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Veteran-Owned ZeroPoint Aerial Launches Inaugural Drone Flyover to Feature Site Preparation at National Veterans Resource Center
The first-ever drone flyover of the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) occurred on Monday, Feb. 26, thanks to a local veteran-owned business hired to chronicle the historic beginnings of the building slated to open in spring of 2020. Army veteran…
Free Yoga Class for Faculty and Staff, Mondays at 5:15 p.m.
Join yoga instructor Dara Harper every Monday during the spring 2018 semester to strengthen your mind and body with yoga. This alignment-based class will focus on directing energy and creating depth with the breath, while reaping the many health benefits…
Veteran-Focused Video Produced by Syracuse University Receives Emmy Nomination
“Gateway for America’s Veterans,” a video produced by the team in the University’s Office of Electronic Media Communications (EMC), has received an Emmy nomination from the New York Chapter of The National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). “We’re…
Twitter Takes Strides to Clean up Site
Twitter is starting to take strides to clean up ‘toxic interactions’ and posts online. They aim to use new partnerships and public help in doing so, something that social media expert and Newhouse professor Jennifer Grygiel says is a step…
#MeToo and Seacrest Set To Clash at Red-Carpet Coverage
The E Network plans to move ahead with Ryan Seacrest anchoring red carpet coverage of Sunday’s Academy Awards, despite accusations of sexual misconduct. For Robert Thompson, the director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture within the Newhouse…
White House Too Focused on Commerce Side of Opioid Crisis, Says Public Health Expert
The White House hosted a summit on March 1 to update Americans on the ways the Trump administration is fighting the opioid epidemic. Dessa Bergen-Cico is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health and coordinator of the Addiction…
First-Year and Transfer Programs, Learning Communities and Health Promotion Relocating
As announced this semester and as part of the Invest Syracuse initiative to advance the student experience, the Counseling Center has extended hours and will increase staffing to enhance mental health services on campus—part of broader efforts to strengthen and…
Students Help Launch White Ribbon Campaign at March 3 Men’s Basketball Game
More than 90 student volunteers will distribute White Ribbon Campaign awareness wristbands and collect donations at each Dome entrance.
Ways to Keep Active and Engaged
While glimpses of spring have arrived, the winter weather is still lingering. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t continue to be active and engaged. Students have many opportunities, both on and off campus, throughout the winter months. Here are a few…
Confederate Monument Debate Part of Larger Conversation About Civil War Legacy
Steven White is an assistant professor of political science at Syracuse University. He says the debate about Confederate monuments is really part a larger debate about the legacy of the Civil War and the meaning of Confederate military service White…