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Arts & Culture

Nando Alvarez-Perez to Visit Light Work for Artist Talk, Q&A Nov. 13

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work Lab will host a special artist talk and Q&A with Nando Alvarez-Perez, on Monday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., during which he will discuss his art, current residency at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, and his thoughts…

Jurist

David Crane on Chemical Weapons and International Law

Monday, November 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

In an op-ed piece for Jurist News, Syracuse Law Professor David Crane argues against chemical warfare, particularly in regards to how the usage of chemicals weapons should be viewed and tried by governing forces. “The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…

STEM

Researchers Combine Experimentation, Simulation to Understand Chronic Infections

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

People who suffer from chronic infections, such as Lyme disease, are forced to resign themselves to the fact that they will live with the disease for the rest of their lives. Researchers in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are taking…

STEM

Arents Winner Mary Spio ’98 Brings Virtual Reality to Everyday People

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As Neil Armstrong took his infamous “one small step” onto the surface of the moon, Mary Spio’s world took a giant leap forward. Decades removed from the actual event, as a child in Ghana, Spio watched a lunar landing documentary…

Media, Law & Policy

To Politicize the New York City Terrorist Attack is Folly

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Corri Zoli, Director of Research for the Institute for National Security and Counter Terrorism and Research Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to speak on the domestic terrorism attack in lower Manhattan. “The attack looks like another low-tech terrorist…

STEM

NYSSTLC Helps Write ModoScript’s Next Chapter

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Martin Walls

Not every entrepreneur’s prescription for success is exactly the same, but there are often many ingredients in common: a novel idea, a vision of success, hard yards, a dash of luck and a carefully cultivated network of advisors, mentors, investors…

Media, Law & Policy

Social Media Experts Available for Commentary on Russian Hacking

Sunday, October 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

On Nov. 1, representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify publically before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House intelligence committee’s Russia Investigative Task Force. These hearings will question how Russian-backed accounts used these social…

STEM

MLB.Com College Challenge Returns for Eighth Year

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By J.D. Ross

For the eighth consecutive year, Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division (MLB.com) and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have teamed up to challenge Syracuse University students to see if they have what it takes to make it in baseball’s…

Campus & Community

Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to be Held Friday

Thursday, October 26, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.

Media, Law & Policy

Alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Newhouse School and Maxwell School alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 has been named anchor of the CBS Evening News. The announcement was made Wednesday by CBS News President David Rhodes. “Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the versatility to anchor in any…