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Campus & Community

State Fair Discounted Tickets Available for Students, Employees

Monday, August 22, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Advance sale tickets to The Great New York State Fair will be available starting Aug. 25, at the Schine Box Office for a discounted rate of $5 for students and $6 for employees with their SU or SUNY-ESF I.D. Students…

Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League to Begin New Study

Monday, August 22, 2016, By News Staff

The Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) will begin its latest community study–“How CNY Works”–with three identical “scoping” (or design) sessions the week of August 22-26. The sessions are free and open to the public. The sessions will be held as follows:…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Campus & Community

University Prepares to Welcome Newest Students

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Shannon Andre

Each year, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs, in collaboration with a number of University departments, hosts Syracuse Welcome, the University’s new student orientation program for incoming, full-time, undergraduate students. Preparations to welcome the more than 4,000 first-year and…

Media, Law & Policy

Burdick Leads Study on Social Housing Projects in Brazil

Tuesday, August 16, 2016, By News Staff

The National Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council of the United Kingdom have awarded $597,000 to a project led by Professor John Burdick (anthropology) to observe differently organized social housing projects in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to…

Campus & Community

SummerStart Students Take Part in Drench the Dean Event

Monday, August 15, 2016, By Keith Kobland

It was an example of teamwork, problem solving and engineering skills all rolled into one, as students in SummerStart at Syracuse put their knowledge to the test. The end result was a cool outcome on a hot summer day, all…

Health & Society

Ditre, Maisto Receive Grant to Study Links Between Chronic Pain, Alcohol Consumption

Friday, August 12, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The impact of heavy alcohol consumption upon individuals and society is well known. The effects of chronic pain upon those who live with it has also been well studied. Now, with a five-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Concludes Service on CNY Regional Economic Development Council

Thursday, August 11, 2016, By News Staff

After more than two years serving as Co-Chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council (REDC), Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced that he has concluded his service with the REDC. “When I became Chancellor in 2014, I arrived…

STEM

Biologist Awarded NIH Grant to Study Link Between Early-Development Stress, Adult Disease

Wednesday, August 10, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A biologist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a grant to study the link between early-development stress and adult disease. Assistant Professor Sarah Hall is using a $446,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to…

Campus & Community

TurningPoint Cloud Has Come to Campus, Replacing TurningPoint 5

Tuesday, August 9, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

In preparation for fall 2016, Information Technology Services (ITS) has rolled out a new version of the TurningPoint software, TurningPoint Cloud. TurningPoint 5 is no longer supported on campus. About TurningPoint Cloud Engaging your students will be easier and more…