SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE
A New York Times article highlights Chancellor Nancy Cantor as being among the leaders of the revitalization of Syracuse’s Near West Side. The article focuses on the work that the University is doing in collaboration with Home Headquarters and area businesses to redevelop properties in the area.
SU’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is mentioned in a Star-Telegram editorial on the issue of deporting students living in the U.S. illegally after being brought in as children. TRAC information is also cited in a Patriot Ledger editorial on the truths behind immigration deportations.
The Post-Standard, WSYR-AM, WSYR-TV, and other local and national media outlets reported on alumnus Sean O’Keefe and his son, SU sophomore Kevin O’Keefe, surviving a plane crash on an Alaskan mountainside yesterday.
The Associated Press reported on the efforts of government officials to recover the medical files of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi. A Buffalo News editorial advocated for a probe into his compassionate release a year ago.
FACULTY QUOTES
David M. Crane L’80, professor of practice in the College of Law, was quoted on MSNBC on the Pentagon’s trial of child soldier Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay. He is also quoted in BBC News Magazine on the war crimes trial of Liberian President Charles Taylor.
Marek Kos, research associate in the Department of Physics in The College of Arts & Sciences, was recently quoted in BBC News and Canada’s National Post on improved detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which make up dark matter.
R&D Magazine reported on the research by College of Arts & Sciences professors Scott Pitnick, John Belote and Mollie Manier that highlights previously unobservable events occurring between insemination and fertilization by genetically altering fruit flies.
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The Graduate School has introduced an application fee waiver for all current undergraduates who are applying to graduate programs at Syracuse University. In addition, alumni of Syracuse University undergraduate programs will receive the waiver when applying as a first-time graduate…
The recently launched Facebook page SU Campus offers social media users—especially Syracuse University students, faculty and staff—a new means to keep up on happenings on campus. The Facebook page complements the University’s campus Twitter account, @SUCampus, and is updated frequently…
Kayla Miller ’20 has this week’s ’Cuse Cast from the Schine Student Center, with details on the past week of activities surrounding Orange Central.
Syracuse University put on a big welcome back for alumni and friends during Orange Central over the weekend. The annual homecoming and reunion event featured more than 50 engaging programs for alumni to reconnect with friends and the University, and…
When international students travel to the United States to learn English, the language barrier is just one of their challenges. Cultural differences like being overwhelmed in the grocery store, being embarrassed about not tipping a server (there is no tipping…
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