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Campus & Community

2018-19 Winter Break/Orange Appreciation Days Operating Schedule Announced

Friday, December 14, 2018, By News Staff

The University will be operating under its Orange Appreciation Days format for the Winter Break period from 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. During the Holiday/Orange Appreciation Days period: All academic and administrative buildings…

Campus & Community

Head Football Coach Dino Babers Signs Long-Term Contract Extension with Syracuse University

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By News Staff

Dino Babers, head football coach at Syracuse University, will continue to lead the Orange for seasons to come. Coach Babers, a finalist for the 2018 George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, and Syracuse University have reached an agreement…

STEM

Invent@SU Team Wins Share of First Prize at New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, December 11, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Millions of people around the world with mobility challenges have trouble standing up from a chair or couch. During the Invent@SU program in summer 2017, communications and rhetorical studies major Kalia Zizi Barrow ’17 and mechanical engineering major Ruby Batbaatar…

Campus & Community

University Partners with New Service to Assist in Obtaining Visas and Passports at Discounted Rate

Sunday, December 9, 2018, By Christine Grabowski

The Office of Global Safety and Support, within the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services, has announced a partnership with CIBT Visas, the largest and most well-established travel visa and passport company in the world. “Securing a visa for…

STEM

Air Force Funds ECS Research to Prevent Bleeding Deaths

Friday, December 7, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Despite advances in medical technology, millions of people around the world still bleed to death after being shot or experiencing other traumatic injuries. Many of those deaths occur before the victims ever reach a hospital. To address this, Assistant Professor…

Media, Law & Policy

Call for Entries: 2019 Mirror Awards

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School is now accepting nominations for the 13th annual Mirror Awards honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 3, 2019. Anyone may nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Entries may be submitted in…

Arts & Culture

Indigenous Filmmaker, VPA Faculty Member Scores Sundance Debut for Documentary on Native Author N. Scott Momaday

Tuesday, December 4, 2018, By News Staff

A documentary film on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday by Jeffrey Palmer, an assistant professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, will make its debut at the Sundance Film…

Arts & Culture

Art History Seminar Immerses Students in Art Collections at SU; Eight+One Magazine Highlights their Research

Monday, December 3, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

During spring semester 2018, Romita Ray charged the students of her Art and Architecture at SU seminar to select an artwork or architectural drawing in the art collections at SU for intensive study. The seminar provides an immersive experience with…

STEM

The Brain That Changed Everything

Monday, December 3, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Alexander R. Weiss ’12 has a library full of books and journals, from arcane treatises on science and engineering to timeless works of literature and philosophy. One book he holds dear is The New York Times Bestseller “The Brain That…

Arts & Culture

Alumni to be Honored at Billboard Women in Music Ceremony

Monday, December 3, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Four Syracuse alumni will be honored at Billboard’s 13th annual Women in Music awards ceremony in New York City on Thursday, Dec. 6. Deborah Curtis ’90, Lori Feldman ’89, Constance “Connie” Orlando ’89 and Jacqueline Saturn ’90 will join nearly…