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Health & Society

Bridges to Food Quality

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As a young man, Minhao Chen G’12 began to notice that something wasn’t right. One by one, family friends in Shanghai were being diagnosed with cancer. By the time he had completed his undergraduate degree in China, five people he knew had…

Campus & Community

Bird Library Offers Extended Hours during Midterms, Oct. 13 – 22

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In collaboration with the Student Association, Bird Library be open for extended hours during fall semester midterms, including the weekends of Oct. 14-15 and 21-22. During this period, Bird Library will be open until midnight on Friday nights, open at…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Hosts World Englishes Conference

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…

Campus & Community

University Kicks Off 2017 United Way Campaign with Dollar Day at the Dome Friday

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By News Staff

Dollar Day for the United Way returns to the Carrier Dome Friday, Oct. 13, prior to the men’s football game against Clemson. Prior to tipoff at 7 p.m., students representing Syracuse University’s fraternities and sororities will solicit fans for donations…

Health & Society

Community Input, Student Design Efforts Lead to New All-Gender Restroom Signage

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By News Staff

A collaborative campuswide effort, combined with the design prowess of a School of Architecture student, has led to the unveiling of Syracuse University’s new all-gender restroom signage. For months, the Restroom Signage Committee engaged the campus community in conversations about…

STEM

University to Celebrate Achievements of Team of Syracuse Physicists

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Carol Boll

The University will host a special campuswide event on Monday, Oct. 16, to announce a revolutionary discovery credited to the work of physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences and their colleagues in the international LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

Media, Law & Policy

CNN’s Rene Marsh G’03 Coming Back To Talk ‘Covering Government’

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By News Staff

CNN correspondent Rene Marsh G’03 is returning to Newhouse to give a talk titled “How covering government has changed: A Washington correspondent’s perspective.” Marsh will speak on Monday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Newhouse 1-3 Center, rm. 432/434 of Newhouse…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Continues Swift and Deliberate Efforts to Limit the Spread of Mumps

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By News Staff

In close partnership with the Onondaga County Health Department, Syracuse University continues its aggressive outreach campaign focused on educating the campus community about how to prevent, detect and treat mumps. At this time, Syracuse University has 13 confirmed cases of…

Campus & Community

Angela Rye Named Keynote Speaker for 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Angela Rye, an acclaimed political commentator for both CNN and NPR, will be the keynote speaker for the 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Syracuse University on Jan. 28, 2018. The yearly MLK Celebration at the Carrier Dome…

The Guardian

What is the Role of the National Guard of Iran?

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

After being implemented in 1979, the National Guard of Iran has continued to grow in size and power. Maxwell Professor of Political Science Mehrzad Boroujerdi talked to The Guardian about this issue. “Before the war the IRGC militiamen were nothing…