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Media, Law & Policy

Bill Brings CCJI One Step Closer to Having Emmett Till Act Extended

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Scott McDowell

This week both houses of the U.S. Congress introduced a bill to reauthorize the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act, which expires in 2017, in a bipartisan effort to continue the work begun by the Department of Justice (DOJ)…

Arts & Culture

Variety Names VPA a ‘School on the Move’ for Film

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) was listed as a “School on the Move” in Variety’s April 26 issue, which includes a feature on entertainment education. According to Variety, the “Schools on the Move” list recognizes those institutions…

Campus & Community

Raina, Scott Honored for Work with Graduate Students

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Ramesh Raina and Sascha Scott, professors in the College of Arts and Sciences, are being recognized for their exceptional work with graduate students. Raina, associate professor and chair of the Department of Biology, will receive the 2016 William Wasserstrom Prize…

Campus & Community

University Launches Middle States Reaccreditation Process

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Carol Boll

The University has formally begun the process of conducting an institutional assessment and self-study required every 10 years in order to retain its accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. As an initial step in the self-study process,…

Campus & Community

Protect Yourself! Ransomware Is on the Rise

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University is experiencing increasing ransomware attacks, in which criminals send email to disseminate malware that encrypts and locks down computers, and then demand the owners pay a ransom to get their data and machines back. We’re not alone. In…

Campus & Community

Gorovitz to Receive SUNY Honorary Degree May 22

Wednesday, April 27, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the State University of New York (SUNY) for his contributions to medical science. Samuel Gorovitz, professor of philosophy and former dean of Arts and Sciences, will receive…

“The Party needs to decide how to live in a Trump-nominee world”

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said while Hillary Clinton has shored up the necessary votes, unifying the Democratic party…

Arts & Culture

Coggiola to Receive CNY Jazz Educator of the Year Award

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Erica Blust

John Coggiola, dual associate professor of music education and director of jazz studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music and the School of Education, will receive the 11th…

Media, Law & Policy

Stromer-Galley Presents ‘Illuminating 2016’ Project at Tow Center

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley presented her “Illuminating 2016” project recently at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at the Columbia School of Journalism, where she is currently a fellow. Stromer-Galley’s project is designed to help political journalists cover social media…

Business & Economy

Six Student Teams Advance to NYS Business Plan Competition

Monday, April 25, 2016, By News Staff

Sixteen SU student ventures divided $60,000 in cash prizes as part of the CompeteCNY regional qualifier for the New York State Business Plan Competition. Of those, six will go on to Albany April 29 for a statewide competition. But one…