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Campus & Community

‘River Blue’ Film Oct. 16 Examines Fashion Industry Pollution of Rivers

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

Sustainability Management and student group Students of Sustainability are sponsoring a free screening of the eye-opening documentary “River Blue” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater. The event is free and open to the public, with entry…

STEM

Upstate Manufacturing and Tech Conference to Feature Syracuse University Law and Technology Centers

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, By News Staff

The New York State Science and Technology Law Center at Syracuse University College of Law (NYSSTLC) and SU’s Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) will welcome an audience of 250 members of the Central New York technology and manufacturing…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Marks National Arts and Humanities Month: University Celebrates ‘Importance of Culture’ with Spate of Events, Activities

Wednesday, October 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), and Syracuse University is marking the occasion with an array of events and activities. Vivian May, director of the Humanities Center, says most of the University’s NAHM-related programming originates in the College…

Campus & Community

City of Syracuse Planning Commission Approves Stadium Roof Replacement Application

Tuesday, October 9, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse University Athletics is one step closer to creating a new stadium experience now that the City of Syracuse Planning Commission has approved its roof replacement application. Earlier this evening, during a meeting at Syracuse City Hall, the Planning Commission…

Health & Society

Falk College Professor Matthew Spitzmueller Receives Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant

Wednesday, October 3, 2018, By Michele Barrett

Matthew Spitzmueller, assistant professor in the School of Social Work in Falk College, has been selected to participate in one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) leadership development programs designed to equip leaders across the country—in every sector and…

Health & Society

Industrial and Interaction Design Students Take Award-Winning Invention to Next Stage

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By News Staff

Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20, industrial and interaction design (IID) majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, are participating in a “Concept to Commercialization” boot camp as part of the Medical Innovation…

STEM

ORI Grant Funds Automated Tool to Detect Potential Fraud in Scientific Papers

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, By Diane Stirling

The Office of Research Integrity in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded funding to a School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor to further automate the detection of fraudulent material in scientific papers. A grant of $149,310 has been awarded to Daniel Acuna,…

STEM

Information Sessions for AsiaTech, EuroTech Scheduled

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Fall information sessions for the 2019 AsiaTech and EuroTech Immersion Experience trips hosted by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been scheduled. These three-credit traveling seminars expose students to some of the largest global corporations so they can see…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Launches 18th Season with Authors George Saunders and Margaret Atwood, Artist Robert Shetterly

Thursday, August 30, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

This fall, the University Lectures series welcomes distinguished authors George Saunders (“Lincoln in the Bardo,” “Tenth of December”) and Margaret Atwood (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Alias Grace”) and—in collaboration with the Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility—accomplished portrait…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Enhances Protections for Undergraduate Students: Prohibits Sexual or Romantic Relationships with Employees

Monday, August 27, 2018, By News Staff

The Chancellor’s Executive Team has approved changes to the University’s policies governing consensual sexual or romantic relationships between students and University employees—including all faculty and staff. The changes, which reflect suggestions voted on and approved by the University Senate, prohibit…