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Business & Economy

Life of Brian

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Brian Benedik’s infatuation with radio began on Aug. 2, 1983, when the now-legendary Z100 first roared out of the swamps of Secaucus, New Jersey. “I was in the car with my mother, and was fascinated by what I heard on…

STEM

Syracuse Revels in Mega-Science Experiment to Study Neutrinos

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Associate Professor Mitchell Soderberg and Assistant Professor Denver Whittington are part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

Media, Law & Policy

Marcus Lane Jr. Reflects on Syracuse Experiences, Montgomery Fellowship

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Marcus Lane Jr. of Hartford, Connecticut, is a rising junior studying policy studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is also a member of the Renée Crown University Honors…

Health & Society

The Failed Policies of D.A.R.E.

Thursday, July 20, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced support of the D.A.R.E. program last week but research has shown the program and its methods for drug deterrence have not worked, according to Syracuse University researchers. Shannon Monnat, the incoming Lerner Chair for Public Health…

Campus & Community

fullCIRCLE Mentoring Program Opens Application for Faculty, Staff Mentors

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, By News Staff

The fullCIRCLE Mentoring Program in the Office of Multicultural Affairs welcomes its sixth cohort of mentees and peer mentors at the start of the 2017-18 academic year. It is now recruiting faculty and staff mentors to provide consistent support to…

Arts & Culture

New ELI Director Announced

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

David Lind has been appointed the new director of the English Language Institute at University College. Lind has a B.A. in history from Cornell University and an M.Ed in applied linguistics from Open University. For the past two years, Lind…

STEM

Girl Who Codes Helps Girls Who Code

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Sophie Estep

According to the National Center for Women in Technology’s 2016 analysis, only 26 percent of professional computing occupations in the United States are held by women. This statistic is shocking in the current age of educational equality, but is on a…

Health & Society

Q&A: Margaret Voss on Coffee-Longevity Link

Friday, July 14, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Margaret Voss is a professor of practice in Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. She teaches courses in nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and nutrigenomics. She shared her thoughts about recently released research that seems to indicate that…

STEM

Alumnus Posthumously Named to National Mining Hall of Fame

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) in Leadville, Colorado, will posthumously honor an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Vincent E. McKelvey ’39, a noted research geologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1971-77, is part of…