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Business & Economy

Student Venture Captures Top Prize in International Innovation Competition

Friday, October 20, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Josh Aviv, co-founder and CEO of SparkCharge, won grand prize at the Blackstone/Techstars global venture pitch competition in New York City on Oct. 18. The competition came at the conclusion of a two-day Blackstone/Techstars Training Camp, an innovative new program…

Business & Economy

Sport Management Professor Receives Grants to Study 2018 Winter Olympics Youth Viewership

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, By Michele Barrett

With final preparations underway for the 2018 Winter Olympics, scheduled to begin Feb. 9  in PyeongChang, South Korea, Falk College Assistant Professor of Sport Management Jamie Jeeyoon Kim is researching the negotiation of motivation and constraints in young people’s decision making…

STEM

Peter Saulson: ‘Astronomy Will Never Be the Same’

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it…

Campus & Community

Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services Launches Strategic Planning Process

Friday, October 13, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services (BFAS) has launched a strategic planning process for all of its units and functions. The important planning process will allow the University’s administrative and financial units to fully align and support…

Health & Society

Bridges to Food Quality

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

As a young man, Minhao Chen G’12 began to notice that something wasn’t right. One by one, family friends in Shanghai were being diagnosed with cancer. By the time he had completed his undergraduate degree in China, five people he knew had…

Campus & Community

University Welcomes Families for Family Weekend 2017

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

This upcoming weekend, Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 15, family members will join the Syracuse University community to participate in Family Weekend 2017.  Over 1,800 families, totaling over 5,100 people, are registered to attend, making it one of the…

Campus & Community

WellsLink Hosts 14th Annual Transitions Ceremony

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, By News Staff

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host the 14th Annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 20, starting at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Campus community members are invited to attend the ceremony to honor the WellsLink Scholars from the previous year who have…

Arts & Culture

Tony Award Winner for Best Play, ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ to Play at Syracuse Stage

Monday, October 9, 2017, By Joanna Penalva

Syracuse Stage brings a deeply moving and engaging experience with the Tony award-winning (Best Play) show “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” adapted by Simon Stephens from the original novel by Mark Haddon. “Curious Incident” is co-produced…

Campus & Community

Images from Orange Central 2017

Monday, October 9, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Alumni were back on campus this past weekend—take a look at some of the events and the new memories made. Alumni Marching Band members during Orange Central 2017  

Campus & Community

Looking for Creators for ’Cuse Market, Oct. 20 at Bird Library

Friday, October 6, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad is looking for innovators, makers and creatives for ’Cuse Market. The annual pop-up shop and product showcase will be held Friday, Oct. 20, from 3- 5 p.m. in the Learning Commons, first floor of Bird Library. Each…