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Congress Jump-Starts Antitrust Reform Debate
Five bills introduced today could weaken the power and dominance of big tech companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook. Shubha Ghosh is the Crandall Melvin Professor of Law at Syracuse University and director of the Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute…
Alexander Metcalf Named 2021-22 Astronaut Scholar
Alexander Metcalf, a senior aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been named 2021-22 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Founded by the…
College of Professional Studies Creates New Department of Executive Education; Hires Executive Director
University College has been renamed the College of Professional Studies. For over 100 years, the college’s mission has been to provide educational opportunities to those whose only access to Syracuse University is through part-time study. The new name reflects the…
iSchool Professor Receives Highest Honor in Field of Information Science and Technology
Steve Sawyer, professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and core faculty member in the Renée Crown Honors Program, has been recognized with the 2021 Award of Merit by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), the highest…
German Language Class Connects U.S. Citizens With Their Jewish Family History
If you were to take a walk around the streets of Bochum, a city once noted for its coal mining in western Germany, you would come across small bronze plaques slightly protruding from the sidewalk in front of many houses….
NIH Grant Funds Innovative Study on Childhood Stuttering
What do Hollywood movie production companies and researchers at the Syracuse University Stuttering Research Lab have in common? Each uses sophisticated state-of-the-art equipment like infrared motion tracking cameras and body sensors—but for very different purposes. While the movie production companies…
VPA’s Department of Transmedia Remembers Faculty Member Leo Crandall
Leo Crandall, a filmmaker, musician and instructor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Transmedia, died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 29, in Syracuse. He was 67. Born in Detroit, Crandall earned a B.A. in…
Syracuse Program Preparing Students for Cybersecurity Fight Against Criminal Hackers
The federal government is taking on cybersecurity threats and ransomware attacks like never before. Now widely viewed as a national security threat, President Biden recently launched an initiative to address the dangers of ransomware by working with global partners to…
Libraries Launches Biblio Gallery Online
Syracuse University Libraries recently launched an online version of its Biblio Gallery. The Biblio Gallery, set up on the fourth floor of Bird Library, was created in 2007 as a student exhibition and study space. S. Ann Skiold, art librarian,…
Chancellor Presents University Teams Commemorative Gift of Appreciation
In a special ceremony to honor the accomplishments of the Barnes Center Staff and the Student Experience Team during the pandemic, Chancellor Kent Syverud presented them with a commemorative flag and descriptive plaque which read, in part, “This flag flew…