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Tampa Bay Times

Whitman Retail Expert Discusses Macy’s Backstage Store

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Essence Britt

Amanda Nicholson, Professor of Retail Practice at the Whitman School of Management, was quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article “Is the future of department stores off-price? Macy’s Backstage opens in Tampa.” Macy’s recently took a huge step to fight…

Veterans

Nontraditional Students – Like Vets – Face Unique Challenges Heading Back to School

Tuesday, August 14, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

As parents, students and educational institutions focus on the start of a new semester, nontraditional students like veterans are often overlooked. Student veterans are likely to be older than peer classmates, married, have children and work full or part-time jobs…

STEM

Wearable IV Device Wins SU Campus Session of Invent@SU

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

It was a perfect meeting of tech and design. Industrial and interaction design majors Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20 saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids and spent six weeks designing…

STEM

Back to the Future of Climate Change

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study…

STEM

Nangia’s Research Featured on Journal of Physical Chemistry Cover

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Shikha Nangia’s research on the blood-brain barrier is prominently featured on the cover of the Aug. 2 Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, “Self-Assembly Simulations of Classic Claudins—Insights into the Pore Structure, Selectivity, and Higher Order Complexes,” is…

Campus & Community

University College Invites Faculty, Staff to Centennial Celebration Picnic

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

University College invites Syracuse University faculty and staff to a picnic on Friday, Sept. 7, from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. in the lot behind the UC building, 700 University Ave., to celebrate 100 years of providing education and support to part-time…

Campus & Community

Historic $1 Million Gift to Hendricks Chapel Launches New Student Opportunity Fund: Endowment Provides Financial Assistance for Students in Need

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Carol Boll

A historic $1 million gift to Hendricks Chapel will assist students experiencing financial hardship and ensure access to academic enrichment opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them, announced Hendricks Chapel Dean Brian Konkol. The gift, from a Syracuse University…

LocalSYR

Second Annual Invent@Su Program Leads to Stunning Inventions

Friday, August 10, 2018, By Essence Britt

The second annual Invent@SU program was featured in the News Channel 9 story “Spending the summer inventing at Syracuse University.” Invent@SU is a six-week program that offers hands-on experience for students at SU. Within this program, there are ten groups of two…

Campus & Community

Student Artists to Show Off Their Work Aug. 17 at Nancy Cantor Warehouse

Friday, August 10, 2018, By News Staff

Over the course of six weeks, 19 high school students from the Syracuse area have worked under the guidance of Syracuse University graduate students to expand and explore their artistic practices. Through intense and focused study in drawing, painting, digital…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Startup PowerSpike Raises $500,000, Joins Techstars Atlanta to Build Live Streaming Influencer Marketing Tools

Friday, August 10, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

PowerSpike, the leading influencer marketing and analytics platform for live streaming, announced this week a combined investment of $500,000 by The Sixers Innovation Lab Crafted by Kimball, Techstars Atlanta—in partnership with Cox Enterprises, Dorm Room Fund and other outside investors….