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AI Policy Expert Discusses Changing Regulatory Landscape

Thursday, January 23, 2025, By Christopher Munoz

The landscape of AI regulation in the United States is undergoing significant changes, with President Donald Trump announcing a major new infrastructure investment and rescinding an existing executive order by former President Joe Biden focused on AI development. Hamid Ekbia is…

Arts & Culture

Special Collections Research Center Awards Two Faculty Fellows Grants for 2025-26

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) recently awarded its two Faculty Fellows grants for the 2025-26 academic year. Arun Brahmbhatt, assistant professor in the Department of Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Zeke Leonard, associate…

Campus & Community

Andrew Joncas Appointed as Inaugural Assistant Vice President for Enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, By Eric Ferguson

Information Technology Services (ITS) has announced the appointment of Andrew Joncas as the division’s first assistant vice president for enterprise data and artificial intelligence (AI). Joncas will report to Jeff Rubin, senior vice president for digital transformation and chief digital…

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Fireworks, Feasts and Family: A&S Professor Talks Traditions Ahead of Lunar New Year

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

Lunar New Year is a vibrant and culturally significant holiday celebrated by an estimated two billion people in East and Southeast Asian communities around the world. This year it takes place on January 29, with celebrations lasting for several days….

Veterans

Forged in Snow: How Syracuse ROTC Shaped a Career of Service

Friday, January 17, 2025, By Charlie Poag

Growing up in Buffalo, Madison Kaifas-Steiner was no stranger to the bitter cold and snow-filled winters of Central New York. But when she joined Syracuse University’s cross-town Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program during her time at Le Moyne…

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Bird Flu Transmission from Animals to People is Very ‘Worrisome’

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, By Daryl Lovell

The H5N1 virus – also known as bird flu – is being blamed for rising egg prices, the death of a Louisiana man and the infection of more than 60 workers that were in close contact with infected dairy cattle…

Campus & Community

Yage Huang Joins Law Library as Law Reference Librarian

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Law Library recently welcomed Yage Huang as a law reference librarian. Huang recently obtained her doctor of juridical science (SJD) degree from Indiana University Bloomington and holds a master of law degree from China University of Political…

Syracuse University Impact

Faculty, Students, City and Community Advocates Form Unique Accessibility Collaboration

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, By Diane Stirling

In disability advocacy circles, the City of Syracuse has gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating the ideas and feedback of users with disabilities when creating new handicapped-accessible spaces, according to…

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Could Elon Musk Buying TikTok Reshape U.S.-China Relations?

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, By Vanessa Marquette

Is China really considering Elon Musk to acquire TikTok? If so, one Syracuse University professor shared what he thought this could mean for U.S.-China relations. Dimitar Gueorguiev is an associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘Mater Si, Magistra No’ and the 2025 B.F.A. Art Photography Annual

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, By News Staff

Light Work will present “Mater si, magistra no,” a solo exhibition by Nabil Harb, through April 25 in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, 316 Waverly Ave. in Syracuse. An opening reception will take place in on Thursday, Jan. 23, from…