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Media, Law & Policy

Kimberly Grinberg Prepares for an International Conference on US-Mexico Drug Policy

Friday, January 26, 2018, By Martin Walls

Third-year law students are busy enough in the spring semester, preparing for final exams, studying for the bar exam, lining up job interviews and looking ahead to Commencement. But in the middle of this crowded schedule, Kimberly Grinberg, a joint…

Campus & Community

National Pan-­Hellenic Council, University Union Join Forces for ‘Cuse for Good: Social Justice’

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By News Staff

University Union and the National Pan-­Hellenic Council (NPHC) have partnerred for a day of social justice sponsored by the Student Association. The event aims to create an environment in which the Syracuse University campus and Syracuse community can come together…

Business & Economy

Ed Pettinella G’76 MBA Establishes Second Endowed Professorship to Help Attract, Retain Exceptional Faculty

Thursday, January 25, 2018, By Alison Kessler

Syracuse University Trustee Edward “Ed” Pettinella G’76 MBA attributes his extraordinary 43-year career to two management principles: consistently hiring and retaining people who are ambitious, talented and motivated, and ensuring that the right people are in the right positions. The…

STEM

Engineering & Computer Science Student Named Miss Upstate New York; Promotes STEM to Young Women

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Emily Mahana ’18 had never entered a major pageant, but the senior civil and environmental engineering major from Cicero, New York, had always enjoyed watching them on television. “It’s my senior year, why not do something crazy?” thought Mahana. She reached…

Business & Economy

Two Syracuse Teams Advance to Hult Prize Regionals

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Student startups Farm to Flame Energy and Drop Top are advancing to the regionals of the prestigious Hult Prize. Farm to Flame Energy will compete in Boston, and Drop Top will compete in Toronto. Fifteen regional finals are being held…

STEM

Physicist Marchetti Named to Commission on Statistical Physics

Tuesday, December 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Distinguished Professor M. Cristina Marchetti has been elected to the Commission on Statistical Physics as part of a select group of international scientists. The Commission on Statistical Physics (C3) was established by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics…

Campus & Community

University Endorses Learning Outcomes Assessment to Ensure Academic Program Accountability, Excellence

Wednesday, December 13, 2017, By Carol Boll

Four years ago, math Professor Terry McConnell was asked to participate in a series of meetings with faculty to help advance a campuswide culture of assessment and allay any concerns about a Universitywide move toward student learning assessment. McConnell didn’t…

STEM

Bend Or Break? ECS 101 Students Test Wood Bridge Designs

Monday, December 11, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Designing a wood bridge is one thing. Actually building it knowing a series of 19-pound weights will be placed on it is another. Teams of first-year students from the College of Engineering & Computer Science in ECS 101 had about a week…

US News and World Report

How the Proposed Tax Plan Affects Students

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

If the proposed new tax plan goes through, college students may have a harder time paying off student loans. For US News and World Report, Maxwell Political Science Assistant Professor Chris Faricy helps explain how this would happen. “The middle…

STEM

Physics Alumnus Wins Major Dissertation Award

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, By Rob Enslin

An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is being recognized by the American Physical Society (APS). Nathan Jurik G’16, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford (U.K.), is the 2018 recipient of the Mitsuyoshi Tanaka…