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Media, Law & Policy

How Fake News is Damaging Democracy

Friday, September 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

An assistant professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Jeff Hemsley and his PhD students actively research the viral spread of fake news or other categorizations of viral information. In the wake of the mass shooting in…

Syracuse.com

Could a New Water Filtration System be on the Horizon for Syracuse?

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As an algae bloom clouded the typically clear Skaneateles Lake last week, much concern was drawn over the Syracuse tap water, which is unfiltered water from the lake. If the blooms were to persist, the city would be faced with…

Campus & Community

What You May Have Missed at the Student Involvement Fair

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Did you make it to the Student Involvement Fair this week? Members of nearly 200 recognized student organizations shared how students can get involved in myriad activities.

Media, Law & Policy

NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer to Speak at Newhouse School Sept. 11

Friday, September 1, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer will visit the Newhouse School Monday, Sept. 11. He will discuss “The Role of Media in Society” in conversation with Professor Tula Goenka at 1 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Meyer is…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Professors Recognized by IEEE

Thursday, August 31, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Professors Vir V. Phoha and Jay K. Lee have been honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology. Phoha, an expert in cybersecurity, received the 2017 IEEE…

National Geographic

Prof. Monmonier Examines Map Inventions in New Book

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Geography Professor Mark Monmonier of the Maxwell School was heavily featured in the National Geographic article, “These are the Cleverest, Weirdest, Mapping Ideas Ever Patented.” Monmonier uncovered and engaged with over 300 map-related patents for his new book, “Patents and…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series This Fall Hosts Six Novelists, Poets

Friday, August 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The fall semester of the 2017-18 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Wednesday, Sept. 20, with poet Solmaz Sharif. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an…

Arts & Culture

Going Places

Monday, August 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Santiago Quiñones ’90 has a knack for being in the right place at the right time—a quality that has served him well in television and film. Thus, it is fitting that he began his career as a location scout, tasked…

STEM

As High School Students, Kim La ’20 and The Ngo Got Hands-on Training in A&S Lab

Monday, August 14, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Two Syracuse City School District rising seniors were welcomed to Syracuse’s campus to get a taste of lab life and to prepare for college. Full-ride scholarships to top universities for both students show the experiment was a huge success. “Including…

Business & Economy

Life of Brian

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Brian Benedik’s infatuation with radio began on Aug. 2, 1983, when the now-legendary Z100 first roared out of the swamps of Secaucus, New Jersey. “I was in the car with my mother, and was fascinated by what I heard on…