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Additional Information Session about University Place Promenade Project to Take Place Today

Friday, May 6, 2016, By News Staff

Construction on the University Place Promenade project, an initiative that will enhance the campus landscape and improve the student experience, is scheduled to get underway on Monday, May 16. The promenade, one of the first projects in the Campus Framework,…

Media, Law & Policy

Grygiel Takes First Place in AEJMC Teaching Competition

Wednesday, May 4, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, took first place in the Best Practices in Ethics in an Emerging Media Environment teaching competition, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Elected Committee…

Campus & Community

Schools, Colleges Announce Speakers for 2016 Convocations

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

From men and women who have achieved outstanding careers in their fields to prominent faculty members to some of the most accomplished students, all of the University’s schools and colleges have named speakers for their convocation ceremonies. The convocations will…

STEM

Biofilms on Contact Lenses: A Vision for Making Bacteria Uncomfortable

Monday, May 2, 2016, By News Staff

Just like we care about the comfort of what we choose to wear and where we choose to live, so do bacteria. Unlike with our friends and family, researchers would like to find ways to make bacteria less welcome on…

Arts & Culture

White-Denison Presentational Speaking Competition Winners Announced

Friday, April 29, 2016, By Erica Blust

Three students were named winners of the White-Denison Presentational Speaking Competition on April 21. The competition was sponsored by the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. Christopher DiMaria ’16, a broadcast…

Campus & Community

New Faculty Majority President to Speak on Need for Academic Labor Reforms

Monday, April 25, 2016, By Carol Boll

Maria Maisto of the New Faculty Majority and the NFM Foundation will give a talk titled “Strategies for Combating the Casualization of Academic Labor” at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, in 107 Hall of Languages. The talk is the final…

Campus & Community

President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Speaks at Syracuse University

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, By Gerard McTigue

On Wednesday, April 6, Caryl M. Stern, president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, visited campus.  Stern’s visit included a talk with a group of campus and community members, hosted by the Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life,…

Arts & Culture

Students to Compete in Presentational Speaking Competition April 21

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, By Erica Blust

Ten outstanding students from five Syracuse University schools and colleges will compete in the White-Denison Presentational Speaking Competition on Thursday, April 21, at 5:30 p.m. in 001 Life Sciences Building. The competition, which is open to the University community, is…

Campus & Community

ACM Distinguished Speaker Comes to Campus to Speak about Biometrics

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, By News Staff

The Syracuse University ACM Chapter will be hosting an ACM Distinguished Speaker at the iSchool on April 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Katzer Room, 347 Hinds Hall. Presenting on the topic “Can Biometics Improve Security?” Dr. Nalini Ratha’s presentation…

Campus & Community

Oranges in Action Food Drive Taking Donations to Local Alternative High School

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, By News Staff

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to give back? If so check out the local food drive happening on this very campus until April 27. Created by students in the intergroup dialogue class about socioeconomic inequality and…