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Health & Society

King’s 1965 Speech in Sims Hall Still Inspires

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For Fern Durand, one conversation last week turned a familiar corridor turned into something else. He was in the Shaffer Arts Building, walking past the SUArtGalleries, when a stranger approached him and asked if he knew this story: In 1965,…

STEM

A Better Way to Farm Algae

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant cost of growing microalgae have in some ways stalled further development of this promising technology. Bendy Estime,…

STEM

The Science of Shipwrecks

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers and the…

Campus & Community

Mark Your Calendar: Fall 2017 Is Full of Orange Events

Friday, January 27, 2017, By News Staff

Alumni, family and friends are invited to spend time on campus this fall during three exciting, event-filled weekends that celebrate what it means to be Orange and highlight all that we are proud of at Syracuse University. Registration is now…

Media, Law & Policy

Sportscaster Dave O’Brien ’86 Treasures Chance to Live His Dream

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By John Boccacino

Dave O’Brien ’86 often fell asleep listening to radio broadcasts of his beloved Boston Red Sox, typical behavior for a sports-loving boy growing up in Massachusetts. Devoted baseball fans, O’Brien and his father, Robert, spent many afternoons watching the Red…

Campus & Community

Registration Open for Spring Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people regardless of individual ability or disability can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for five training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

The Christian Science Monitor

Roy Gutterman, Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, on White House’s Relationship with the Press

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, director of the Tully Center for Free Speech was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor for the article What Sean Spicer’s first news conference tells us about White House press relations under Trump

Arts & Culture

Alumni Release Album—on a Can of Beer

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By News Staff

Musician and Newhouse School graduate Adam Ritchie ’03 was looking for a unique way to release the new album from his band, The Lights Out. Of course, digital and retro vinyl were options, but he and fellow Syracuse University graduate…

Arts & Culture

Former Syracuse Religion Scholar Huston Smith Mourned

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ten years after the renowned religion scholar Huston Smith left Syracuse University’s Department of Religion, he updated his popular book “The Religions of Man” (1958) to include a chapter on indigenous traditions. Smith, who died Dec. 30 at age 97,…