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From Zero to Hero: Syracuse University Esports Program Earns National Recognition in First Year

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, By Matt Michael

This past academic year served as “Year Zero” for Syracuse University’s esports program, which includes an academic degree program starting this fall and competitive teams that vie for national championships in their respective games. But the program’s first year was…

STEM

Scientists Untangle Interactions Between Earth’s Early Life Forms, Environment Over 500M Years

Monday, July 29, 2024, By News Staff

The atmosphere, the ocean and life on Earth interacted over the past 500-plus million years in ways that improved conditions for early organisms to thrive. Now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists has produced a perspective article of this co-evolutionary history…

Media, Law & Policy

Is a More Sustainable Olympics Possible?: Q&A With Maxwell Professor Matthew Huber

Sunday, July 21, 2024, By Kathleen Haley

Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics are committed to creating the most sustainable Games ever—limiting new construction, sourcing local food and using 100% renewable energy, for example. But could a global event with millions of people from all over the…

Campus & Community

Collin Capano ’05, G’11 Breaking New Ground With Open Source Program Office and Astrophysics Research

Friday, July 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Collin Capano ’05, G’11, director of the University’s new Open Source Program Office (OSPO), has been in the right place at the right time for breakthrough discoveries and innovative programming several times in his career. His latest role is another…

STEM

NASA Award Helps Doctoral Student Develop Space-Structure Composite Materials

Friday, July 19, 2024, By Diane Stirling

Second-year graduate student Andrea Hoe grew up designing and building projects with her father in their backyard. She also loved spending time with her family surveying the night sky. As a young child, she wanted to be an astronaut. So,…

Media, Law & Policy

USA Today Audience Editor Sydney Bergan ’23 Lands ‘Surreal’ Olympic Assignment

Thursday, July 18, 2024, By John Boccacino

The internship that launched Sydney Bergan ’23 on a path to covering the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, France, started off on an unexpected trajectory. As a junior at Syracuse University, Bergan landed an internship through the prestigious Dow Jones…

Media Tip Sheets

Political Science Experts Available for Election 2024

Thursday, July 18, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters covering the fast-moving 2024 presidential election, please see the list of Syracuse University experts available to discuss the issues as they happen. Please contact Ellen James Mbuqe, executive director of media relations, via ejmbuqe@syr.edu to arrange interviews with any…

Media, Law & Policy

NBC’s Voice of the Olympics Mike Tirico ’88: Memorable Olympic Moments and a Love for All Things Orange (Podcast)

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, By Keith Kobland

When the Olympic Games begin later this month, one of the University’s best-known alums will be front and center. In many ways it’s a role Mike Tirico ’88 knew he wanted at an early age. “My mom will tell you,…

Media Tip Sheets

The Trump Documents Case Should Not Have Been Dismissed, says law prof

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, By Ellen Mbuqe

By Gregory Germain, Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law Donald Trump and his associates were charged with stealing, mishandling, concealing, and lying about classified government documents taken by Trump on his way out of the White House.  Judge…

Arts & Culture

Urban Video Project Presents Paulina Velázquez Solís: ‘Unseen/forgotten: An Ode to a Humble Landscape’

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, By News Staff

Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) is pleased to present the exhibition “Unseen/forgotten: An ode to the humble landscape | Invisible/olvidado: Oda al paisaje humilde” from July 18-Sept. 28 at its architectural projection venue on the Everson Museum facade. In…