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Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Jay Cox

When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…

Campus & Community

University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Thursday, Jan. 10

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University continues to monitor weather conditions and assess travel conditions to and from campus pertaining to the Winter Storm Warning issued for Wednesday, Jan. 9, through the early evening of Thursday, Jan. 10. This effort includes reviewing the most…

Media Tip Sheets

Five Things To Know About January’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This month’s rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022. Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Freeman answers five questions…

Veterans

Syracuse University Shows Strong Presence at Student Veteran National Conference

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Recently, a group of Syracuse University students, composed of 17 student veterans, two ROTC cadets, one military spouse and two students from the University Student Association, attended the Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference in Orlando, Florida. The student…

Arts & Culture

VPA Communications Design Students Win Big in Creative Quarterly International Competition

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Erica Blust

Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won big in the international Creative Quarterly 54 competition. Five of the 12 winning entries in the graphic design student category were submitted by members…

Media Tip Sheets

What to Expect with President Trump’s Speech on the Government Shutdown

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, is available to discuss President Trump’s primetime speech on the partial government shutdown. Prof. Phillips taught a class about the rhetoric of President Trump and popular culture and offered four…

Campus & Community

Students: Name Your New Undergraduate Research Office

Monday, January 7, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Last November, Syracuse University announced an annual commitment of $1 million to expand undergraduate research, creativity and discovery. The hub of this investment—the Undergraduate Research Office—will work across colleges and schools to foster and support diverse undergraduate engagement in faculty-guided…

STEM

Physicist Gabriela González G’95 Reveals How Syracuse Prepared Her to Make Science History

Friday, January 4, 2019, By Rob Enslin

For Gabriela González G’95, life is a honeymoon—to quote a recent country hit. No sooner had the renowned physicist returned from her own honeymoon than she and her husband, fellow Argentinian theorist Jorge Pullin, moved the party to Syracuse in 1989. Swapping…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Awarded NEH Fellowship to Study Democratization of Islamic Laws

Friday, January 4, 2019, By Rob Enslin

A Syracuse University professor has received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship, supporting research into the complex interplay between democracy and Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) in non-Muslim-majority countries. Yüksel Sezgin, associate professor of political science in the Maxwell…

Campus & Community

Accreditation Assessment Team Invites Public To Comment

Thursday, January 3, 2019, By News Staff

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on campus Sunday, Feb. 3, to examine all aspects of the Syracuse University Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) policy and procedures, management, operation and…