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Campus & Community

Arts and Sciences Unveils Milton First-Year Lecture Series

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Rob Enslin

In response to the evolving educational landscape, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is expanding its popular Milton First-Year Lecture. The result is the aptly named Laura Hanhausen Milton First-Year Lecture Series. This fall, A&S will present four Milton…

Arts & Culture

OnStage Ranks Syracuse Among Top 10 for Theater Design and Technology

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Erica Blust

The blog OnStage has ranked Syracuse No. 6 on its list of the “Top Ten BFA Theatre Design & Tech Programs in the Country for 2017-18.” The University’s theater design and technology program is located in the College of Visual…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Announces Fall Photography Classes and Workshops

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Cjala Surratt

The Community Lab at Light Work has announced its 2017 schedule of fall photography educational opportunities for adults, including Adobe Lightroom, Intro to Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop, Large Print Format Printing and Studio Portrait Lighting. Light Work Lab classes and workshops are led…

Arts & Culture

Exhibitions, Film Screening Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community in the College of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with various campus and local organizations, is gearing up for Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with several events.

Health & Society

Shannon Monnat Named Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion

Thursday, September 14, 2017, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Shannon Monnat, a rural demographer and sociologist whose work focuses on public health, joins the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs as the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. Monnat studies health disparities, stratification and inequality,…

KCBS Radio

New iPhone Opens Doors For Communication Progress

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

With the announcement of the new iPhone, Syracuse School of Education Professor Christine Ashby spoke with KCBS radio on how new technologies allows those with communication challenges to more easily converse with others. “For a lot of people who didn’t…

STEM

Smart Grids and Power Outages

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Jason Dedrick, professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies, who studies smart grid technologies and adoption by electric utility companies, is available to discuss the ongoing power outages and related issues in Florida post-Hurricane Irma. “To make resources more resilient…

Arts & Culture

Exhibitions, Film Screening Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The Office of Cultural Engagement for the Hispanic Community at the College of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with various campus and local organizations, is gearing up for Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with several events. LA CASITA…

Wired

Data Breaches Can’t Be Stopped, But Maybe Slowed

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Large breaches in data are becoming nearly commonplace in an American age where so much information is being transferred with the swipe of a card. It is nothing new for businesses who store this data, who are at risk of…

Bloomberg

Irma Topples Citrus Industry in Florida

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While many building and homes were destroyed following Hurricane Irma’s path through Florida, another area was hit just as hard: the citrus industry. In some parts of the state, more than half of the orange crops were destroyed, mostly as…