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The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…

$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…

New Hampshire Felt the Bern

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said that while the Republican race had a few winners and losers from last…

STEM

Harvard Professor Shane Greenstein to Speak on Internet Commercialization

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Lee McKnight has invited Harvard Business School professor Shane Greenstein to the iSchool to speak on his new Princeton University Press book, “How the Internet Became Commercial. Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of…

Campus & Community

Students, Faculty, Staff Invited to Participate in Climate Assessment Survey

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The Syracuse University Climate Assessment Survey is now under way and continues through March 11. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the survey in its convenient online format or in a paper-and-pencil version available at the information…

Campus & Community

University Celebrates Black History Month 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, By Gerard McTigue

Throughout the month of February, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), in collaboration with many University partners, will host a number of events in honor of Black History Month. “Each year we are so proud to see the involvement of…

Campus & Community

Climate Survey Seeks Campus Input to Help SU Develop More Inclusive Environment

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The SU Climate Assessment Survey of all students, faculty and staff opens Tuesday, Feb. 9, and continues through March 11. The survey is conducted online on a secure off-site server hosted by Rankin & Associates Consulting, the outside consultant the…

Arts & Culture

ARC Students’ Award-Winning Design to Model Future Green Development in China

Monday, February 8, 2016, By Elaine Wackerow

Three architecture M.S. students in Assistant Professor Fei Wang’s fall 2015 “Low-Carbon City” studio have won second-place—and a $30,000 prize—in the international competition sponsored by the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) for design of Shenzhen, China’s Future Low-Carbon Building…

Campus & Community

Free Fitness Classes for Faculty and Staff

Monday, February 8, 2016, By News Staff

Mark your calendars! Spend 30 minutes each Wednesday with Maggie Thomson, ACSM-certified exercise physiologist and Syracuse University adjunct professor, and improve your strength and flexibility. Thomson will teach a low-impact body toning class that incorporates balance, stretching and working every…

Campus & Community

SU Abroad, Partner Institutions Help Students Make Their Study Abroad Plans

Friday, February 5, 2016, By Jennifer DeMarchi

SU Abroad will host its annual Study Abroad Day on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 3-6 p.m. in Schine Room 304ABC. All interested SU students are invited to attend. In addition to staff members and alumni from SU Abroad center and…