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Business & Economy

Falk College and Whitman School Launch Dual Degree in Sport Management and Business

Friday, March 31, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management and David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics are launching a new undergraduate dual degree program that helps students pursue growing career opportunities in sports business. The new undergraduate sport management/business…

Media Tip Sheets

AI Ethicist Addresses Safety and Oversight Concerns

Thursday, March 30, 2023, By Christopher Munoz

Artificial Intelligence is advancing at a rapid pace, and some top researchers are calling for a pause. An open letter issued by the Future of Life Institute argues for a 6-month pause on the training of AI systems more powerful…

Media Tip Sheets

America’s Pastime in Less Time: What to Expect as MLB Season Begins

Thursday, March 30, 2023, By Keith Kobland

The Major League Baseball (MLB) season opens this week with major changes in store. A pitch clock, new pickoff limits, bigger bases and rules on shifting infielders are all aimed at helping America’s pastime take up less time. Three Syracuse…

Campus & Community

University Launches New BioTech/MBA Dual Degree That Combines Business and Science

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management are launching a new dual degree program: a master of science in biotechnology (M.S. in biotechnology) combined with the master of business administration (MBA). The…

Campus & Community

Sound Beat: Access Audiobook ‘King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic’

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Sound Beat: Access Audio recently released the audiobook “King Arthur and the Book of Corbenic” written by Christopher Catroppa ’22 on its website SoundBeat.org. This retelling of the king’s tale portrays Arthur as a young man gazing…

Campus & Community

3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy

Friday, March 24, 2023, By Eileen Korey

On the drive from his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to his alma mater in Syracuse, New York, Michael G. “Mike” Thonis ’72 says he counts rock formations, knows all their geological names and notices “as they suddenly become very dark…

Media, Law & Policy

Veteran Journalist Judy Woodruff to Receive Fred Dressler Leadership Award at Newhouse School’s Mirror Awards Ceremony June 12

Friday, March 24, 2023, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Veteran journalist Judy Woodruff, longtime anchor and managing editor of the “PBS NewsHour” and now a senior correspondent, will be honored with the Fred Dressler Leadership Award at the 17th annual Mirror Awards ceremony on June 12. The awards, sponsored…

Health & Society

Falk College and Whitman School Launch 2 New Public Health and Business Dual Degree Programs

Wednesday, March 22, 2023, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management and the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics are launching two new dual degree programs to leverage both schools’ national reputations and programmatic strengths. The new programs—an undergraduate public health/business…

Campus & Community

Maxwell Professor Thomas Perreault Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

Friday, March 17, 2023, By News Staff

Thomas Perreault, professor of geography and the environment in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named a Fulbright Specialist, an honor that connects faculty in the U.S. with institutions worldwide. For six weeks this summer, Perreault…

Campus & Community

Lender Center Symposium Examines Complexity of Launching Neighborhood Women’s Wellness Program

Wednesday, March 15, 2023, By Diane Stirling

The disparities between well-intentioned plans for a women-only wellness center on the City of Syracuse’s North Side area and the challenges of providing wellness programming given neighborhood resources and conditions is the topic of the 2022-2023 Lender Center for Social…