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Business & Economy

Economics Student Discusses Her Orange Experience

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Leigh-Anne Barreira’s primary reason for choosing Syracuse University was school pride. She knew Syracuse University was her best choice when she first toured the University during an open house. “I saw all the students flaunting orange colors in whichever way…

Diffusion

Professor Brian Taylor Discusses Russian Politics Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

Thursday, February 23, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Brian Taylor, professor of political science, was interviewed on the Carnegie Corporation podcast Diffusion “Law and Order: Recentralization and Life in Russia Today”

Media, Law & Policy

SU Panel of Experts to Discuss President Trump’s Immigration Executive Order

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Martin Walls

Action by President Donald J. Trump on immigration policy has been swift. Just a week after his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order (EO) temporarily halting travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. It was immediately met with popular protests, scholarly analysis,…

WSYR

Associate Professor Margaret Thompson Discusses the Best and Worst Presidents

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Margaret Thompson, associate professor of history and political science, was interviewed by WSYR-TV for the story “Historians rank best and worst presidents.”

STEM

Syracuse Physicist to Discuss Black Holes April 8

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The intriguing and fascinating world of black holes is the subject of a lecture by nuclear physicist Paul Souder, benefiting the Southern Cayuga Planetarium and Observatory in Aurora, New York. Souder, a professor of physics in the College of Arts…

STEM

iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards

Friday, February 17, 2017, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…

Arts & Culture

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez to Speak Tonight

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By Liam Sullivan

On Feb. 14, the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha, in collaboration with Lambda Sigma Upsilon, is hosting an event titled “Universal Woman—Brown Girl: Storytelling Through Resistance.” The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Schine Underground and…

BBC Radio

Professor David Crane Discusses New Reports of Syrian Massacres

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

“He Will Be Held Accountable”: David M. Crane, professor of practice, talks to BBC on issues of post-conflict justice for Syria following new reports of mass deaths in a Syrian jail.

Forbes

Newhouse Professors Discuss Late Night Talk Shows in the Age of Trump

Tuesday, February 7, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Beth Egan, associate professor of advertising, along with Kevin O’Neill, advertising professor of practice, and Les Rose, broadcast and digital journalism professor of practice, all in the Newhouse School, were all quoted in the Forbes story “Dumping On Trump Pays…

STEM

(Video) Panel Discussion in NYC on Gravitational Waves Discovery

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Keith Kobland

On Thursday, Feb. 2, faculty members from Syracuse University and MIT joined together in New York City for a panel discussion on the historic discovery of gravitational waves. Syracuse University professors Duncan Brown and Peter Saulson and associate professor Stefan…