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Feb. 7 forum will foster discussion on child sexual abuse
The Syracuse University Senate Women’s Concerns Committee, in collaboration with Hendricks Chapel and the Advocacy Center at Syracuse University, is sponsoring a forum on child sexual abuse on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 4-5:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. The goals of…
Student ambulance corps hosting College EMS Week events
Syracuse University Ambulance (SUA), the primary emergency medical response organization for the University area, will be hosting College EMS Week activities through Nov. 12 to raise public awareness. The events are designed to educate the campus and community about the…
Open Enrollment begins today; all those eligible for benefits are encouraged to participate
The annual period to enroll in benefits or update current elections—known as Open Enrollment—begins today, and continues through Nov. 18. This is the only time of the year when faculty, staff, GAs/fellows and part-time instructors who are eligible for benefits…
Attacking cancer cells with nanoparticles
Syracuse University chemists develop novel way to get cancer drugs to tumors About every three days, Colleen Alexander, a chemistry graduate student, feeds cells that cause a deadly type of brain cancer. It’s a ritual that involves assessing the health…
New University center will focus resources on public health promotion
Alumnus funds Lerner Center
Attachment seminar offered Sept. 30-Oct. 1 for parents, professionals
Lark Eshleman, a noted child and adolescent psychotherapist, will lead a two-day seminar on “Enhancing Attachments: Parent and Professional Skill-Building for Healthier Children and Families” Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at the Goldstein Student Center, located on Syracuse University’s South…
Dye publishes in American Journal of Public Health
Professor Timothy Dye is a medical anthropologist and social epidemiologist who specializes in applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated, and global populations, and with a content focus on social and cultural determinants of health.
Students Affairs appoints new director of Health Services
The Division of Student Affairs has named Ben Domingo as the director of Health Services. Domingo has served as the director of Morrisville State College’s Health Center since 2001, and will begin his appointment at Syracuse on June 1. “I…
Advocate, author Jessie C. Gruman presents ‘The Patient in Patient-Centered Care’
Jessie C. Gruman, president of the Center for Advancing Health and candidate to receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Syracuse University, will present “The Patient in Patient-Centered Care: What Clinicians Need to Know” on Friday, May 13….
New executive education program launched in Europe focused on effective drug policy
The College of Human Ecology’s addiction studies program and SU Europe have partnered with the Council of Europe’s Pompidou Group to create a new trans-Atlantic executive education program focused on implementing effective drug policy and governance. The five-day summit will…