ChatGPT in the Classroom Presents Both Challenges and Opportunities
The growing accessibility of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT is creating a lot of uncertainty in classrooms. Artificial intelligence tools allow students to generate text through simple prompts. Some teachers are concerned it could open the door to plagiarism or…
Environmental Experts Available to Discuss Extreme California Weather
California experienced a siege of storms this month that caused many areas to flood and pushed snowpack levels to record highs. Two Earth and Environmental Sciences professors are available for comment and interviews for stories related to the wet, soggy…
Sociology Professor, Labor Expert Reacts to NYC Nurses Strike
More than 7,000 nurses of the New York State Nurses Association are on strike today at hospitals in the Bronx and in Harlem. The activity is expected to last throughout the day and into the evening, with a press conference…
Buffalo’s Resilience
The city of Buffalo has faced many hard times in these past several months, including the mass shooting at Tops, the December blizzard and previous winter storm, a deadly house fire, and now worrying about Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamiln…
Labor Expert Reacts to New Warehouse Worker Protection Act
This week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act which will require major warehouse companies to give its new and current employees clear documentation about productivity work speed quotas and expectations. Gretchen Purser, associate professor of…
Patriot Missile System “Most Escalatory Action to Date”
With the news of the U.S. is set to approve the Patriot missile defense system, two of our Syracuse University faculty experts shared their thoughts. Army veteran Sean McFate, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and an adjunct professor…
Jack Daniel’s Supreme Court Case Intertwines Art and Commerce
The Supreme Court will hear a trademark dispute case next year centered around a dog toy spoof of Jack Daniel’s signature Tennessee Whiskey bottle. According to reports, Jack Daniel’s argues that the toy is in violation of federal trademark law…
Britney Griner is Free, but did it take a “dance with the devil” to make it happen?
Reporters looking for experts to discuss the issues around the release of WNBA star player Britney Griner from a Russian penal colony in exchange for a convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout, please see comments from Syracuse University professors. Brian Taylor,…
Diverse Santas Are Good for Us
Last month, the Mall of America announced that the cast of six Santas at The Santa Experience will include an Asian Santa for the first time. The cast of Santas included two Black Santas as well as bilingual Santas, one speaking…
Moving the start of the 2024 democratic primary to South Carolina
Last week the rules committee of the Democratic National Committee voted to make South Carolina the first state in the 2024 primaries. A proposal championed by President Joe Biden, this would take away Iowa’s role as the first state to…