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Business & Economy

University to Compete for ACC InVenture Prize

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

“Shark Tank” isn’t the only place to catch a first look at talented young entrepreneurs creating innovations that will shape the future. Teams from Syracuse University are about to vie for the InVenture Prize, a televised event open to student…

STEM

The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…

STEM

Campus Becomes a Laboratory for Sustainability Research and Education

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By News Staff

Six faculty and student projects will receive grants totaling $50,000 this spring through the new Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer opportunities for communication and…

STEM

Physicist to be Recognized by National Academy of Sciences

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his “outstanding leadership” of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration. Peter R. Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Announces First Global Media Fellows

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Amanda Chou ’19 and Amos Cohen ’20 have joined the Blackstone LaunchPad team this semester as its first Global Media Fellows. They will assist with developing plans for student outreach and special events that increase the number of students engaged…

Media, Law & Policy

Refugee Work Motivates Maxwell Alumna in New Role as Empire State Fellow

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

While working for the non-governmental organization Refugees International from 2006-10, Camilla Campisi G’05 traveled on multiple missions to countries in Africa and Asia to meet with displaced people. Her focus was on assessing their situations and advocating for their protection…

Arts & Culture

University Partners to Host Global Game Jam, Jan. 20-22 in Bird Library

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Bird Library will serve as a location for Global Game Jam (#SUGGJ17), the world’s largest game jam (game creation) event, taking place on the weekend of Jan. 20-22. University and community members are invited to collaborate, create and present new game…

Arts & Culture

Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Disgraced’ to Play at Syracuse Stage

Friday, January 13, 2017, By News Staff

After the phenomenal success of “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins,” Syracuse Stage switches gears and turns on a powerful and explosive drama as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced” opens on Jan. 27 in the Archbold Theatre at the Syracuse…

Business & Economy

Student Ventures Can Win Startup Funding at 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, By Lindsay Wickham

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2017 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…