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Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Wednesday, October 31

Thursday, November 1, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE Continuing local coverage of Remembrance events on the SU campus, the Rose Laying Ceremony at the Wall of Remembrance, the Remembrance Convocation in Hendricks Chapel and the opening of the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air…

Campus & Community

SUstainable CommuNitY Film Series screening ‘Strange Days on Planet Earth’ on Nov. 1

Friday, October 26, 2012, By News Staff

Can dust storms in Africa be linked to an asthma epidemic in the Caribbean? How can crumbling houses in New Orleans be related to voracious creatures from southern China? Come see how seemingly unrelated events happening on different continents can…

Campus & Community

Fall 2012 Evacuation Drills

Friday, October 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) will conduct the fall 2012 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from Nov. 5-9. The building drills will be conducted in the morning between 9:30-11:30 a.m. or in the afternoon between…

Campus & Community

True Colors workshop will help students understand themselves and others

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By News Staff

Syracuse University Career Services, within the Division of Student Affairs, will host a special True Colors workshop for juniors and seniors in Hall of Languages, Room 102, on Friday, Nov. 2, from noon–3 p.m. This hands-on, interactive workshop will help students…

Arts & Culture

SU faculty, alumni recognized at CNY Book Awards Nov. 29

Thursday, October 25, 2012, By Rob Enslin

More than a dozen Syracuse University professors and alumni are among the nominees for the first CNY Book Awards, sponsored by the Downtown Writers Center (DWC) of the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. Winners will be announced…

Business & Economy

Getting to Know: Risk Management Director David Pajak

Wednesday, October 24, 2012, By Kathleen Haley

As the director of risk management and chief emergency management officer at SU, David Pajak looks at the details with an eye on the big picture. In their shared mission and vision, the Risk Management Department, Environmental Health and Safety…

Campus & Community

Participate in green eating research

Tuesday, October 23, 2012, By News Staff

Participate in research complete the “Green Eating Survey 2012” regarding your eating and environmental conservation attitudes and behaviors.(Please disregard if you took this last spring) Deadline: Oct. 31 You must be 18 to participate. The survey should take about 15…

Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts renames gallery to honor Genet family legacy at SU

Tuesday, October 23, 2012, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that its Design Gallery at The Warehouse will be renamed the Sue & Leon Genet Gallery in honor of the Genet family legacy at Syracuse University.

Arts & Culture

‘Angels on the Border’ to be exhibited at La Casita; opening reception is Nov. 9

Monday, October 22, 2012, By News Staff

La Casita Cultural Center will present “Angels on the Border,” an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996. The opening reception will be 6-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9,  at La Casita Gallery, 109 Otisco St.,…