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Former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend to Give Next University Lecture
Andreas Weigend, former chief scientist at Amazon and founder of Social Data Lab, is the next speaker in the 2014-15 University Lectures series. His presentation, “We Are Our Data: Harnessing the Power of Social Data,” is Tuesday, March 3, at…
Whitman School to Host First Graduate Student Stock Pitch Competition
The Whitman School will host its first graduate student stock pitch competition on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in Lender Auditorium. Organized by the finance department, the event features three graduate student teams pitching three different stocks. The student…
Professor Explores ‘Judicial Politics in Polarized Times’
Do judges serve as neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists or political actors whose decisions conform to—rather than challenge—the democratic will? That is one of the many questions that political scientist Thomas Keck seeks to answer in his latest book,…
Syracuse Scholar: Natalie Rebeyev ’15
Natalie Rebeyev, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Gates Cambridge Scholar, enabling her to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject at the University of Cambridge (U.K.). A dual major in biology…
University Honors Poet-Activist Minnie Bruce Pratt Feb. 26
Poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt will be the subject of a major celebration, on the eve of her retirement from the College of Arts and Sciences. A professor in both the Writing Program and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS),…
Marine Geologist Daniel Fornari to Headline Holmes Ceremony Feb. 26
Daniel Fornari, a world-renowned marine geologist, will headline the annual Chauncey D. Holmes Ceremony and Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Heroy Geology Laboratory. Free and open to the public, the event also…
Huang Receives NSF Grant for Mobile Crowdsourcing System
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a continuing grant to School of Information Studies (iSchool) assistant professor and principal investigator Yun Huang to examine two questions related to public safety and mobile crowdsourcing. The two-pronged study, the first phase…
Center for European Studies CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Attention Syracuse University Graduate and Doctoral Students: Call for Proposals: Deadline 2/26/15 Center for European Studies Graduate Student Summer Research Grants The Center for European Studies of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, in the Maxwell School of…
Program on Latin America and the Caribbean CALL FOR PROOSALS
Attention Syracuse University Graduate Students: Call for Proposals: Deadline 2/26/15 PLACA Graduate Student Summer Research Grants This year the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean (PLACA) will grant awards to graduate students of up to $1,500 to support field…
South Asia Center CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Call for Proposals: Deadline 2/26/15 South Asia Center Graduate Student Summer Research Grants The South Asia Center announces the competition for the Bharati Memorial Award for the summer of 2015 (or AY 2015-16) for grants leading to doctoral dissertation research….