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Campus & Community

Register Now to Explore the University’s Robust Research Computing Resources

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Christopher C. Finkle

The upcoming computing colloquies will help campus researchers identify and make the most of the diverse array of campus computing resources available at the University. All faculty, students and staff conducting, planning or supporting research activities at the University are…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Presents Musical, Literary Events April 12-13

Tuesday, April 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong survey of “Belonging” with a trio of arts events, April 12-13. On Thursday, April 12, singer-songwriter Colleen Kattau G’92 will present a lecture-performance about the Latin American New Song Movement from 2-3:20 p.m. in 304 Tolley. The program is part…

Campus & Community

Covington, Schaf Named Class of 2019 Senior Class Marshals

Monday, April 9, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Covington and Schaf will lead the Class of 2019 and carry their class banner to open Syracuse University’s 165th Commencement ceremony.

STEM

Invent@SU Students Design Inflatable Cushion to Help People with Mobility Challenges

Friday, April 6, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

As part of the Invent@SU session held in New York City during the summer of 2017, Kalia Barrow ’17 and Ruby Batbaatar ’19 invented “Pneu-Strength.” There device is an inflatable cushion system that can help people with mobility issues to…

Campus & Community

College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2018 VPA Scholars

Wednesday, April 4, 2018, By Erica Blust

Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are…

Business & Economy

Whitman Seniors Featured among Poets & Quants for Best and Brightest Business Majors

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

Catherine Cummings and Justin Harris, both seniors at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, were featured as two of the “best & brightest undergraduate business majors,” by Poets & Quants for Undergrads, a news website for undergraduate business education….

Moneyish

Why Celeb Documentaries are in Fashion

Sunday, April 1, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

With documentaries like HBO’s ‘Andre the Giant’ and ‘Being Serena,’ we are seeing a new wave of ventures premiering more and more documentaries based on the lives of celebrities. Why is this? For Moneyish, Newhouse professor and director of the…

Media, Law & Policy

Can Judges Rule on Gerrymandering and Stay Non-Political?

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies issues around gerrymandering and perceptions of judicial bias, is available to discuss the legal issues of Benisek v. Lamone which will be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March…

Campus & Community

TEDx Syracuse University Announces Speakers for 2018 Conference

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The student organizers at the TEDx Syracuse University conference have unveiled the speakers who will be presenting at the annual event this April. The team has always made it a point to select speakers from a variety of professions and locations,…

Time

Jennifer Grygiel on how much our data is worth to Facebook

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications at Newhouse, was interviewed by Money magazine about the value that users bring to Facebook. F acebook profits off of its 1.4 billion daily users in a big way: According to its most recent filings with the…