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STEM

University Unveils Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, By News Staff

Professorship named for longtime physics professor, designed to ‘strengthen already strong department’ The College of Arts and Sciences announced today the establishment of the Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics. The professorship is made possible by a $1.4 million bequest…

STEM

Student Team Testing Smart Grid Security Project

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Diane Stirling

In an era when digital devices talk to one another to accomplish tasks, how will industries protect conversations between them and the information those exchanges transmit to maintain the security of their systems and networks? That is the central question…

Arts & Culture

Design Students Connect Campus, City through ‘We Are Syracuse’ Billboards

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

It was more than a year ago that the Connective Corridor issued a challenge to SU students: Design a large-scale public art project for a billboard series to be displayed over the 2014-15 academic year next to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse in downtown Syracuse.

Campus & Community

Humanities Center Continues Spring Symposia with Lecture on March 4

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Gesa E. Kirsch, professor of English and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences at Bentley University, will deliver a public lecture titled “The Power of Social Networks: Rhetorical Agency and Civic Activism among 19th-Century Women Physicians” on…

Campus & Community

Harry Brod Presents ‘Asking for It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent’

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Shannon Andre

Harry Brod, widely recognized as a founding figure of the field of masculinity studies, will speak March 3 at 7 p.m. in Gifford Auditorium on “Asking For It: The Ethics and Erotics of Sexual Consent.” The lecture focuses on the…

Campus & Community

Former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend to Give Next University Lecture

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

Andreas Weigend, former chief scientist at Amazon and founder of Social Data Lab, is the next speaker in the 2014-15 University Lectures series. His presentation, “We Are Our Data: Harnessing the Power of Social Data,” is Tuesday, March 3, at…

Health & Society

Falk College Announces New Master of Arts in Addiction Studies

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Michele Barrett

To address a growing need for more counselors, healthcare professionals and social services professionals with adequate training and credentialing in alcohol, other drugs and behavioral addictions, Falk College has announced the creation of a 36-credit master of arts in addiction…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Explores ‘Judicial Politics in Polarized Times’

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Do judges serve as neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists or political actors whose decisions conform to—rather than challenge—the democratic will? That is one of the many questions that political scientist Thomas Keck seeks to answer in his latest book,…

Arts & Culture

Artist Crystal Wagner to Speak, Create Large Installation

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By Erica Blust

Contemporary interdisciplinary artist Crystal Wagner will present a lecture and create a large installation with students as part of her residency in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Art Feb. 23-26. As a guest of the Department…

Arts & Culture

Keith A. Alford Honored for Activism and Service

Monday, February 23, 2015, By Michele Barrett

Last fall, Social Work Degree Guide published a listing of its“30 Most Influential Social Workers Alive Today.” The magazine, which provides information and guidance on social work education and careers, described the honorees as “experts who instigate awareness and advocate…