever think that architects are also activists in the process of reforming how architecture is taught? This is true….

Spectrum News

Say Goodbye to Sears and Shoppingtown Mall?

Friday, June 15, 2018, By Essence Britt

Announced in late May, Sears reports it will be closing the Shoppingtown Mall location by the end of July 2018. The company has struggled to keep up with the current changes of the world, experiencing great difficulty with the transition from…

STEM

Biologists Awarded NIH Grant to Study Origins of Brain Disorders

Wednesday, June 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Neuroscientists in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) are using a major grant to study the origins of brain disorders, including epilepsy and stroke. Sandra Hewett, the Beverly Petterson Bishop Professor of Neuroscience and…

Health & Society

Tragic Spotlight on Suicides Could Help Save Others, Destigmatize Mental Health

Friday, June 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to a new report released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates have gone up in nearly every state between 1999 and 2016. The growing crisis was brought even more into the spotlight with…

Business & Economy

Noted Lacrosse Programs Using Training Device Invented by Former Syracuse Players

Friday, June 8, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

On the lacrosse field, timing is everything. No one knows that better than former Syracuse goalie Dom Madonna ’18. In 2017, Madonna and his lacrosse teammates Ben Williams ’17 and Joe DeMarco ’17 saw a need for a solo training…

Campus & Community

Your Campus Address Book Is about to Get Bigger

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, By Christopher C. Finkle

In preparation for system enhancements later this summer, and to enable enhanced collaboration among members of the University community, the Office 365 email system for students and alumni, and the Exchange email system for faculty and staff, will be set…

Health & Society

Research Study Offers Free Speech Therapy for Children with Speech Sound Disorders

Wednesday, June 6, 2018, By News Staff

This research study is exploring the effects of different types of treatment that have shown to help children with speech sound disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech. Different teaching methods and different therapy schedules are being tested. Who is Eligible?…

The Week

The New Way to Successfully Crowdfund

Friday, May 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Makana Chock, an associate professor of communications at the Newhouse School, recently spoke with The Week about the future of crowdfunding, and how some companies are succeeding in earning more donations thanks to evoking feelings and emotions within donors. “There…

Health & Society

Bioengineering Seniors Team Up with Upstate Medical University to Design NICU Infant Sleep Monitor

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Premature newborns often require special care from nurses in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as their tiny bodies develop. Nurses want babies to sleep on their backs before they go home, but while they are in the NICU, Associate…

STEM

Scientists to Host Live Lava Flow Demonstration

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

What: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting and displaying explosive activity for more than two weeks. In one of the most recent eruptions, 1,100°C (2000°F) lava was seen gushing from multiple fissures, sending sulfur dioxide, methane gas and flames into the…