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Health & Society

Q&A: Nutritionist Jane Burrell Uzcategui on the Red Meat Controversy

Thursday, October 29, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

On Monday, the World Health Organization issued a report stating that processed meats such as bacon and hot dogs cause cancer. It also said that red meat “probably” causes cancer. The findings were drafted by a panel of 22 international…

Business & Economy

Whitman School’s MS in Finance Program Ranked #33

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s M.S. in finance program has moved up to Number 33 in the country, according to TFE Times’ annual ranking of graduate finance programs. The program was chosen from the nearly 100 universities that offer…

Campus & Community

Open Enrollment Begins Nov. 2

Wednesday, October 28, 2015, By News Staff

Open Enrollment, the annual period when University faculty, staff and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins Monday, Nov. 2, and continues through Friday, Nov. 13. There are a few changes—and some good news—for benefits…

One More Faculty-Staff Flu Clinic Today

Tuesday, October 27, 2015, By News Staff

If you work for Syracuse University and you haven’t gotten your flu shot yet, you still have one more shot—today—to get vaccinated for free against the most common types of flu expected this year. The Office of Human Resources is…

Veterans

VetSuccess on Campus Program Available at University

Monday, October 26, 2015, By News Staff

Through the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an experienced vocational rehabilitation counselor on the Syracuse University campus to assist the growing number of service members, veterans, and dependents attending school under the Post-9/11…

STEM

Associate Psychology Professor Amy Criss Receives Awards for Work on Memory

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Amy Criss, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently received two awards for her research. The first award comes from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS), which…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Launches Three-Pronged Post-Professional Degree Program

Monday, October 26, 2015, By Elaine Wackerow

Beginning in fall 2016, students enrolled in the post-graduate master of science in architecture program will participate in a new, three-pronged “Design | Energy | Futures” research and design concentration. The three-semester, 30-credit-hour program will focus on energy and the…

Campus & Community

Songs of Peace and Freedom: Syracuse Children’s Chorus Fall Concert

Friday, October 23, 2015, By News Staff

Please join Syracuse Children’s Chorus (SCC), under the direction of Artistic Director Stephanie Mowery, Associate Director Katherine Dee Medicis, Director of Tenuto (Young Men’s Ensemble) Da’Jon James, and pianist Maryna Mazhukhov, for the opening concert of our 35th season. The…

The Psychological Impacts of Mass Shootings and Violence

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Leonard Newman, area director of social psychology, offers expertise on the mass shooting and violence that has gripped the US during the past two decades. Q: Are we (US society) becoming psychologically desensitized…

Health & Society

Celebrate Food Day 2015 with Second Annual New York Campus Crunch

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By News Staff

College students, faculty and staff across New York State are taking part in the second annual New York Campus Crunch by taking a collective bite out of apples grown on New York State farms, demonstrating support for serving locally grown…