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More States Likely to Embrace Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week, Ohio became the first U.S. state to accept bitcoin for tax payments from businesses. Eventually, the payment form will be open to individual filers as well. Could more states follow suit in embracing the cryptocurrency as a legitimate…

Campus & Community

Dissertation, Public Humanities Fellows Advance Student-Centered Research

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Cognitive experience. Romantic legalism. Educational equality. Authentic writing. These are some of the themes of this year’s research by Dissertation and Public Humanities Fellows in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Based in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the…

Arts & Culture

Museum Studies Students, Faculty Bring 238-Piece ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Exhibition to Life

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Hannah Barber hopes to be a collections manager after her December 2018 graduation from the Graduate Program in Museum Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design. Thanks to the University’s Robert Shetterly exhibition, she…

News Channel 9

Syracuse University Law School Receives Major Donation for Library

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Jan Fleckenstein, director of the law library and associate teaching professor of law at the College of Law, was interviewed by News Channel 9 for the story “Big donation to SU Law includes special RFK autographed book.” Fleckenstein told News Channel…

STEM

Jian Tang Named IEEE Fellow

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Jian Tang, a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been named a Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Attaining the level of Fellow is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious…

Arts & Culture

Aretha Franklin to Be Remembered with Concert, Panel Discussion Nov. 30

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By News Staff

The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and the University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will salute Aretha Franklin, whose indelible voice made her the “Queen of Soul,” with a panel discussion and concert on Friday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at…

Arts & Culture

Genet Gallery Presents Visual, Literary Elements of Roderick Martinez’s ‘Wondering the Alphabet’

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Erica Blust

A new exhibition in the Sue & Leon Genet Gallery serves as a companion to “Wondering the Alphabet,” a book for readers, writers and designers by Roderick Martinez, associate professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing…

Campus & Community

Interfaith Dialogue Dinner to Be Held Tonight

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By News Staff

Hendricks Chapel and the Disability Cultural Center are hosting an Interfaith Dialogue Dinner tonight from 7 – 9 p.m. with thought-provoking conversation. Food will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Peter Graham Scholarly…

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…

STEM

Ph.D. Student Earns American Heart Association Fellowship for Stem Cell Research

Monday, November 26, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Plansky Hoang ’15, a graduate research assistant in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), has been awarded a highly competitive and prestigious predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. Hoang is a researcher in the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute—working…