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Media, Law & Policy

Joel Godett ’09 Says Curiosity Is the Key to Good Storytelling

Wednesday, February 13, 2019, By News Staff

Ball State University play-by-play announcer Joel Godett ’09 thinks that, while it takes initiative and hustle to be successful in the competitive field of sports broadcasting, storytelling skills are even more important. “We are just storytellers and sports are the…

Campus & Community

Orange After Dark Announces Spring 2019 Schedule

Monday, February 4, 2019, By Teagan Cyan Peacock

Orange After Dark (OAD), the late-night entertainment program offered through the Office of Student Activities, has an amazing lineup of spring 2019 events. Favorites like snow tubing and trivia night are back along with exciting new experiences like a night…

Campus & Community

Connecting Students to the Greater Community

Friday, January 25, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Syeisha Byrd G’12 is the director of the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel. In that role, she connects Syracuse University students with service opportunities in the greater community. She will be honored as a 2019 Dr. Martin Luther…

Syracuse Doctoral Student Earns LIGO Inaugural Award in Detector Characterization

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Carol Boll

Derek Davis had not been on the Syracuse University campus more than a week in 2015 before being swept up in the excitement of a once-in-a-lifetime discovery that would thrill the astrophysics world and thrust the gravitational-wave research community onto…

Campus & Community

Be Alert for Tax Season Email Scams

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Christopher C. Finkle

It’s getting to be that time of year when scammers and phishers are going to use tax season as a pretext to try and steal usernames and passwords or to install malicious software—malware—on users’ computers. These phishing emails will likely…

STEM

Capstone Project Funds Local ‘Girls Who Code’ Chapter

Friday, December 21, 2018, By Diane Stirling

A capstone class project for a team of School of Information Studies (iSchool) students, working with an iSchool alumna at the Onondaga Free Library, has initiated a Girls Who Code chapter and an introduction to tech careers and coding skills for 11 Syracuse girls.

Media, Law & Policy

Guiding Syracuse Students Along Their Path to Becoming Media Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, December 18, 2018, By Eileen Korey

Though Sean Branagan ’80 aspired to be a magazine writer when he entered the Newhouse School, he discovered his calling elsewhere—in the fast-evolving field of digital media and interactive marketing. A self-described “instigator, entrepreneur, educator and startup coach,” Branagan brought…

STEM

Invent@SU Team Wins Share of First Prize at New York State Department of Health Aging Innovation Challenge

Tuesday, December 11, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Millions of people around the world with mobility challenges have trouble standing up from a chair or couch. During the Invent@SU program in summer 2017, communications and rhetorical studies major Kalia Zizi Barrow ’17 and mechanical engineering major Ruby Batbaatar…

Campus & Community

Dina Eldawy Named Second Marshall Scholar in University’s History

Monday, December 3, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Dina Eldawy has been named a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. She is the second Marshall Scholar in Syracuse University history. Eldawy is an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School…

STEM

New Site Offers Privacy Resources for Underserved Populations

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Diane Stirling

If you’re someone with disabilities needing help with your online privacy and computer access needs, a family member or practitioner who supports people with disabilities or a scholar seeking information about online privacy for underserved populations, a new information resource…