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Health & Society

Red Cross Blood Drive Wednesday, January 16

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, By News Staff

The Syracuse University American Red Cross Club and the Center for Policy Research at the Maxwell School will host a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Schine Underground, Schine Student Center. To…

Accessible Technology Webinar Series Begins Thursday

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By News Staff

The Southeast ADA Center, a project of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, is co-hosting a free 2019 Accessible Technology Webinar Series. The kick-off webinar, “Accessibility and Inclusion in K-12 Computer Science (CS) Education: Meeting the Needs of Students…

Campus & Community

SU Food Services Receives A+ Score from PETA for Third Consecutive Year

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Keone Weigl

For the third consecutive year, Syracuse’s dining centers have received an A+ rating from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), placing Syracuse University on the Dean’s List in PETA’s college rankings. According to VeganReportCard.com, “The Dean’s List includes…

Media, Law & Policy

Social Media Accountability Project Named Finalist in International ‘AI and the News’ Challenge

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Erica Blust

“Decoding Democracy: A Social Media Accountability Project,” which is being developed by Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, has been named a finalist in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) and…

Campus & Community

Be Alert for Tax Season Email Scams

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Christopher C. Finkle

It’s getting to be that time of year when scammers and phishers are going to use tax season as a pretext to try and steal usernames and passwords or to install malicious software—malware—on users’ computers. These phishing emails will likely…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Discusses Orange Pride and Four Important Goals in 2019 Winter Message to the Community

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of the many reasons for Orange pride and four important goals for the next six months in his Winter Message, which he delivered on Monday, Jan. 14, to a standing-room-only audience in the Jack and Laura…

STEM

Syracuse University Student Ventures Advance in National Round of Student Startup Madness

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student startups OptechVR—co-founded by Whitman first-year student Matt Shumer and Newhouse first-year student Sam Hollander—and Tableau Media—a venture by Hanna Seraji, an anthropology, women’s and gender studies and communication and rhetorical studies major, along with SU alumna Gabriela…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Selected for BuzzFeed/Instagram VerticalU Video Workshop

Monday, January 14, 2019, By Lani Rich

When Stefanie Grafstein heard about VerticalU, a new vertical video workshop launched last year by media partners BuzzFeed and Instagram, she jumped at the chance to apply. “I realized that shooting television vertically could be the next big step in…

Campus & Community

Napolitano Joins A&S Communications Team

Monday, January 14, 2019, By Daeya Malboeuf

Diana Napolitano G’17 has joined the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) as its new content marketing manager. Napolitano’s portfolio will include identifying and addressing content gaps, writing for web and print, and overall project management. She will also work…

Media Tip Sheets

The Unintended Result of the Shutdown: No One Will Want To Work for the Government

Friday, January 11, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, is available to discuss the long-term consequences of the shutdown including that many people, especially young people from working for the government.  Those young people may instead choose to work for…