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“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…

Media, Law & Policy

IJPM Speaker Series to Start Feb. 17

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Robert Conrad

The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics & the Media (IJPM) will kick off its eighth annual Law, Politics & the Media Speaker Series on Feb. 17. The speaker series, co-sponsored by IJPM and the Tully Center for…

The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…

STEM

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes

Campus & Community

University College

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By News Staff

The following part-time Syracuse University students, enrolled part-time through University College, were among the students named to the Fall 2015 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must be matriculated in a degree program, have completed 12 credit…

Campus & Community

Students, Faculty, Staff Invited to Participate in Climate Assessment Survey

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The Syracuse University Climate Assessment Survey is now under way and continues through March 11. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the survey in its convenient online format or in a paper-and-pencil version available at the information…

STEM

Live Press Conference: Searching for Gravitational Waves

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, By Keith Kobland

A century after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundation will gather scientists from Syracuse University, Caltech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration to update the scientific community on efforts to detect them.

Arts & Culture

ARC Students’ Award-Winning Design to Model Future Green Development in China

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

Three architecture M.S. students in Assistant Professor Fei Wang’s fall 2015 “Low-Carbon City” studio have won second-place—and a $30,000 prize—in the international competition sponsored by the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) for design of Shenzhen, China’s Future Low-Carbon Building…

Veterans

Whitman Ranked No. 5 in Military Times’ ‘Best for Vets’ Business School Ranking

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management is the No. 1-ranked private business school for veterans, and has been ranked No. 5 by Military Times in its 2016 list of Best for Vets: Business Schools, the publication announced Feb. 8….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Jumps into Top Research Tier in New Carnegie Classifications

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Carol Boll

In the new rankings, which are issued twice a decade, Syracuse moved from an “R2” designation in 2010, denoting a “higher research activity,” to an R1 designation, which is the top research class a university can be awarded.