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Campus & Community

Participate in Young Adult Alcohol Study Research Project

Wednesday, June 22, 2016, By News Staff

The Young Adult Alcohol Study is designed to better understand drinking behaviors among college students. To qualify for the study, you must (1) be of Caucasian descent, (2) be between the ages of 18 and 30, (3) college student, (4)…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Announces First-of-Its-Kind Student Internship with Medtronic, WCG

Friday, June 17, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications has announced, in partnership with Medtronic, a global medical technology company, and WCG, an integrated communications and marketing firm and member firm of the W2O Group, the first recipients of its Annual…

Arts & Culture

Professor Sheds Light on Origins of Jewish Fiction

Friday, June 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The origins of modern Jewish literature are the focus of a new book by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. Ken Frieden, the B.G. Rudolph Professor of Jewish Studies, is the author of “Travels in Translation: Sea…

STEM

Syracuse Helps LIGO Detect Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes

Wednesday, June 15, 2016, By News Staff

Amber Lenon ’16, who earned a bachelor’s degree in May, was one of the undergraduates whose research confirmed that the signal from the black holes was, indeed, real.

Campus & Community

After More Than 40 Years of Service to the University, Dr. Louis G. Marcoccia Announces His Retirement as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Interim Successor Appointed

Wednesday, June 15, 2016, By News Staff

As executive vice president and chief financial officer over the last decade, Dr. Louis Marcoccia presided over unprecedented growth, …

STEM

iSchool Welcomes Five New Faculty Members

Tuesday, June 14, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has added five new professors to the tenure-track faculty ranks. Each are exceptional scholars and will continue to burnish the top-ranked programs and award-winning research of the Syracuse iSchool. Daniel E. Acuna Acuna earned his Ph.D….

STEM

Research Indicates Right Whales Have Individual Voices

Thursday, June 9, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The sounds were recorded using suction-cup acoustic tags attached to the animals to see whether their sounds could be used to tell the whales apart.

STEM

Study: Counties Would Gain in Economic Benefits from Power Plant Carbon Standard

Thursday, June 9, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Nearly all U.S. regions stand to gain economic benefits from power plant carbon standards that set moderately stringent emission targets and allow a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study co-authored by Charles Driscoll, University Professor of Civil…

STEM

Physicists Awarded $1.1 Million Grant

Wednesday, June 8, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Members of the High Energy Theory Group in the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support their work in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. Most…

STEM

The Salt City’s Technician—Gino Duca ’96, G ’09

Wednesday, June 8, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

In addition to full-time faculty members, students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science learn from adjunct faculty, many of whom are full-time, practicing engineers. One such professor is Gino Duca ’96, G’09, the president and co-founder of Salt…