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Veterans

Student-Veteran Grads Return to Share Experiences and Recruit for Amazon and First Data

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By News Staff

United States Marine Corps veteran Kevin Lee ’17 and United States Navy veteran Brittney Coleman G’18 returned to campus recently to share experiences, network with current students and recruit graduating seniors to Amazon and First Data where they are now…

Campus & Community

National Grid Project to Upgrade Gas Lines Underway on Comstock Avenue

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

National Grid crews have started work to complete gas system upgrades on Comstock Avenue near Euclid Avenue. The work, which is being done in anticipation of paving of the northbound lane in early 2019, is expected to take approximately six…

STEM

Petroleum Experts to Donate MOVE Software Licenses to Syracuse

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Members of the Department of Earth Sciences will gain new insights into Earth’s crust, thanks to a licensing agreement between Syracuse University and Petroleum Experts (Petex), a leading developer of optimization software for the oil and gas industries. The Scotland-based…

STEM

Invent@SU Team Wins Share of First Prize at New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, December 11, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Millions of people around the world with mobility challenges have trouble standing up from a chair or couch. During the Invent@SU program in summer 2017, communications and rhetorical studies major Kalia Zizi Barrow ’17 and mechanical engineering major Ruby Batbaatar…

Arts & Culture

SU Press Author Wins Modern Language Association of America Book Award

Sunday, December 9, 2018, By Mona Hamlin

The Modern Language Association of America (MLA) has selected Jerold C. Frakes as co-winner of this year’s Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies for his book “Early Yiddish Epic” (2014) published by the Syracuse University Press. The…

Campus & Community

University Partners with New Service to Assist in Obtaining Visas and Passports at Discounted Rate

Sunday, December 9, 2018, By Christine Grabowski

The Office of Global Safety and Support, within the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services, has announced a partnership with CIBT Visas, the largest and most well-established travel visa and passport company in the world. “Securing a visa for…

The Hill

Strategic Management Professor Featured in The Hill Op-Ed

Friday, December 7, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Sean O’Keefe, University Professor and the Howard and Louise Phanstiel endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership at the Maxwell School, was featured in The Hill with the op-ed “So what’s the big deal about Mars InSight?” O’Keefe said that “Mars…

Campus & Community

New Digital Platform Launches to Assist Students with Off-Campus Housing Search

Friday, December 7, 2018, By Shannon Andre

The off-campus housing search just got easier for students. The Syracuse University Off-Campus Housing Finder platform has launched, providing students with increased access to safe and affordable off-campus housing options. This digital platform was designed to ensure that all available…

STEM

Air Force Funds ECS Research to Prevent Bleeding Deaths

Friday, December 7, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Despite advances in medical technology, millions of people around the world still bleed to death after being shot or experiencing other traumatic injuries. Many of those deaths occur before the victims ever reach a hospital. To address this, Assistant Professor…

Arts & Culture

Indigenous Filmmaker, VPA Faculty Member Scores Sundance Debut for Documentary on Native Author N. Scott Momaday

Tuesday, December 4, 2018, By News Staff

A documentary film on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday by Jeffrey Palmer, an assistant professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, will make its debut at the Sundance Film…