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STEM

Syracuse Bioengineering Alum Invents No. 1 Mouthpiece For Snoring

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Anyone who has ever tried to sleep near a person who snores knows how maddening it can be. However, that frustration is nothing compared to the health consequences the snorer faces. Snoring disturbs sleep and can eventually develop into sleep…

Health & Society

Blackboard Ally Available to Help Faculty Make Digital Course Content More Accessible

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Gabriella Salkin

University faculty members have a new tool for providing students with accessible course documents. Blackboard Ally, an accessibility plugin, will be integrated into all Syracuse University courses in Blackboard starting in the 2018 spring semester. Faculty can request that Ally…

Campus & Community

Food Services Receives an A+ Score for the Second Year

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Keone Weigl

Having a vegan lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to give up eating well in the Syracuse University dining centers. In fact, there are an abundant amount of choices at every meal. SU graduate student A’keema Austin has been a vegan…

STEM

University Awarded $1.2 Million to Develop New Energy Saving Technology

Friday, December 1, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Syracuse University researchers have received $1,200,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E). SU will partner with SRI International, a nonprofit research center, to develop a low-cost, high-accuracy sensor platform that accurately detects human…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Seeks Local Actor for Role in ‘Airborn’

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage will host auditions for local non-Equity actors on Dec. 13, 3-6 p.m., for the role of a Tuskegee Airman in “Airborn,” part of its touring Backstory program. Backstory is a live, interactive and creative history lesson for upper…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Syracuse Qualifier for Hult Prize Competition

Thursday, November 30, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library will host a Dec. 11 campus qualifier for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. Known as “The Nobel Prize for student startups,” the Hult Prize…

STEM

Physics Alumnus Wins Major Dissertation Award

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, By Rob Enslin

An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is being recognized by the American Physical Society (APS). Nathan Jurik G’16, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford (U.K.), is the 2018 recipient of the Mitsuyoshi Tanaka…

STEM

Students Pursue Research at Sites across Country through NSF-Funded Program

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Mathematics major Danika Van Niel ’18 conducted original research in algebraic geometry last summer within the Mathematics Department at Purdue University. In the process, she learned what a career in mathematics research involves—and discovered more about herself. “I learned about…

Campus & Community

Cameron MacPherson Named as University’s First Mitchell Scholar

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

MacPherson is one of only 12 U.S. students selected from more than 300 applicants for the award this year. He will use the award to study intercultural theology at Trinity College, Dublin.

Health & Society

Workshop Uses Design Thinking to Develop Solutions for Desirable Aging Experience

Monday, November 27, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

A recent daylong workshop—“Design-Thinking for Community-Supported Senior Care,” organized by the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute and the School of Design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts—brought together interested individuals from across the University and the Central New…