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Student Ratings Open Dec. 1
A recent survey found that nearly 80 percent of Syracuse University instructors use the feedback they get from student ratings to revise their courses. Faculty members in the survey described how they have added or removed topics, adopted new ways…
Air Travel Stinks: Improving Air Quality on Planes
As most people know all too well, you often can’t pick the person sitting next to you on an airplane. Sometimes that can make for an unpleasant flight, especially if your neighbor had a plate of garlic fries in the…
Fast Forward Syracuse November Update
Fast Forward Syracuse is a roadmap for the future and a guide to help ensure the success of the University in the context of a changing and challenging higher education environment. It’s a way to increase the value of the…
Building a Better Filter to Improve Energy Efficiency
Professor Jensen Zhang of the College of Engineering and Computer Science recently received funding to develop energy efficient, single-stage air filters for buildings from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) Advanced Buildings Program. Currently, buildings use…
Arlene Kanter Recognized by International Center of Syracuse
College of Law Professor Arlene S. Kanter was awarded the International Educator of the Year Award by the International Center of Syracuse (ICS). Kanter was recognized for her excellence in teaching, international community outreach and commitment to people with disabilities…
‘Hairspray’ Starts Thanksgiving Weekend at Syracuse Stage
Bubbling with joy and ’60s-era music and dance, “Hairspray” is the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical piled bouffant high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs.
One University Events Brings Faculty, Staff Together
During the past two months, more than 1,000 faculty and staff have come together at several One University events. The goal of the events, which have taken place at the University’s Chancellor’s House on Comstock Avenue, is to bring together…
Statements from Chancellor Syverud and Dean Bea González
This afternoon members of THE General Body vacated Crouse-Hinds Hall since first taking residence there on Nov. 3. The following statements are from Chancellor Kent Syverud and University College Dean Bea González. Chancellor Kent Syverud: “Today the students of THE…
Research to Assess How Tech May Aid Refugees, Veterans in Transitions
How do people get back to normal life when adjusting their perspectives, social relationships, identities and other everyday facets after experiencing major cultural and environmental disruptions? Could specific technologies be designed to help them? Those are questions School of Information…
On the ‘Sound Beat’
When you tune in to “Sound Beat” on any of about 200 public radio outlets, including WAER, you’re never sure what you’re going to hear. It could be 90 seconds of blues. It could be an old Vaudeville routine. Or it could be canaries tweeting the “Emperor Waltz.”