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Health & Society

Africa Initiative Hosts Kwame Dixon Talk, Book Signing

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Kwame Dixon, assistant professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss Afro-Brazil and the global struggle for human rights from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, in 319 Sims Hall. The event, “The Afro-Brazilian Experience…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School to Participate in Groundbreaking Training Initiative on Drone Journalism

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School of Public Communications will be one of four schools nationwide to host an innovative new program to train journalists in the use of drones, or unmanned aerial systems, for news coverage. The program was developed by the…

STEM

Consumers Have Poor Understanding of Tracking Methods Used by Online Advertisers

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By J.D. Ross

A recent study published by researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) reveals that the general public has a poor understanding of the workings of online behavioral advertising, and the privacy implications behind the information that advertisers gather. The…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘The Gray Line’

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Sean Smith

Light Work is presenting “The Gray Line,” featuring the work of Kristine Potter, on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from through March 3. A reception and lecture with Potter will take place on Thursday, Feb….

Campus & Community

Whitman School Accounting Students Offer Free Tax Prep

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

WhiTAX, a student-run accounting firm in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is offering free tax preparation this tax season. The firm, operating as a chapter of the AARP Tax-Aide Foundation, includes undergraduate and graduate accounting students who provide…

Health & Society

King’s 1965 Speech in Sims Hall Still Inspires

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For Fern Durand, one conversation last week turned a familiar corridor turned into something else. He was in the Shaffer Arts Building, walking past the SUArtGalleries, when a stranger approached him and asked if he knew this story: In 1965,…

Reuters

Trump card could be played at Super Bowl

Sunday, January 29, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Upwards of 180 million Americans could be huddled around televisions on Feb. 5 to watch the National Football League’s title game between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, and newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of America could…

STEM

A Better Way to Farm Algae

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Scientists have long known of the potential of microalgae to aid in the production of biofuels and other valuable chemicals. However, the difficulty and significant cost of growing microalgae have in some ways stalled further development of this promising technology. Bendy Estime,…

STEM

Faculty Awarded Air Force Grant to Supercharge Information Fusion

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Faculty in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded a $295,000 grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to introduce dynamic data to the design of information fusion systems to accelerate the processing of large amounts…

Reuters

Super Bowl has proven immune to ratings fatigue

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Falk College faculty members talked to Reuters about the ongoing success of the Super Bowl for TV ratings “It has sort of become kind of a national holiday,” Rick Burton, professor of Sport Management at Syracuse University, told Reuters. “The…