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Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair

Tuesday, September 2, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from Syracuse University News on Vimeo. After…

Sustainability Workshops Offered This Semester

Tuesday, August 26, 2014, By News Staff

The Office of Sustainability Initiatives will offer two unique, one-credit sustainability workshops to students in the fall 2014 semester. These hands-on workshops are open to undergraduates from all disciplines. “CLIMATOPIA!” (SOL 300) will explore climate change and the barriers to…

Palitz Gallery presents ‘Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions’

Friday, August 22, 2014, By Scott McDowell

The Palitz Gallery at Syracuse University’s Lubin House in New York City is celebrating the career and life of Karl Schrag, American painter and printmaker. “Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions” is one of the first examinations of the artist’s work since his death in 1995.

Dineen Hall Opening Celebration Set for Sept. 12

Wednesday, August 20, 2014, By News Staff

The College of Law is celebrating the opening of Dineen Hall on Friday, Sept. 12, with a series of events to engage students, faculty, alumni, friends and the legal community.

Evacuation Drills Schedule for Academic and Administrative Buildings, Summer 2014

Friday, August 15, 2014, By News Staff

(Update: This week’s evacuation drills have been cancelled.) The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) will conduct the summer 2014 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from Aug. 18-22. The building drills will be conducted in the morning…

Health & Society

Psychologist Elected President of Society for Mathematical Psychology

Monday, August 11, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

For the last three years, Amy Criss, associate professor of psychology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has served on the board of the Society for Mathematical Psychology. Earlier this month, at the society’s annual meeting in Québec,…

STEM

iSchool Senior Develops App to Alert Israelis of Rocket Strikes

Monday, July 28, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Last year, Benjamin Honig, a senior at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), won a scholarship award from Apple that provided him with admission to the company’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. While attending the WWDC in…

Health & Society

Sociology Professor Looks at the International Student Experience

Wednesday, July 23, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

A recent jump in the number of students from Asia enrolling in American universities has led Yingyi Ma to her latest research and a purpose in thinking about the best experience for international students.

STEM

Engaging Young Women in Engineering Through Project ENGAGE

Thursday, July 17, 2014, By Keith Kobland

Some of the area’s brightest seventh- and eighth-grade girls are taking part in Project ENGAGE. It’s an immersive week-long program that gives them an idea of what it takes to earn an engineering degree, and the possibilities once they graduate….

STEM

iSchool Research Finds Young People Are Careful, Expressive Communicating Online

Friday, July 11, 2014, By Diane Stirling

Contrary to a common cultural portrayal, young people are careful and conscientious about how they present themselves in online communication, and they compose expressive messages, use larger vocabularies, and emphasize remarks with more punctuation than their older counterparts. Those are some of…