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Veterans

IVMF Hosts Seventh V-WISE Entrepreneurship Training Conference for Female Veterans and Military Spouses

Monday, August 12, 2013, By News Staff

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced the seventh offering of its Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program, hosted in Seattle, Aug. 16-18. V-WISE is the first federally funded program focused on engaging entrepreneurial opportunity…

Campus & Community

Advance Sale Tickets Available for New York State Fair

Friday, August 9, 2013, By News Staff

It’s that time of year again! Tickets for the Great New York State Fair will be on sale at the Schine Box Office starting Aug. 22. A limited supply of reduced-price tickets are available at $5 for students and $6…

Talent Agency to Exhibit Work by Local Teen Artists

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Erica Blust

Local teen artists who participated in Talent Agency’s six-week summer intensive art program will show their work at an open house, exhibition and reception on Friday, Aug. 16, from 3:30-6 p.m. The free event will take place at the Talent…

SU Chemists Develop ‘Fresh, New’ Approach to Making Alloy Nanomaterials

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Potential applications include gas storage, heterogeneous catalysis and lithium-ion batteries Chemists in The College of Arts and Sciences have figured out how to synthesize nanomaterials with stainless steel-like interfaces. Their discovery may change how the form and structure of nanomaterials…

Chemists Design ‘Smart’ Nanoparticles to Improve Drug Delivery, DNA Self-Assembly

Friday, August 9, 2013, By Rob Enslin

A team of chemists in SU’s College of Arts and Scientists has used a temperature-sensitive polymer to regulate DNA interactions in both a DNA-mediated assembly system and a DNA-encoded drug-delivery system. Their findings, led by Associate Professor Mathew M. Maye…

Elizabeth A. Barlow Appointed Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Assessment

Thursday, August 8, 2013, By News Staff

Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth (Libby) A. Barlow as assistant vice president for institutional research and assessment. Barlow comes to SU from the University of Houston (Texas), where…

CHAT Program of Burton Blatt Institute Launches Camp for Children

Thursday, August 8, 2013, By Celestia Ohrazda

CHAT Camp is a unique five-day experience for children locally who use assistive/augmentative communication (AAC) devices to communicate. This event will bring together agencies, speakers and professionals from the world of special needs to focus on communication in a whole…

Health & Society

Report Examines Changing Nursing Home Trends in New York

Thursday, August 8, 2013, By News Staff

A new report authored by Thomas Dennison, professor of practice in public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School, notes that nursing homes have evolved since the ’90s from primarily providing residential care for seniors to focusing on both…

Arts & Culture

‘Emerging Fashion Designers’ to Feature SU Designers, Photographers

Wednesday, August 7, 2013, By Erica Blust

Seven 2013 alumnae of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) fashion design program are among the 100 designers selected for the fourth edition of “Emerging Fashion Designers,” an image-driven publication that showcases the most promising graduates of fashion…

Campus & Community

University Wellness Initiative Sponsors Mindful Eating Program

Tuesday, August 6, 2013, By News Staff

Introduction to Mindful Eating In this eight-week program, Nicole Christina, LCSW, will teach participants to: -Begin a new, more peaceful, relationship with food -End yo-yo dieting and stress eating -Learn the latest mindfulness techniques to help you eat joyfully and moderately Christina …