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Arts & Culture

College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes Seven New Faculty

Thursday, September 13, 2018, By Erica Blust

Seven new full-time faculty members joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) this fall. Their disciplines span communication and rhetorical studies, computer art and animation, film, industrial and interaction design and music composition. Natalie Draper Setnor School of…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse/iSchool Seminar Series Will Explore Social Media’s Influence on Politics

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A new seminar series at Syracuse University will explore how social media is influencing the current political climate in the United States. The series, Social Media & Democracy, is co-sponsored by the Newhouse School and the School of Information Studies…

Media, Law & Policy

A Welch Allyn Veteran Guides Innovation Law Center Students

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, By Martin Walls

Every semester, College of Law students in the Innovation Law Center (ILC) benefit from the extensive expertise and broad experience of practitioners who supervise student research projects for real-world clients. One of the adjunct law professors overseeing the Innovation Law…

Newsweek

Russian War Games: Don’t Believe the Hype

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Brian Taylor, a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and author of the newly-published book “The Code of Putinism.” was recently interviewed by Newsweek on the Russian-Chinese military exercises that are considered the largest war games of its kind since…

STEM

Physicist Awarded $1.2 Million NIH Grant to Enhance Protein Detection

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Professor Liviu Movileanu develops biosensors to identify proteins in leukemia, cancer A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is using a major grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support ongoing research into protein detection. Liviu…

Campus & Community

Born to Run: Community to Pay Tribute to Beloved Chemistry Professor, Runner Roger Hahn Sept. 14

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

  Roger Hahn approached life like a race—with passion and perseverance. Thus, when it came time for the beloved professor, also a fixture in the local running community, to hang up his sneakers, he did so with grace and dignity. “He…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Ranked Among OnStage Blog’s Top 25 Programs for Acting, Musical Theater, Theater Design and Technology

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, By Erica Blust

OnStage Blog has ranked Syracuse University on its top 25 lists for bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree programs in acting, musical theater and theater design and technology. The ranked programs are housed in the College of Visual and Performing…

Associated Press

Russia Uses Facebook to Disrupt Midterm Elections

Monday, September 10, 2018, By Essence Britt

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the Associated Press story “Using common social media tactics to subvert US elections.” Russia is working hard to disrupt the U.S midterm elections through social media outlets…

USA Today

Is Food the Deal Breaker for You?

Monday, September 10, 2018, By Essence Britt

A topic, a date, a break and now a deal breaker, food options has become the decision maker for high school students deciding on their “perfect” university. Syracuse University Food Services student-focused service was highlighted in a USA Today article “College…

STEM

Syracuse University Hosts Air Force Cybersecurity Workshop

Monday, September 10, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Shiu-Kai Chin, Professor Susan Older and David G. Edelstein Professor for Broadening Participation and Department Chair of EECS Jae Oh joined more than 20 selected experts from the Department of Defense, academia and…