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Campus & Community

Open Enrollment Ends Today—Enroll Now Through MySlice

Friday, November 11, 2016, By News Staff

Open Enrollment, the annual period when University faculty, staff and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, ends today.  This is the only time of year when you may elect or change your coverage for many…

Veterans

Career Services Staffer—Army Reservist—Connects Student Vets with Employers

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Jennifer Pluta has tackled U.S. Army basic training, operated an asphalt dump truck to help build security points near the Kuwait and Iraqi borders and serves as a master sergeant in the Army Reserve Careers Division. She understands the rigors…

Health & Society

A Broader View of Transnational Feminism

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Sheila Ragunathan once gave a presentation at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, about critical theory and the intersectional approach in feminist theory. She described Black women’s challenges in the workplace, but the professor said the example was inappropriate, she recalled….

Veterans

College of Engineering and Computer Science Earns ASEE’s Engineering Excellence for Veterans Award

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By News Staff

The College of Engineering and Computer Science has been recognized with a 2016 Engineering Excellence for Veterans Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The award names the college a top military-friendly institution and a “Best for Vets”…

Campus & Community

Provost Wheatly Appoints Faculty Salary Review Committee

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Carol Boll

Provost Michele Wheatly has appointed 18 members of the faculty and academic leadership to serve on a Faculty Salary Review Committee. The appointees were identified in partnership with the University Senate, whose Agenda Committee had nominated individuals from each school…

Arts & Culture

Peppie Calvar Honored for Musical Collaborations

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

The director of the Hendricks Chapel Choir has been recognized for his participation in local community choral programs. Peppie Calvar, assistant professor and assistant director of choral activities in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Setnor School of Music,…

STEM

Innovative Science Conference Offers ‘Live’ Research Lessons on New State Standards

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By News Staff

More than 300 educators from across Central New York are converging on Roxboro Road Middle School in Mattydale today for a science conference that offers four “live” research lessons in which students and teachers can engage in practices aligned with…

Arts & Culture

Turner Semester M.F.A. Students to Present Los Angeles Exhibition

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Erica Blust

Three master of fine arts (M.F.A.) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Art who are currently studying and living in Los Angeles as part of the college’s Turner Semester will present the exhibition “Tumult…

Arts & Culture

CRS Department to Have Significant Presence at Annual National Communication Association Convention

Friday, November 4, 2016, By Erica Blust

Sixteen faculty and graduate students from the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will be participating in the 102nd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) in Philadelphia Nov. 10-13….

Media, Law & Policy

Director of Tully Center Calls ‘Ballot Selfie’ a Test of Competing First Amendment Issues

Thursday, November 3, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Courts around the country are deciding an issue involving a timeless expression of democracy and a newer form expression of self-absorption: the so called “selfie” photograph taken inside a polling place. It’s a fairly new phenonenon, and getting plenty of…