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Plan to End U.S. Control of ICANN Submitted to Brazil Meeting on Future of Internet Governance

Monday, March 3, 2014, By J.D. Ross

Researchers at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have released an innovative proposal to resolve the 15-year controversy over the U.S. government’s special relationship to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The proposal, which involves removing root…

‘Invention of Religion: Jews and Christians in the Ancient World’ to Be Presented March 26

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

A renowned authority in Talmudic culture, Daniel Boyarin from the University of California at Berkeley will speak at the Judaic Studies Program’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture. He will present “Jewish and Christian Apologetics and the Inventions of Religion” on Wednesday, March…

Hollywood Executive to Discuss Purpose and Faith with SU Community

Thursday, February 27, 2014, By News Staff

DeVon Franklin, senior vice president for production at Columbia Pictures, will be joining Soulful Sit-Downs, the student-run discussion series about life’s big questions, via Skype for a conversation on Thursday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Sean Martinelli ’15, a Newhouse…

STEM

Student Team Advances to Second Round of Cyber Defense Competition

Tuesday, February 25, 2014, By Diane Stirling

A team of students from the Center for Convergence and Emerging Network Technologies (CCENT) cyber security test bed at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is advancing to the second phase of competition in the Northeast regional section of the…

Setnor Welcomes Students from Japan’s Senzoku Gakuen College of Music

Tuesday, February 25, 2014, By Erica Blust

A group of students from Japan’s Senzoku Gakuen College of Music are in Syracuse for a week of collaborative music-making at the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. The 23…

Connective Corridor Information Sessions Planned This Week

Monday, February 24, 2014, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Two information sessions on Phase Two/Three and Civic Strip construction along the Connective Corridor are planned for this week. Information sessions will be held Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 9 a.m. at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St. (fourth floor),…

Campus & Community

Jewish Law Symposium Explores Issue of Privacy and Prying Eyes

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Keith Kobland

The Jewish Law Students Association, along with Chabad House, present guest lecturer Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe on Monday, March 3. The topic of the discussion is “Privacy and Prying Eyes: Judaism on the Laws of Privacy in the Age of Prying…

Teacher, Activist Brian Jones to Give Ganders Distinguished Lecture Feb. 28

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will welcome Brian Jones, New York City teacher and activist, for the Harry S. and Elva K. Ganders Distinguished Lecture on Friday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. in Kittredge Auditorium at Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. Jones’…

Vice President Biden to Deliver Keynote at Toner Prize Celebration in Washington, D.C.

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden L’68 will be the keynote speaker at the award celebration for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting on March 24 in Washington, D.C. The Toner Prize, sponsored by the S.I. Newhouse School of…

New Director of Native American Studies Program Named

Thursday, February 20, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

The Native American Studies Program in The College of Arts and Sciences has a new director. Formerly a visiting faculty member at the University of Notre Dame, Scott Manning Stevens will lead the college’s rapidly growing interdisciplinary program in Native…