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Campus & Community

Workshops Engage Faculty on Skills and Strategies for Inclusive Teaching

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Carol Boll

As students returned to campus this fall, more than 300 Syracuse University faculty engaged in learning exercises of their own as participants in workshops designed to enhance self-awareness, detect and respond to unconscious bias, and strengthen their skills for more…

Health & Society

Faculty, Staff Invited to Register for Heart Healthy Living Series

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By News Staff

Are you living a heart-healthy life? Our lifestyle choices can go a long way toward reducing our risk; the preventative power of a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk for heart disease by as much as 80 percent. The Heart…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Invites Undergraduate Students of Color to Daylong ‘Public Policy Camp’ for Career Exploration

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Jennifer Congel

The Maxwell School is partnering with the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management to host a one-day “Public Policy Camp” designed to introduce promising young students of color to the field and to help ensure that diverse perspectives are…

Arts & Culture

Fashion Design Alumnae, Faculty Work Accepted into International Textile and Apparel Conference

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Hannah Hein

Several alumnae and faculty of the fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design had their work accepted into the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference, to be held Nov. 6-9 in Cleveland….

Campus & Community

Palmers’ Major Gift Supports Financial Aid, Career Services for Professional Master’s Students

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Dana Cooke

University Professor John L. Palmer, former longtime dean of the Maxwell School, and his wife, Stephanie G. Palmer, have made a major gift commitment to the school that will create an endowed fund supporting Maxwell professional master’s students, with an…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses Sept. 5 University Senate Meeting

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed progress over the summer at the Sept. 5 meeting of the University Senate. He provided an update on accreditation, faculty recruitment, the University budget and fundraising, the First-Year Experience initiative and the Disability Audit Committee. Also,…

Media Tip Sheets

A&S Geochemist Predicts Hurricanes Like Florence Will Become More Frequent

Monday, September 10, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

As of 11 a.m. ET on September 10, the National Weather Service has upgraded Florence to a Category 3 storm and forecast the weather event will make landfall late Thursday night or early Friday morning. In the meantime, those on…

STEM

NSF I-Corps Comes to Syracuse University, Free Short Course Offered

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation I-Corps (NSF I-Corps) gives researchers the opportunity to combine their strong technical and scientific knowledge with an entrepreneurial mindset, with the goal of helping bring technologies to market. The Upstate New York I-Corps Node will bring…

STEM

Registration Open for Student, Community Participants in Sept. 14-15 ‘Call for Code’ Hackathon Focused on Using Technology to Improve Disaster Preparedness and Relief

Monday, September 10, 2018, By News Staff

On average, every day natural disasters will directly impact 80,000 people, costing the global economy more than $270 million. What if technology could help improve these figures? This is the premise of the global Call for Code initiative, a massive…

Physics World

Lifetime Expectancy May be Longer Than What We Expected

Saturday, September 8, 2018, By Essence Britt

Steven Blusk, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Physics World story “Charmed baryon puzzles particle physicists by living longer.” Blusk and others have taken the time to remeasure the charmed baryon. The…