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Campus & Community

Message to the Community from Chancellor Syverud

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: The United States government on Friday issued several executive orders. It is important for Syracuse University to reaffirm some of its key values that are implicated by these orders—and for the University to specify how…

Campus & Community

Message From Chancellor Kent Syverud

Monday, January 30, 2017, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: The United States government on Friday issued several executive orders. It is important for Syracuse University to reaffirm some of its key values that are implicated by these orders—and for the University to specify how…

Message from Tony Callisto Jr., SVP for Safety and Chief Law Enforcement Officer

Monday, January 30, 2017, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Syracuse University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to follow longstanding policies regarding inquiries about individual immigration status and federal immigration investigations. In the course of its regular activities and investigations, DPS does not inquire…

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Trump card could be played at Super Bowl

Sunday, January 29, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Upwards of 180 million Americans could be huddled around televisions on Feb. 5 to watch the National Football League’s title game between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, and newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of America could…

STEM

Faculty Awarded Air Force Grant to Supercharge Information Fusion

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Faculty in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded a $295,000 grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to introduce dynamic data to the design of information fusion systems to accelerate the processing of large amounts…

Campus & Community

Four Questions Regarding Body Worn Cameras For DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently received an $88,000 grant from the Federal Bureau of Justice to purchase new body worn cameras (BWC). The award assisted the department in purchasing and outfitting all of the sworn peace officers with…

STEM

The Science of Shipwrecks

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers and the…

STEM

The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…

Business & Economy

Apply Now for the Invention Accelerator

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

This summer, a newly launched Invention Accelerator, modeled after Invention Factory, will train undergraduate Syracuse University students to “design, prototype and pitch” as they invent tangible products. A collaboration between the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the College of Architecture and…

STEM

Campus Becomes a Laboratory for Sustainability Research and Education

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By News Staff

Six faculty and student projects will receive grants totaling $50,000 this spring through the new Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer opportunities for communication and…