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Geophysicist Questions Stability of Antarctic Ice Sheet


Friday, January 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is joining the growing debate over the fate of the world’s largest ice sheet, whose sudden melting is sending shockwaves throughout the geophysics community. Robert Moucha, assistant professor of Earth sciences,…

STEM

Biology Student Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Caitlin McDonough, a Ph.D. student in biology, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, supporting her study of the intricate details of reproduction. The award provides three years of independent financial support for early-career graduate students….

Health & Society

Education Professor Contributes to Global Study on Childhood Obesity

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Tiago Barreira, assistant professor in the School of Education’s department of exercise science, is part of a team of researchers who collaborated on The International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle, and the Environment.

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage’s Timothy Bond Accepts Post at University of Washington

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

Syracuse Stage has announced that producing artistic director Timothy Bond has been appointed full professor at the University of Washington’s School of Drama in Seattle. Bond announced last May that the current Syracuse Stage season, 2015-16, would be his last…

Health & Society

Taishoff Center Receives $2 Million to Create Model InclusiveU Program

Friday, January 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education in the School of Education has received $2 million in federal funds to develop programs and conduct research for national use through the InclusiveU initiative, which supports individualized and inclusive options…

Arts & Culture

‘Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)’ Exhibition Opens Feb. 8 at Palitz Gallery

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By Scott McDowell

“Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)” is a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34,…

Arts & Culture

Caribbean Cinematic Festival Explores Film, Culture of Caribbean Diaspora

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By News Staff

Community Folk Art Center’s annual Caribbean Cinematic Festival (CCF), to be held Feb. 4-7, will showcase films and performances capturing the spirit and cultural richness of the Caribbean. The four-day festival will highlight cultural contributions as well as address polarizing…

Campus & Community

Faculty to Select Slate of Candidates for Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By Carol Boll

The Syracuse University Senate this week launched an online election to select candidates across the schools and colleges to serve on a new Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Electronic ballots were sent Tuesday to all eligible voters—tenured and…

STEM

iSchool to Strengthen Online Offerings in New Partnership

Thursday, January 28, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and education technology company 2U announced a partnership that will further strengthen the iSchool’s nationally ranked online graduate programs.

International Business Times

Nickelodeon Dives Into the Super Bowl

Wednesday, January 27, 2016, By Sawyer Kamman

Ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, the kid’s television network Nickelodeon is making strides to get in on the action of the NFL’s biggest game. In surplus to additional programming, the station will also air the NFL FLAG Championships, the…