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Getting to Know: Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Office of Disability Services Director Paula Possenti-Perez looks at the realm of disability in terms of social justice as well as a matter of diversity. “It’s creating a new context around disability as being a positive asset and empowering and engaging students to see disability as a source of where additional strength and skills have been developed and enhanced—literally because they have a disability,” she says.

Campus & Community

Free Smoking Cessation Support Groups Begin this Month

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By News Staff

Quitting smoking is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions. Beginning in July 2015, SU becomes a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus. In support of the variety of ways that people utilize to quit smoking, and in recognizing that stopping…

STEM

Transcript: Elizabeth Droge-Young Video

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Amy Manley

Liz: So right here we are looking at female reproductive tracks of females who where mated to two different males. So this area here is called the bursa. It’s where sperm comes in and also where eggs will come down…

STEM

iSchool Names Stripling as Senior Associate Dean

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Interim Dean Jeff Stanton has named Assistant Professor of Practice Barbara Stripling as senior associate dean, effective Jan. 1. Stripling joined the faculty at the iSchool in a full-time capacity in January 2012, after serving…

Arts & Culture

Art Historians Make Publishing Debuts

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

December was a good month for the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College of Arts and Sciences, as two of its assistant professors made their authorial debuts. Luis Castañeda, an expert on urban, visual and design…

STEM

Stanton on Importance of Connection, Collaboration, Stewardship

Monday, January 5, 2015, By Diane Stirling

As a software engineer and manager at several Boston-area startup firms, Jeff Stanton became increasingly intrigued by the ways software development teams functioned. Some teams meshed well and were nimble and highly productive. Other teams worked poorly, produced buggy code,…

STEM

Hemsley’s ‘Going Viral’ Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine

Monday, January 5, 2015, By J.D. Ross

For the second time in as many months, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley’s book, “Going Viral,” has been recognized with a significant award in the field of scholarly writing. The Association of College & Research Libraries…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Community Mourns Loss of Professor Jeremy Blumenthal

Monday, December 22, 2014, By News Staff

Professor Jeremy Blumenthal, who joined the College of Law as an assistant professor in August 2005, died on Dec. 18. He was featured as an outstanding professor in the National Jurist (March 2011), where he is identified as being one…

Happy Holidays from Syracuse University News

Monday, December 22, 2014, By News Staff

With gingerbread and cheer we wish our readers a restful winter break.

Campus & Community

‘Cripping’ the Comic Con Seeking Proposals for 2015 Conference

Friday, December 19, 2014, By Shannon Andre

The “Cripping” the Comic Con conference and comics convention is now accepting proposals for the 2015 symposium. The deadline for submitting proposals is Jan. 26. This year’s theme is “Game Over …?,” which will explore the various ways in which…