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STEM

Aerospace Engineering First-Year Students Test Their Mars Rover Designs

Friday, January 11, 2019, By Alex Dunbar

The “surface of Mars” may be just a table in Link Hall and its “rocks” may only be golf balls, but the tension and excitement are nearly as high as an actual space mission. For their ECS 101 class, first-year…

Health & Society

Chef Kiernan Offers Advice on Food Safety

Friday, January 11, 2019, By Matt Michael

Chef Mary Kiernan, an Associate Teaching Professor who teaches Food Safety and Quality Assurance in Falk College, offers this advice for families who are concerned about the impact of the partial government shutdown on food safety: The more “local” you can buy,…

STEM

Mambu Alphan Kawa Scholarship Honors a Friendship

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

When Smita Narayan G’00 arrived at Syracuse University to begin her master’s degrees in civil and computer engineering, she felt out of her element and overwhelmed by the University and life in a new country. It was her first time…

STEM

Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Jay Cox

When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Took Microsoft’s Top Spot – Could Other Online Retail Companies Be Next?

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, Amazon became the world’s most valuable publicly traded U.S. company for the first time, passing tech giant Microsoft which had taken over the top spot in late 2018. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at…

Health & Society

School of Education Launches Interdisciplinary Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

The School of Education has created a new minor in atrocity studies and the practices of social justice that prepares students to be engaged citizens, advocates, scholars and leaders in a changing global society. The interdisciplinary minor, open to all…

Veterans

Peggy Combs Joins Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Advisory Board

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) has announced the addition of retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. (MG) Peggy Combs ’85, the highest-ranking female military officer to graduate from Syracuse University, to its advisory board. “MG (Ret.) Peggy Combs…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s MPA Program Launches Data Analytics Area of Study and Internship Options

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

The Maxwell School’s consistently top-ranked Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program has launched a new area of study in data analytics for public policy, reaffirming the program’s tradition of excellence in preparing graduates with the management and analytic skills to…

Media Tip Sheets

Five Things To Know About January’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This month’s rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022. Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Freeman answers five questions…

Arts & Culture

VPA Communications Design Students Win Big in Creative Quarterly International Competition

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Erica Blust

Communications design (CMD) students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design won big in the international Creative Quarterly 54 competition. Five of the 12 winning entries in the graphic design student category were submitted by members…