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Alumna Interprets Cybersecurity on Capitol Hill

Thursday, December 10, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Jessica Wilkerson ’13, who graduated with a major in  policy studies from the Maxwell School and minors in computer science and mathematics, is watching software envelop the world from an interesting vantage point—atop Capitol Hill. As an oversight associate for…

STEM

Varshney Receives Grant for Missile Defense Research

Thursday, December 3, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Professor Pramod K. Varshney has been awarded a $350,000 Missile Defense Agency grant through the Boston Fusion Corp. Varshney will work with Boston Fusion, a data analytics and research company, to develop a parametric framework to accurately classify targets for ballistic…

How Anxiety about Terrorist Attacks Could Change Our Politics

Wednesday, December 2, 2015, By Keith Kobland

In the wake of the devastating month marked by the downing of a Russian passenger plane, simultaneous suicide attacks in Beirut and coordinated attacks in Paris, American fears of terrorism are likely to increase. That in turn could shape policy…

Media, Law & Policy

ISIS Terrorism: A Q&A with Faculty Experts

Friday, November 20, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Four Syracuse University professors who are experts in terrorism give their views on the recent attacks in Paris and elsewhere and how the world should respond.

STEM

INSCT/iSchool Students Take Part in the 2015 Internet Governance Forum

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

On Nov. 13, iSchool Associate Professor Lee McKnight and students in the INSCT/iSchool cross-curricular course “Cybersecurity Law and Policy” /”Information Security Policy”—team taught by INSCT Faculty Member Professor William Snyder—took part in the United Nations (UN) Internet Governance Forum (IGF)…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Symposium Presents Renowned Harvard Art Historian Nov. 17-18

Wednesday, November 11, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse SymposiumTM continues its “Networks” theme with back-to-back events in Bird Library, exploring the relationship between social networks and American print culture. Jennifer Roberts, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University, will present a lecture titled “Matrix,…

Veterans

Scholar Spotlight: Jordan Robinson G’17

Wednesday, November 11, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

Jordan Robinson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served from 2008-2014 at American embassies in Mozambique, Austria and Cuba. She currently serves as president of the Student Veterans Organization at the University. Robinson is pursuing a master’s degree in…

STEM

iSchool Researcher to Participate in NSF’s Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub

Tuesday, November 3, 2015, By J.D. Ross

To accelerate the emerging field of big data, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the establishment of four regional hubs for data science innovation across the United States. Covering all 50 states, these hubs include commitments from 281 organizations—from…

Health & Society

Syracuse University and Nanjing University Form Green Buildings Partnership

Thursday, October 22, 2015, By Kerrie Marshall

With joint interests in sustainability of the built environment, Syracuse University and Nanjing University (NJU) of the People’s Republic of China signed a cooperative agreement on Wednesday, Oct. 21, to establish the International Center for Green Buildings and the Urban…

Health & Society

Burton Blatt Institute Receives $2.5 Million Grant

Monday, October 19, 2015, By News Staff

The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Community Living, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for a new five-year project on…