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Free Speech Working Group Charge, Membership Announced

Monday, October 28, 2019, By News Staff

During last month’s University Senate meeting, Chancellor Kent Syverud urged the campus community to consider how the University can promote free speech—including the provocative, uncomfortable and controversial—while maintaining a respectful learning environment. As a follow up to those remarks, Chancellor…

ABC News

Facebook: Election Interference, Cryptocurrency and the First Amendment

Friday, October 25, 2019, By Hailey Womer

Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications in the Newhouse School, was interviewed for the ABC News story “Facebook takes on election interference,” for The Hill story “Zuckerberg set for grilling over Facebook cryptocurrency,” and on WBUR’s On Point for “Facebook…

Media, Law & Policy

Justice Served: More than 100 Years in the Making

Thursday, October 24, 2019, By Eileen Korey

The Onondaga County courtroom was packed. Standing room only. Voices cracked. Tears flowed. The justices of the appellate division were about to hand down a decision that would make history. As Presiding Justice Gerald Whalen, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, proclaimed:…

Arts & Culture

University Takes Center Stage in Society for New Music Season Opener

Thursday, October 24, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Members of the University community will help the Society of New Music (SNM) kick off its 48th season with a program of ambitious yet audience-friendly chamber music. SNM will present “Love Songs and Winners” on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2:30…

Eric Gillin ’99: ‘You Make Your Own Breaks’

Thursday, October 24, 2019, By News Staff

Update: On Oct. 24, Gillin was named chief business officer of Condé Nast’s Culture division, which includes The New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, Them, Pitchfork and Teen Vogue.  Last year, publisher Condé Nast announced the restructuring of its sales side, reorganizing all…

Business & Economy

Singles Day 2019 Likely To Set Sales Records

Thursday, October 24, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

With Singles Day approaching on November 11- an event first started in 1993 at Nanjing University and capitalized by Alibaba – retailers are gearing up for even more sales during the world’s biggest online shopping blitz. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor…

STEM

Invent@SU Students Win $50k First Prize in American Heart Association Business Accelerator Competition

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

When mechanical engineering senior Russell Fearon ’20 learned he had diabetes, he also learned it meant his life would change. “When I was first diagnosed it was obviously extremely, extremely difficult,” said Fearon. “The doctors come to you and tell…

Campus & Community

Housing, Meal Plan, and I.D. Card Services Hosts Successful South Campus Open House Event

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, By Jennifer DeMarchi

More than 200 students and families visited model apartments on South Campus at the annual Family Weekend Open House event hosted by the Office of Housing, Meal Plan, and I.D. Card Services. “It was a wonderful opportunity to showcase South…

Campus & Community

Syracuse All-time Leading Rusher Joe Morris Named ACC Football Legend

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, By News Staff

School rushing king Joe Morris has been selected as Syracuse University’s representative in the 2019 ACC Football Legends Class, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Morris will join 13 other greats as honorees during the ACC Night of Legends…

Campus & Community

New Award Fund Honors Former Syracuse Architecture Career Services Director

Wednesday, October 23, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

A generous gift by the deGraffenried Foundation, spearheaded by four Syracuse University alumni, has established the Connie Caldwell Summer Internship Award in honor of Syracuse Architecture’s former director of Career Services. Supporting Caldwell’s commitment to students and alumni, the fund…