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Arts & Culture

Shakespeare in Our Time

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dympna Callaghan, the William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the College of Arts and Sciences, has plenty to say about William Shakespeare, as the world marks the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016. She returned to campus…

STEM

Scholar Spotlight: Gabriel Smolnycki ’17

Thursday, January 21, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

When Gabriel Smolnycki graduates, his diploma will list his major as mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, but that won’t capture the full breadth of his Syracuse education. In addition to mechanical, he’s taking electrical engineering…

STEM

Students Can Highlight Research, Creative Work at Upcoming ACC Meeting of the Minds

Tuesday, January 19, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Biology student Alexandria Aruck ’16 engaged with students doing research outside of her field for the first time at the ACC’s Meeting of the Minds Conference last year at North Carolina State University. “It was an opportunity for me to…

STEM

Teaching Drones to Stay on Target

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By News Staff

Many of us would be lost without Google Maps to help us navigate to our destinations. And many of us have experienced the frustration when low signal strength prevents us from knowing where we are or where we are going….

Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?

Media, Law & Policy

Jay Alter ’16 Continues University Broadcast Tradition

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Keith Kobland

For one of the leading broadcast schools in the country, it’s a story with a familiar ring. A young talented broadcaster, after honing his skills at Newhouse and WAER, becomes a familiar voice, announcing regionally and nationally televised sporting events….

STEM

LHCb’s Pentaquark Discovery Named Top 10 Breakthrough of 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A discovery by scientists in the College of Arts and Sciences has been named one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the year by Physics World magazine. The Top 10 is chosen by a panel of Physics World editors and…

Alumna Interprets Cybersecurity on Capitol Hill

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Jessica Wilkerson ’13, who graduated with a major in  policy studies from the Maxwell School and minors in computer science and mathematics, is watching software envelop the world from an interesting vantage point—atop Capitol Hill. As an oversight associate for…

An Examined Life

Wednesday, December 9, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Rev. Robert Grant ’39 never thought he’d go to college. After all, it was the height of the Depression, and his family barely scraped by on his father’s meager salary as a janitor. Then fate intervened, as it would…

Health & Society

Maxwell Students Travel to Rome for Unique Food Security Class

Tuesday, December 8, 2015, By Scott Barrett

On Friday, Dec. 11, 25 Maxwell School graduate students in international relations, public administration and public diplomacy will hold the final session in a one-of-a-kind, short-term class titled “Food Security and Policy.” They will reflect on a Thanksgiving-break class trip…