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Symposium on Indigenous Perspectives to Take Place Thursday, Friday

Monday, December 1, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse Symposium™ 2014: Perspective will close with a collaborative symposium, “Indigenous Perspectives on Museums and Cultural Centers” on Thursday, Dec. 4, and Friday, Dec. 5, to discuss how to effectively communicate an indigenous perspective on the history of museums as…

Campus & Community

Student Ratings Open Dec. 1

Monday, December 1, 2014, By News Staff

A recent survey found that nearly 80 percent of Syracuse University instructors use the feedback they get from student ratings to revise their courses. Faculty members in the survey described how they have added or removed topics, adopted new ways…

STEM

Does Your Smartphone Know the Real You?

Monday, November 24, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Ask someone what they use their smartphone for and they will likely provide examples of how they use it to connect with friends, family and work, take photos, listen to music, play games or get directions. Beneath it all, there…

STEM

Air Travel Stinks: Improving Air Quality on Planes

Monday, November 24, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

As most people know all too well, you often can’t pick the person sitting next to you on an airplane. Sometimes that can make for an unpleasant flight, especially if your neighbor had a plate of garlic fries in the…

Fast Forward Syracuse November Update

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Fast Forward Syracuse is a roadmap for the future and a guide to help ensure the success of the University in the context of a changing and challenging higher education environment. It’s a way to increase the value of the…

Children’s Book Fair at Barnes & Noble Supports La Casita’s Bilingual Library, Literacy Programs

Friday, November 21, 2014, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center has partnered with Barnes & Noble to launch a fundraising campaign seeking support for its Bilingual Library and literacy programs. A week-long book fair will run from Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Saturday, Dec. 8, at the…

STEM

Building a Better Filter to Improve Energy Efficiency

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Jensen Zhang of the College of Engineering and Computer Science recently received funding to develop energy efficient, single-stage air filters for buildings from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Advanced Buildings Program. Currently, buildings use…

One University Events Brings Faculty, Staff Together

Friday, November 21, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

During the past two months, more than 1,000 faculty and staff have come together at several One University events. The goal of the events, which have taken place at the University’s Chancellor’s House on Comstock Avenue, is to bring together…

Veterans

Research to Assess How Tech May Aid Refugees, Veterans in Transitions

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By Diane Stirling

How do people get back to normal life when adjusting their perspectives, social relationships, identities and other everyday facets after experiencing major cultural and environmental disruptions? Could specific technologies be designed to help them? Those are questions School of Information…

On the ‘Sound Beat’

Thursday, November 20, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

When you tune in to “Sound Beat” on any of about 200 public radio outlets, including WAER, you’re never sure what you’re going to hear. It could be 90 seconds of blues. It could be an old Vaudeville routine. Or it could be canaries tweeting the “Emperor Waltz.”