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Campus & Community

Internal Grant Program to Help Advance Diversity and Inclusion Goals

Monday, February 12, 2018, By Carol Boll

The Office of the Provost has launched a new internal grant program designed to enhance and sustain an inclusive, accessible campus community. The grant program—known as the Unsurpassed Student Experience Diversity and Inclusion (USE D&I) Grant—seeks to support diversity programs…

Campus & Community

iSchool, AT&T, City of Syracuse Partner to Launch Civic Data Hackathon Focused on Snow Removal

Friday, February 9, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), AT&T and the City of Syracuse have announced the launch of a civic hackathon, Plowing Through the Data, powered by AT&T. The partnership between the iSchool, the city and AT&T is the second community-based hackathon in Syracuse…

Business & Economy

Data to Drive Future of Amazon-Whole Foods Grocery Delivery

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week Amazon announced it will begin delivering groceries from Whole Foods via Prime Now service to customers in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Virginia Beach. The company says it plans to expand the service to other U.S. cities later this…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Receives $40,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By News Staff

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu has announced that Light Work is one of 936 not-for-profit national, regional, state and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Light Workwill receive $40,000 to support its artist-in-residence program and production…

STEM

Chemist Designs Diabetic Treatment Minus Harmful Side Effects

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise. Robert Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith…

Media, Law & Policy

Waymo-Uber Case to Set New Implications for California’s Start-Up Culture

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The suit being brought by a division of Google Alphabet – Waymo – claims that Uber stole trade secrets regarding the technical details of self-driving cars. Professor Shubha Ghosh serves as Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the…

Veterans

Syracuse University Cybersecurity Program Named No. 1 By Military Times

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

The University’s cybersecurity programs challenge students to develop solutions for today’s issues and future threats. They address an acute need in the military, government and industry sectors for specialists in cybersecurity.

Arts & Culture

Annual Black Lounge Celebration to Feature Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the annual Black Lounge celebration on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium in Schine Student Center. Each year, this signature event held during Black History Month brings the campus community…

STEM

New App Hopes to Reduce Suicides, Alert Psychiatrists to Concerning Social Media Posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

A current research project in the College of Engineering and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their caregivers in time to intervene quickly. Graduate…

Campus & Community

Common Space—Life in the Engineering & Computer Science Learning Community

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Going away to college is a rite of passage. For roommates Anna Holdosh ’21 and Priya Ganesh ’21, move-in day was as nerve-racking as it was exciting. Fortunately, they have one big thing in common—they are both students in the…