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Mark Your Calendar for Orange Central Sept. 15-18, Family Weekend Oct. 28-30
Save the dates for all the fun this fall as Syracuse University welcomes alumni and family to campus. Orange Central is slated for Sept. 15-18, and Family Weekend is Oct. 28-30. Orange Central 2016 is the once-a-year homecoming and reunion…
Call for Nominations for Faculty Speaker for New Student Convocation
The New Student Convocation Planning Committee is seeking nominations for the 2016 New Student Convocation faculty speaker. The selected speaker will give the faculty address to the incoming undergraduate students during the Aug. 25 Convocation. A hallmark feature of the…
University Enjoying Healthy Benefits of Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Campus
Nearly eight months have passed since Syracuse University put into effect a new tobacco-free campus policy—a clear expression of the University’s investment in the health and well-being of its members in promoting respect for others and the environment while aligning…
Hoverboard Restrictions Added to Existing Transportation Policy
In a statement made by the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and the Department of Public Safety, Syracuse University is temporarily prohibiting the use of self-balancing motorized scooters, or hoverboards, after national research continues to identify growing concerns…
Campus Framework Update Session to Be Held March 2 at Schine
University leaders, in conjunction with the members of the Campus Framework Advisory Group, will host an update session on the Campus Framework on March 2 at 4 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center. At the update session,…
iSchool to Host Panel Discussion Friday on Apple vs. the FBI
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host a multidisciplinary panel discussion on Friday afternoon to help shed light on Apple’s resistance to the recent FBI demand to unlock the iPhone of one of the terrorists involved in the San…
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users
Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health at Falk College, has researched supervised injection sites for drug users and has offered a response to plan by the mayor of Ithaca to open such a facility: The United States is experiencing…
Newhouse Student Named 2016 Google News Lab Fellow
Taylyn Washington-Harmon, a senior in the Newhouse School, has been named a 2016 Google News Lab Fellow. She is one of eight winners chosen from over 1,800 applications. The Google News Lab Fellowship offers students interested in journalism and technology…
‘Guns on Campus’ Discussion to be held Feb. 26
The recent tragedy at Umpqua Community College in Oregon and the escalating incidence of gun violence on and around college campuses have placed higher education—again—at the center of national gun debates, at the same time that many states have enacted…
New Research Introduces ‘Pause Button’ for Boiling
Using a focused laser beam to essentially hit the pause button on boiling, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Shalabh Maroo’s research group and collaborators have created a single vapor bubble in a pool of liquid that can remain stable on a surface for hours, instead of milliseconds.