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Brooks Gump Awarded NIH Grant to Study Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Children

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Michele Barrett

Brooks B. Gump, professor in the Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in the Falk College, was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The research project, “Environmental Toxicants, Race…

Campus & Community

Immerse Yourself in the Spanish Language in Two-week Summer Course

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Learn the Spanish language this summer by immersing yourself in a two-week credit or non-credit program that will allow you daily practice in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students will improve their ability to express themselves while increasing their awareness…

School of Education’s Douglas Biklen Announces Retirement from Deanship

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By News Staff

Douglas P. Biklen, dean of Syracuse University’s School of Education and founder of the Inclusion Institutes at Syracuse University, announced today that he will retire from his position effective January 31, 2014. Biklen has served as dean of the School…

‘Guns and America’ Discussion Draws Crowd to Hendricks

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Keith Kobland

The first in a series of public discussions on the issue of guns and America drew nearly 200 people to Hendricks Chapel, as a panel of people with different perspectives attempted to find common ground.

Syracuse University to Launch LGBTQ Alumni Alliance in Boston on Feb. 21

Wednesday, February 20, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

All Boston-area SU alumni are invited to attend a reception to learn more about the newly created Syracuse University LGBTQ Alumni Alliance on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 6 p.m. at Club Café, 209 Columbus Ave., Boston. Those attending will have…

Campus & Community

‘Dear Governor Cuomo’ Screening

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

On Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater SU/ESF NYPIRG will be screening “Dear Governor Cuomo.” This documentary features musicians, scientists and activists calling for a ban on hydrofracking. After the film there will be a Q&A with special…

Campus & Community

Cloud of the Impossible: A Lecture with Catherine Keller

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

Catherine Keller will deliver a public lecture entitled “Cloud of the Impossible”  Thursday, March 7,  at 7 p.m. in 214 Slocum. Her talk will engage the theopoetics of mystical unknowing, indeterminacy, and interdependence. While gesturing towards the limits of apophasis….

Campus & Community

CAPES Awards Nominations Open

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By News Staff

The Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship acknowledges individual students, groups of students, residence halls/floors, student organizations and academic projects/classes that exemplify Scholarship in Action. All faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate individual students and groups.

Entrepreneurship Club and Whitman School host ‘Undercover Boss’ Sheldon Yellen, CEO, BELFOR Holdings, Inc.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By Lindsay Wickham

The Whitman School of Management and Entrepreneurship Club at Syracuse University will host entrepreneur and business mogul Sheldon Yellen, CEO of BELFOR Holdings, Inc. The event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 28, from 7-8 p.m. in Whitman’s Lender Auditorium….

Percussionist, Composer Glenn Kotche to Perform with SU Percussion Ensemble

Tuesday, February 19, 2013, By Erica Blust

Percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche, a member of the groundbreaking American rock band Wilco, will perform a free concert on Thursday, March 7, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The program will feature…