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Health & Society

Oct. 11 Lecture will Focus on Addressing Poverty

Friday, October 6, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Rev. Liz Theoharis will speak about her new book, “Always with Us: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor,” on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. A book signing will follow. Parking is available in the…

STEM

iSchool Student Helps Bring Data to Life in Visuals for IVMF

Friday, October 6, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Aiyappa Uthaiah G’18, a master’s student in the School of Information Studies (iSchool), is helping administrators at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) better understand a crucial tool in interpreting trends related to veterans’ programs and services. Uthaiah works…

Campus & Community

Suzanne Ortega to Speak on Ph.D. Career Preparation

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By News Staff

On Friday, Oct. 6, the Graduate School and Syracuse University’s Future Professoriate Program (FPP) welcome to campus Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools. Ortega will give at talk at 4 p.m. in 105 Life Sciences Building, followed by…

Media, Law & Policy

Gerrymandering is the Same as Giving One Team Complete Control of the Scoreboard

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Professor of Law Keith Bybee directs the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media (IJPM), a collaborative effort between the College of Law, the Maxwell School, and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. His areas of…

Health & Society

Humanitarian Computing

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

There are many places in the world that are too remote, too poor or too embroiled in conflict to provide basic human services—including healthcare. Instead of doctor’s offices or hospitals, medical services are often provided by traveling volunteers or even…

Arts & Culture

English Professor Wins National Literary Prize

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences has received one of the nation’s largest prizes for fiction writing. Dana Spiotta, an associate professor of English who teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, is the winner…

Campus & Community

Record Crowd Expected for Orange Central 2017

Thursday, October 5, 2017, By John Boccacino

The week started with several student-focused programs hosted by the Traditions Commission and will kick into high gear Thursday afternoon through Sunday with more than 2,200 alumni and friends signed up for the weekend’s festivities.

Business & Economy

A System and Method for Tracking and Managing Skills: TCLC Helps a Rochester Entrepreneur Protect a Bright Idea

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Martin Walls

It is perhaps difficult to remember a time before the nutrition facts label. Before 1990, information about the calories, cholesterol, fat content and vitamins in the food we eat was sparse and non-standard. Now the label is a mandatory, ubiquitous…

Media, Law & Policy

Fake news is entering a more ruthless and dangerous stage

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Joel Kaplan, the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and Professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, reacts to reports on the fake news proliferating after the deadly Las Vegas shooting. “For those who believe the notion of fake news is ending…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Schine Feasibility Study Roundtable Discussion on Oct. 4

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The campus community is invited to engage in a roundtable discussion about the Schine Student Center Feasibility Study on Oct. 4 from 6:30-8 p.m. in 304 Schine Student Center. At the roundtable, students, faculty and staff are invited to provide…