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Peter Saulson: ‘Astronomy Will Never Be the Same’

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it…

Campus & Community

Jose Perez L’07 and Luis Columna Honored at Fiesta Latina

Friday, October 13, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

Each year during Latino Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM), the University hosts Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Latino culture that features Latino cuisine, live music and dancing.  The event also includes the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award and Trailblazer…

Media, Law & Policy

Top-Ranked Maxwell School and CSIS to Partner on Executive IR Degree in Washington, D.C.

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By News Staff

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) have announced a new partnership to launch an executive master’s in international relations degree program in Washington, D.C., beginning in 2018. This advanced degree…

Health & Society

Bridges to Food Quality

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As a young man, Minhao Chen G’12 began to notice that something wasn’t right. One by one, family friends in Shanghai were being diagnosed with cancer. By the time he had completed his undergraduate degree in China, five people he knew had…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Hosts World Englishes Conference

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…

Media, Law & Policy

Amanda Chou selected for Clinton Global Initiative University

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Amanda Chou ’19 has been selected to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in Boston.  CGI U was established in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. It is a…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR Chair Rochelle Ford Co-Edits Book on Prominent Public Relations Figure Ofield Dukes

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rochelle Ford, professor and chair of the public relations department in the Newhouse School, and the Rev. Unnia L. Pettus are co-editors of a new book, “Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes,” which has been nominated for…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Fall Digital Panel Event: Podcasting

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, By News Staff

With over 400,000 different shows available for download on Apple Podcasts, podcasting has hit its stride. Recent years have seen the medium steadily gain traction with listeners. As audiences grow, the industry faces challenges with content creation, content discovery and monetization….

STEM

Curious Properties

Monday, September 11, 2017, By News Staff

Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of Syracuse’s Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…

Campus & Community

University Announces $40 Million Financial Aid Fundraising Initiative

Wednesday, July 26, 2017, By News Staff

Today, Syracuse University launched an ambitious fundraising effort focused specifically on raising $40 million for scholarships and other forms of financial aid in the next two and a half years. The “Invest Syracuse” fundraising effort is part of Invest Syracuse:…