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Campus & Community

Food Services Staffer Adds 51st Special Olympics Medal in 30 Years of Sports

Friday, September 30, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Joshua Nowlin won his first medal at the Special Olympics when he was 8 years old. Since then he’s been hooked on the thrill of the games and the medals that come from the hard work.

Arts & Culture

The Perfect Existence: Pedro Cuperman, Scholar, Point of Contact Founder, Dies at 80

Thursday, September 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Hector Torres ’84 and Anne Marie Prucha ’87 owe their marriage to Pedro Cuperman, the eminent Argentine scholar who died in Buenos Aires on July 12 at age 80. It all began on the first day of class in the…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Panel Will Look at Ways Brands Can Use Snapchat to Create Content, Engage Users

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School’s magazine department will host a panel discussion about Snapchat Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter at #NHdigitalPanel. With over 10 billion daily video views, Snapchat has evolved into…

Media, Law & Policy

Photojournalist Reza Will Discuss Humanitarian Work on Oct. 5

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Renowned photojournalist and humanitarian Reza will speak at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. He will discuss his work and the power of photography to connect cultures,…

Media, Law & Policy

Akerlof to Deliver Volcker Lecture on Wednesday

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

George Arthur Akerlof will deliver the 2016 Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics, titled “Phishing for Phools,” on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public; RSVP is strongly recommended…

Media, Law & Policy

Syracuse University Dialogue to Examine the Roles of Media, Law and Politics in Syrian Conflict

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Accountability in the Syrian conflict will be the focus of a daylong event hosted by the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications next month.

Campus & Community

J.R. Martinez Named as Keynote Speaker at 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Best-selling author, actor, U.S. Army veteran and motivational speaker J.R. Martinez will provide the keynote address at the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Novelist Dana Spiotta to Read at YMCA Arts Branch Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dana Spiotta, a highly acclaimed novelist and an associate professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, will present a reading on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the YMCA’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC)’s visiting author series. The free event…

STEM

Passive Liquid Flow Can Aid Nanotechnology Development, Study Suggests

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

A new study, inspired by water’s movement from roots to leaves in tall trees, shows that a certain kind of passive liquid flow, where liquids naturally move in response to surface atomic interactions instead of being driven by external forces like pumps,…

Media, Law & Policy

Members of Congress, Victims’ Families Speak During Briefing on Capitol Hill Hosted by CCJI

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Scott McDowell

On Sept. 12, The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) hosted a briefing on the Emmett Till Reauthorization Act of 2016 in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The event was sponsored by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who, along…