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Michelle Zaso, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship. Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (through the National Institutes of Health), the award will support her dissertation research, which focuses on how genetics and environments shape alcohol use in adolescence. Specifically, her dissertation will examine how alcohol metabolism genes interact with alcohol-promoting peer environments to influence drinking trajectories from 13-18 years of age.

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To mark its 10th anniversary, the Tully Center for Free Speech at the Newhouse School produced a series of six short films marking significant developments in First Amendment law over the past decade. Read the rest of the article at SU News.

Cameron MacPherson ’16, a graduate student in Pan African studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of the prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship for graduate study in Ireland. He is Syracuse University’s first Mitchell Scholar. MacPherson is one of only 12 U.S. students selected from more than 300 applicants for the award this year. He will use the award to study intercultural theology at Trinity College, Dublin.

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On Oct. 25, members of Syracuse University faculty, administrators, students and friends gathered to celebrate the progress achieved by a seven-year initiative to advance opportunity for women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The National Science Foundation’s financial support for the initiative, SU ADVANCE, may have formally ended in September, but faculty and administrators say the program has already generated significant changes in the way the University recruits, hires, supports and retains the most outstanding faculty scholars and teachers, regardless of gender.

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Syracuse University this month formally joined the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD), a membership-only organization that gives faculty, graduate and postdoctoral scholars access to tools and services designed to enhance productivity and career success.

Founded in 2010, the NCFDD is an independent professional development, training and mentoring institute serving scholars at more than 450 colleges and universities nationwide. With 120 institutional members at its core, the center focuses on skills development and support in areas relating to strategic career planning, research productivity, network building and work-life balance.

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When poet Stephen Kuusisto decided to train with a guide dog at age 39 he had no idea the decision would change every aspect of his life. “It was amazing to find out what a dog can do,” he says. “That’s why I wanted to describe the experience in a new memoir.” The book, titled “Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey” will be published by Simon & Schuster in March 2018.

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An informational meeting for “Paris Noir: Literature, Art and Contemporary Life in Diaspora” will be held Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in 219 Sims Hall.

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Rob Pusch, associate director for Project Advance, has been appointed interim director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center. Pusch’s appointment comes on the heels of Director Tiffany Gray’s departure to West Chester University.

Pusch is a longtime educator, advocate and activist who has been part of the Syracuse University community for more than 20 years. After earning a Ph.D. in instructional design, development and evaluation, Pusch joined the Project Advance staff. From 1999-2015, Pusch served on the University Senate Committee on LGBT Concerns, helping with the original formation of the LGBT Resource Center.

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