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VPA Fashion Design Majors Win YMA Fashion Scholarships

Thursday, February 15, 2018, By Erica Blust

Four fashion design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were awarded scholarships by the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF), an international nonprofit organization composed of influential members of the fashion industry. Annie Carson ’19 was…

Business & Economy

On Amazon’s New Delivery Service: Don’t be surprised to see some significant shifts in global shipping

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Burak Kazaz, professor of supply chain management at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management reacts to news that Amazon is set to launch a delivery service that would compete with FedEx and UPS. “In recent years, Amazon decided to develop its…

Arts & Culture

Purple Reign: Prince’s Commitment to Social Justice Overlooked, James Gordon William Says

Friday, February 9, 2018, By Renée K. Gadoua

James Gordon Williams first heard Prince’s music as a high school student. “The album Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987) was popular then and Prince’s music videos were available via MTV-style music video channels,” recalls Williams, assistant professor of African American Studies in…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ralf Schneider Wins Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Award

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Erica Blust

Ralf Schneider, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, won “Best Use of Autodesk Fusion 360” for his project Bench32 in the Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge VI…

STEM

Chemist Designs Diabetic Treatment Minus Harmful Side Effects

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise. Robert Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith…

Arts & Culture

VPA Communications Design Seniors Win Graphis New Talent Awards

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Erica Blust

Two communications design seniors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won awards in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2018. Jacqueline Akerley ’18 won a gold award in packaging design for “Alpine Ales,” a line of…

Arts & Culture

Newhouse’s Annual Graphic Design Workshop to Support My Journey to Freedom Refugee Project

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The fourth annual Pixels & Print Design Workshop, to be held Feb. 8-10 at the Newhouse School, will focus on the refugee experience in support of a new collaborative project, My Journey to Freedom. According to the United Nations High…

Business & Economy

NYSTAR Re-Designates College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Martin Walls

Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) has re-designated the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center (NYSSTLC, or Law Center). Having served as the NYSTAR Law…

Health & Society

VPA Design Professor Builds Eco-Smart Tiny Home ‘Off the Grid’ in Maine

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

When communications design Assistant Professor Rebecca Kelly and her husband, Kevin, bought a coastal property outside the small fishing town of Lubec, Maine, 10 years ago, they always dreamed of building a home for their family. Last summer, their design for…

Reuters

Three USA Gymnastics Officials Resign Amidst Nassar Scandal

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

As the Larry Nassar scandal continues to rock the United States, three top officials of USA Gymnastics have resigned. For Rick Burton, a Sports Management professor within Falk College, this move was absolutely necessary, he told Reuters. “You can’t have…