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Arts & Culture

Verbal Blend Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Saul Williams

Thursday, November 9, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

Verbal Blend, a spoken-word poetry program within the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, is celebrating its tenth anniversary on Friday, Nov. 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3….

Business & Economy

Finalists Announced for Inaugural Impact Prize Competition

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A panel of Syracuse University judges has announced the 12 finalists for the inaugural Impact Prize competition. The student ventures were selected from 36 applicant teams by a panel of Syracuse University faculty and staff who are engaged in entrepreneurship and…

Health & Society

Inclusive Excellence Tour Comes to Campus Nov. 16

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Nationally recognized diversity and inclusion expert Damon A. Williams will visit Syracuse University on Thursday, Nov. 16, and Friday, Nov. 17, as part of the Inclusive Excellence Tour. The nationwide Inclusive Excellence Tour brings communities together for discussion about diversity,…

Campus & Community

Haythornthwaite Recognized with ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite was recognized with the Association for Information Science and Technology’s (ASIS&T) 2017 Research in Information Science Award. The award was presented at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting recently in Washington, D.C., and recognizes her research contributions to the…

STEM

Strong Showing for Orange Hacker’s Association at National Cybersecurity Competitions

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

The students in the Orange Hacker’s Association are “white hat hackers”—hackers who test cybersecurity programs not to break them, but to help make them safer. “People think of it as a very bad thing, but actually a hacker is just someone who…

Campus & Community

Historic Appointment of Interim University Mace Bearers, Effort to Identify Next Mace Bearer Underway

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud appointed two student leaders—Student Association President James Franco and Graduate Student Organization President Jack Wilson—interim University mace bearers. The interim appointment marks the first time a student—and in this case, two students—has been bestowed the honor. “The…

Health & Society

Educators Prepare for New State Science Standards at ‘It’s Go Time! Science for All’ Conference

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

With new state science standards in effect since July 1, another sold-out crowd of teachers and administrators from across the state will converge on Roxboro Road Middle School today for a conference that brings together national leaders in science education; “live”…

Campus & Community

Abdali, MacPherson are Finalists for Prestigious Nationally Competitive Scholarship Awards

Monday, November 6, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Two Syracuse University students have been named finalists for three of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarship awards: the Marshall Scholarship, the Mitchell Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholarship. Zainab Abdali, a senior English and textual studies and mathematics…

STEM

Researchers Combine Experimentation, Simulation to Understand Chronic Infections

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

People who suffer from chronic infections, such as Lyme disease, are forced to resign themselves to the fact that they will live with the disease for the rest of their lives. Researchers in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are taking…

STEM

Arents Winner Mary Spio ’98 Brings Virtual Reality to Everyday People

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As Neil Armstrong took his infamous “one small step” onto the surface of the moon, Mary Spio’s world took a giant leap forward. Decades removed from the actual event, as a child in Ghana, Spio watched a lunar landing documentary…