Announcements

City of Syracuse featured in new PBS special

The city of Syracuse is featured prominently in a national PBS special "Designing Healthy Communities," airing Sundays in February at 8 p.m. on WCNY. Host Richard Jackson looks at the impact our built environment has on key public health indices like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, cancer and depression. Jackson connects bad community design with [...]

Spring 2012 Staff 2 Staff sessions registration now open

Registration for the spring Staff 2 Staff sessions is now available online.

Screening: "Chan Is Missing"

The program in Asian/Asian American Studies will be kicking off its Winter film series with a screening of Wayne Wang's directorial debut "Chan Is Missing" on Thursday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m., in Kittredge Lecture Hall, HBC.

CAPES-Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship

Deadline approaches for 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship nominations.

Call for Summer FLAS proposals, deadline Feb. 10

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS)

A Roadmap for Empirically Constraining the Chaotic Behavior of the Solar System and its Implications

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Paul Olsen from Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.

Carrier Dome Walking Program, February 2012

Please be aware that the Carrier Dome will be closed to walkers on the following days in February:

Workshops at Community Darkrooms

Sign up now for spring workshops at Community Darkrooms.

Annual faculty family skating event

The Faculty Family & Friends Skating Event is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 11, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Tennity Pavillion on South Campus.

Little Free Libraries launch event

The launch of the first Syracuse Little Free Library will be held on Friday, Feb. 3, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 331 Gifford St. in Syracuse.

Proposals due for conference on activism, rhetoric and research

Proposals for the Conference on Activism, Rhetoric and Research are due on Feb. 15.

Participants needed for a Ritalin and Adderall study

You are invited to participate in a confidential study conducted by the Psychology Department of Syracuse University.

SU discount ticket offer for Harlem Globetrotters Feb. 10 at the Carrier Dome

Don’t miss out on high‐flying action and non‐stop excitement. With blazing ball‐handling wizardry, mesmerizing gravity‐defying dunks, side‐splitting comedy and crowd interaction, the Globetrotters captivate both the young and the young at heart. Treat your group to a wholesome family entertainment experience that will create lifelong memories and always leaves fans smiling and cheering for more….the [...]

SU music education Class of 2012 to present concert Feb. 10

Music education seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Setnor School of Music will present a concert Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The concert is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the

Last chance for students with reading disabilities to learn more about their reading, contribute to research

The research study "What Do You See When You Read?" is seeking native English-speaking Syracuse University or SUNY ESF undergraduates, aged 18-25, with diagnosed reading disabilities for participation.

Call for FLAS Academic Year 2012-13 Applications

Syracuse University's South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Academic Year 2012-13.

Call for FLAS Summer 2012 Applications

Syracuse University's South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2012.

Study Abroad Day comes to Schine Center Atrium Feb. 8

Visit the Schine Student Center Atrium 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, for Study Abroad Day.

The Photographer as Child: Conversation with the Artist

La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., will host a "Conversation with the Artist," a discussion between artist Efren Lopez, whose work is on exhibit at La Casita, and Simon Perez, assistant professor broadcast and digital journalism in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Call for nominations for Teaching Recognition Awards

Nominations for this year's Teaching Recognition Awards will be accepted through Feb. 20.

Boeheim competes in The Infinity Coaches’ Charity Challenge

Jim Boeheim is competing with other college men’s basketball coaches in The Infinity Coaches’ Charity Challenge.

This winter, help Share the Warmth!

Through Feb. 3, the Office of Engagement Programs in Hendricks Chapel is hosting its annual Share the Warmth Blanket Drive to collect new and clean, gently used blankets to donate to those in need in the local community.

The tectonic evolution of the Pyrenean orogen

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Paul Fitzgerald from Syracuse University.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS 5th Annual Conference on Engaged Graduate Scholarship

Imagining America's CNY PAGE initiative eagerly invites you to submit proposals for our 5th Annual Graduate Conference:

Register for Global Game Jam at SU—a 48-hour game creation event this weekend!

Syracuse University is a host site for 2012 Global Game Jam, starting this Friday.

K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Benjamin Passey from Johns Hopkins University

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Benjamin Passey from Johns Hopkins University.

Weight Watchers at Work now enrolling

Gained a few pounds over the holidays?

LAST CHANCE for students with reading disabilities to learn more about their reading, contribute to research, and earn a $15 gift card!

The research study "What Do You See When You Read?" is seeking native English-speaking Syracuse University or SUNY ESF undergraduates, aged 18-25, with diagnosed reading disabilities for participation.

The Warehouse Gallery exhibits

"Noriko Ambe: Inner Water"

Free week of fitness classes Jan. 22-27

Feel free to stop by a Free Fitness class the week of Jan 22-27. Check out a fitness class to see if you like it.

Free tickets can be reserved for 'Pierrot lunaire'

Free tickets for eighth blackbird's performance of Schoenberg's "Pierrot lunaire" can be reserved for SU students, faculty and staff.

Call for FLAS Academic Year 2011-12 applications

Syracuse University's South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Academic Year 2012-13.

Call for FLAS Summer 2012 Applications

Syracuse University's South Asia Center announces its FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship Competition for Summer 2012.

Rachel's at the Sheraton offers luncheon buffet special

Rachel's Restaurant at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel is offering the luncheon buffet for a special, discounted price from Monday, Jan. 23, through Friday, Jan.27.

2nd Annual Scrabble Tournament

Here’s your chance to challenge your friends face to face!

SU Counseling Center offers free stress reduction class for students

The Syracuse University Counseling Center is offering a free course in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to SU and SUNY-ESF students.

Live Jazz Presented at Sitrus on the Hill

The Sheraton Syracuse Unversity Hotel is presenting live jazz entertainment at Sitrus on the Hill this Friday, Jan. 20.

Setnor School senior to present free trumpet recital Jan. 20

Geoffrey Sheldon, a senior music education major with performance honors in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will present a trumpet recital Friday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m.

Bus schedules for Monday, Jan. 16

Syracuse University shuttle service will be operating on an abbreviated schedule on Monday, Jan. 16, due to the observance of the Martin Luther King holiday.

Reminder: SU employees asked to review, acknowledge pay notice by Jan. 25

All Syracuse University employees are being asked to go online to review and acknowledge their annual pay notices as soon as possible.

iSchool and VPA to sponsor talk on information and communication technology

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), along with College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department of Art, Design and Transmedia are sponsoring a talk given by Susan P. Wyche.

Student Association provides free bus shuttles from airport and RTC

A free shuttle bus from the Syracuse's Regional Transportation Center (RTC) and Hancock International Airport will be available for students returning to campus on Sunday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 16.

Spector/Warren Fellows head to Houston, blog about experience at Holocaust Museum

The School of Education announces its seventh class of Spector/Warren Fellows, who will be traveling to Houston for a six-day learning intensive Jan. 6-13.

Maxwell Blood Drive

The Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Learn to Skate programs at Tennity Ice Pavilion

Tennity Ice Pavilion on South Campus offers Learn to Skate progams.

Carrier Dome Walking Program, January 2012

Please be aware that the Carrier Dome will be closed to walkers on the following days in January:

Next pickup of lab polystyrene boxes for recycling is Jan. 3

Tuesday, Jan. 3, will be the next monthly pickup of empty cold-shipping polystyrene (Styrofoam) boxes for recycling from campus labs in Link Hall, Bowne Hall, Life Sciences, Sci-Tech and the Physics Building.