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University Champions National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Friday, October 16, 2015, By Christopher C. Finkle

National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)—observed every October—is a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure every American has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. Here at the University, Information Technology Services (ITS) will…

Arts & Culture

Philosopher Publishes Book on Jürgen Habermas

Friday, October 16, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Kenneth Baynes, professor of philosophy in  the College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Habermas” (Routledge, 2015), a new book on the life and work of Jürgen Habermas, one of the world’s leading philosophers and sociologists. Baynes, also…

Campus & Community

Coming Out Month Presented by LGBT Resource Center

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Gerard McTigue

Each year, the LGBT Resource Center hosts a series of events throughout the month of October—Coming Out Month on the SU campus. This year’s exciting programming has already begun and the center is enthusiastic about the events occurring in the…

Campus & Community

Auditions to Perform at 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Keith Kobland

Individual students and student performing groups are invited to audition to perform at Syracuse University’s 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which takes place Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in the Carrier Dome. Electronic applications are available at http://hendricks.syr.edu/ and…

Campus & Community

Ceremony Marks Installation of Wheelchair Ramp for Holden Observatory

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Holden Observatory will receive a wheelchair-accessible entrance 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in honor of Disability Awareness Month. Chancellor Kent Syverud will offer remarks during the dedication ceremony and Emeritus Professor Marvin Druger will lead guided tours of the Holden…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses October Meeting of University Senate

Thursday, October 15, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Syracuse University’s fiscal health, student life, academic affairs and Fast Forward Syracuse were among the topics of Chancellor Kent Syverud’s address to the University Senate last week. The 25-minute presentation was his first to the University’s academic governing body since…

Campus & Community

University’s Statement on Syracuse City Police Activity

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By News Staff

Wednesday evening, a crime occurred in the City of Syracuse, nearly two miles from the Syracuse University campus. The suspects of this crime were seen near Oakwood Cemetery, prompting the University to take a number of steps to ensure the…

Arts & Culture

Steve Martin’s ‘The Underpants’ Starts Syracuse Stage Season

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage’s 2015-16 season starts October 21 with “The Underpants,” a guffaw-inducing comedy from the wild and crazy mind of the incomparable Steve Martin. In Dusseldorf, 1910, a very public wardrobe malfunction (a young woman’s underpants fall down at a…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Hosts ‘The Rosenquist Network’

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries will host “The Rosenquist Network: Collaboration and Connections in the American Print Workshop,” a symposium exploring the role that the printmaking workshop has played in contemporary American Art, and in particular in the career of…

STEM

Plants Cope with Climate Change at the Gene Level

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Climate change can influence everything from pine beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains to rising sea levels in Papua New Guinea. In the face of a rapidly changing earth, plants and animals are forced to quickly deal with new challenges…