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’Cuse Cast for Week of Dec. 4
Jonathan Singh G’18 anchors this week’s ’Cuse Cast from in front of Hinds Hall, the home of the iSchool, where he has details on two big events happening at the School of Information Studies.
Falk Sport Analytics Majors Place First at NYU’s SABR Diamond Dollars Case Competition
A team representing the Syracuse University Sport Management Baseball Statistics and Sabermetrics Club won the SABR Diamond Dollars Case Competition at NYU earlier this month. Falk College sport analytics majors Justin Perline ’19, CB Garrett ’19, Luke Scheetz ’21, Trevor…
Expert Commentary: The Implications of Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Attorney John Wolohan, a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, is available to speak to the issues surrounding Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on Monday, December 4…
Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Syracuse Qualifier for Hult Prize Competition
The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library will host a Dec. 11 campus qualifier for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. Known as “The Nobel Prize for student startups,” the Hult Prize…
Physics Alumnus Wins Major Dissertation Award
An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is being recognized by the American Physical Society (APS). Nathan Jurik G’16, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford (U.K.), is the 2018 recipient of the Mitsuyoshi Tanaka…
Cameron MacPherson Named as University’s First Mitchell Scholar
MacPherson is one of only 12 U.S. students selected from more than 300 applicants for the award this year. He will use the award to study intercultural theology at Trinity College, Dublin.
Syracuse Continues Giving Tuesday Tradition with GivingCUSEday
Giving Tuesday—the Tuesday following Thanksgiving—is a global day of giving, a day when the world comes together to support causes we truly value. Because Syracuse University holds such a special place in the hearts of so many people, SU has…
New Biography ‘A Swoony Valentine’ to Joni Mitchell
A review in The Nation magazine calls David Yaffe’s new biography about the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell “a swoony valentine to Mitchell, or at least to the effect that her music can have on the spirit.” Yaffe is unapologetic about…
Biology Expert Details Whale Research
Susan Parks, an Associate Professor in the Biology department of the College of Arts and Sciences, does unique research with some of the biggest animals on Earth, whales that roam beneath the ocean’s surface. She was featured in a BBC…
Impact Prize Winners Announced
A panel of area civic leaders this week announced the winners of the first Impact Prize competition at Syracuse University. Winners were selected for the most innovative and implementable ideas to help solve civic, environmental, economic or other public challenges,…