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Spectrum News

After Algae Bloom, is the Water Safe to Drink?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

When a blue-green algae bloom appeared in the typically clear and beautiful Skaneateles Lake last week, many wondered what caused the phenomenon, and if their tap water was still safe to drink. For Spectrum News Central New York, Syracuse Professor…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad to Help More Startups through Ideator Software Platform

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University is offering a free new software platform for faculty, staff, student and alumni entrepreneurs. Ideator is a startup management tool created by the Blackstone Entrepreneurship Initiative (a project of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation), working…

Arts & Culture

New Ideas of Urban Design a Matter of Equality for Architecture Professor

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

In November, School of Architecture Professor Francisco Sanin and his 13 studio students will travel to Medellín, Colombia, to visit a city transformed. Once known as “the most dangerous city in the world” for its drug cartels and dangerous streets…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Being held Sept. 28-30, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2017-18: Belonging and is presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

STEM

ECS, Architecture Alumni Share Experiences, Advice During CBT

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Alumni shared experiences and advice during a discussion on “Diversity in ECS & Architecture: Challenges and Successes” for Coming Back Together 2017. College of Engineering and Computer Science alumni Clyde Forbes ’76, Michelle Tomlinson ’97 G’98 and Troy Tomlinson ’97 joined School of…

Media, Law & Policy

AFAR Magazine Co-Founder Will Speak at Newhouse Sept. 20

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Joe Diaz, co-founder of AFAR magazine, will visit the Newhouse School Sept. 20 as a guest of the Magazine Department Speaker Series. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the I-3 Center, 432 Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter at #MagSpeakSU….

Media, Law & Policy

Shubha Ghosh, TCLC Help a Scientist Bring a Diagnostic Innovation to Market

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Martin Walls

In 2000, when she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel from Colombia to study genetic engineering at the University of Arkansas, Magnolia Ariza-Nieto says she thought she had won the lottery. But with that elation came a sense of…

Media, Law & Policy

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman to Keynote Tanner Day at Maxwell School

Friday, September 15, 2017, By News Staff

The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator (2001 – 2003) and former New Jersey governor, will deliver the keynote address at Tanner Day at Maxwell, a series of lectures and panel discussions focused on the “Future of Citizenship and…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Approves Climate Assessment Recommendations, Authorizes Next Steps

Friday, September 15, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Following a campuswide climate assessment process, Chancellor Kent Syverud has accepted all five recommendations presented by the University’s Climate Assessment Planning Committee (CAPC). The Chancellor has also asked the members of his Executive Team to move forward with implementation of…

Vox

Climate Change is Strengthening Forest Fires

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Anastasia Selby, an MFA candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, fought wildfires for seven years in the 2000s. She knows how a fire of massive proportions can start from a singular spark from a vehicle. Being a veteran…