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Campus & Community

University Union Announces Juice Jam Lineup

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, By News Staff

University Union has announced that this year’s Juice Jam Music Festival will take place on Sept. 10 at Skytop Field. The lineup will feature Diplo, Ugly God, MØ, Smallpools and Jeremy Zucker across the festival’s two stages. Doors for this…

Voice of America

Prof. Coplin Comments on Some School’s No Grades Policy

Saturday, August 26, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As some colleges turn away from the usual A-F grading system in favor of written reports labeling the students strengths and weaknesses, Syracuse University and Maxwell Professor William Coplin spoke with Voice of America about how this could adversely affect…

Campus & Community

Fall Lineup Announced for 17th Season of the University Lectures

Tuesday, August 22, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The 17th season of Syracuse University’s premier speaker series begins Sept. 14 with Soledad O’Brien and continues Oct. 3 with David Greene, followed Nov. 9 by Jill Lepore.

STEM

Biochemists Link Synthetic Compound to Hunger-Hormone Production

Thursday, July 27, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. Researchers identified this promising new target by screening a library of roughly 1,600 small molecules for potential disruptors. Because the…

Campus & Community

The Art of Assessment in Creative Disciplines: A Workshop for Faculty

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By News Staff

The Art of Assessment in Creative Disciplines, a special workshop for faculty, will be led by Jill L. Ferguson on Aug. 21 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Hillyer Room, Bird Library. To register, visit http://assessment.syr.edu/events/. Have you ever considered where…

Health & Society

Q&A: Margaret Voss on Coffee-Longevity Link

Friday, July 14, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Margaret Voss is a professor of practice in Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition. She teaches courses in nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and nutrigenomics. She shared her thoughts about recently released research that seems to indicate that…

Health & Society

Amazon Prime Day Prepares to Dominate Online Retail, Again

Friday, July 7, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Retail expert Professor Amanda Nicholson is available for comment on Amazon Prime Day. The professor of retail practice at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management can offer insight on one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. “Based on its…

Boston Herald

Elizabeth Cohen Weighs in on Supreme Court Ruling on Travel Ban

Tuesday, June 27, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, was quoted by the Boston Herald in the story “Donald Trump calls ruling ‘victory,’ experts wary.”

Campus & Community

University College Announces New Director of Online Programs

Monday, June 26, 2017, By Eileen Jevis

Tom Downes has been named assistant director of online programs at University College (UC). Downes joins UC from SU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, where he served as an instructional technologist. Prior to his work in the College of…

LA Times

Free Speech Expert Roy Gutterman Quoted on Supreme Court Ruling on Offensive Terms

Friday, June 23, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, Associate Professor and Director of The Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the story “Supreme Court rules the Slants may trademark their name, striking down law banning offensive terms.”