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Campus & Community

Ten Suggestions for Your Must-Do List on Family Weekend

Thursday, October 31, 2013, By Kathleen Haley

Your family and friends are arriving on campus for Family Weekend. What to do? Here’s some highlights and fun suggestions for an eventful weekend.

Campus & Community

Protect Yourself Online

Monday, October 28, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

As part of SU’s celebration of National Cyber Security Awareness Month we encourage faculty, staff and students to join ITS in working together to protect not only SU’s resources, but our personal data, devices and online identities. Smart management by…

Campus & Community

Family Weekend 2013 Brings Families to SU Campus

Monday, October 28, 2013, By News Staff

Parents and family members of Syracuse University students will  join the campus community this weekend, Nov. 1-3, for Family Weekend 2013. This year, more than 3,100 people and 1,100 families will be attending, representing more than 34 states, including Hawaii…

Media, Law & Policy

Wearables, Waveables and Flyables: Body as Computer

Tuesday, October 15, 2013, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A fun, hands-on seminar sponsored by the Newhouse School will explore how gesture interfaces, wearable computing and remote media devices are converging to create a sea change in how we will send and receive information in the near future. The…

STEM

SU App Challenge Applications Open Oct. 1

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Diane Stirling

For a second year, students across the SU campus can showcase their software and hardware application creativity while competing for $2,500 in prizes at the fall SU App Challenge. Competition founder Keisuke Inoue, an instructor for the School of Information…

Campus & Community

Exciting Changes Coming to SUmail Accounts Starting Oct. 5

Thursday, September 26, 2013, By Christopher C. Finkle

On Oct. 5, Microsoft will begin to upgrade SUmail to the latest Office 365 interface. SUmail is the system in which Information Technology and Services (ITS) provisions and manages official Syracuse University email accounts for students and alumni. SUmail utilizes…

Media, Law & Policy

In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”

Monday, September 23, 2013, By Keith Kobland

Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.

Business & Economy

Student Entrepreneurs Launch App That Connects Users On Single Social Platform

Wednesday, September 11, 2013, By Lindsay Wickham

  ConnectNow, an application enabling users to grow their personal networks, is co-founded and operated by Serge Efap ’14  and co-founders Justin Oh ’13  and Benjamin Honig ’15, all from Syracuse University. A fourth co-founder, Joseph Sorrentino, is a recent…

Campus & Community

SU Literacy Corps Application Deadline Extended

Thursday, September 5, 2013, By News Staff

SU LITERACY CORPS IS HIRING – DUE 9/13 SU Literacy Corps tutors work with elementary-level students on sites in the Syracuse City School District using an established tutoring model. Students from all majors are welcome (and encouraged!) to apply. For…

Scenes from the Year’s Beginning

Monday, August 26, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

On Wednesday, Aug. 21, and Thursday, Aug. 22, approximately 3,900 first-year and transfer students arrived at Syracuse University to kick off the 2013-2014 academic year.