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‘Shark Tank’ Appearance for Student Sandbox Startup Founders

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Their entrepreneurial journey has taken them from the Syracuse University Student Sandbox and the Couri Hatchery to the “Shark Tank.” A group of Syracuse University students who launched a startup in the Syracuse Student Sandbox incubator in 2009 is appearing this…

STEM

Bioengineering Major Earns National Recognition for Research

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

Alexis Peña, a junior in the bioengineering program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and recently named one of two Class Marshals for the 2016 Syracuse University Commencement, has received two outstanding research awards for her poster presentations…

STEM

Research Reveals Biological Barrage that Corrodes Orthopedic Implants

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

About half a million people receive hip replacements worldwide every year. Of these, a small percentage will develop health complications due to their implant. Complications like inflammation and infection, even damage to bone and tissue, can become so severe that…

Arts & Culture

Keeping Images Alive: Lecture, Seminar on Caring for Photographs

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Conservator Gary Albright will present “The Intensification of Photographs: Observations from Recent Research and Practice,” a lecture and seminar in the Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation focusing on the preservation of historical black and white photographic prints….

Nobel Laureate Robert J. Shiller to Speak at Maxwell School

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By News Staff

Renowned behavioral economist and 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert J. Shiller will deliver the inaugural Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics on Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. The lecture, “Speculative Prices, Inflation, and Behavioral…

Campus & Community

Gross to Become Vice President and Special Assistant to the Chancellor

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By News Staff

Syracuse University Director of Athletics Dr. Daryl Gross today issued the following statement: Today, I am announcing that after 10 years of leading the Syracuse University Department of Athletics, I have decided that it is time for me to take on new challenges. I…

Campus & Community

Message from Chancellor Syverud to the University Community

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By News Staff

Dear Members of the University Community: As I wrote to you in early March, the NCAA Committee on Infractions issued a report on March 6 finding that various violations of NCAA rules occurred at Syracuse University. We take the report and…

IVMF Recognized for Work Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, By News Staff

In a ceremony on Capitol Hill last night, the Army Women’s Foundation recognized the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) for its support of women veterans and service members. IVMF’s Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program…

Health & Society

U.S. News Ranks School of Education in Top 50

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

U.S. News & World Report has ranked the School of Education at #50 of best education graduate schools for 2016. The school is positioned at #11 among private universities, and its graduate special education programs are ranked #14 in the…

Campus & Community

Renowned Geologist to Discuss ‘Antarctica’s Ice in Earth’s Climate System’

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By News Staff

Kathy Licht, associate professor of Earth sciences, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), will discuss her work on the impact of the global climate systems in Antarctica, in a joint presentation of the Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions (WiSE Professions)…