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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…

Health & Society

Counseling Center Announces Fall 2017 Group Therapy Options, Including New Groups

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The Counseling Center has announced its new and returning group therapy options for students for the fall 2017 semester. Group therapy is an effective and unique therapy option, specifically for college students. The Counseling Center offers popular, yet personal, group…

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…

STEM

Curious Properties

Monday, September 11, 2017, By News Staff

Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of Syracuse’s Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…

Campus & Community

Homecoming Court Applications Due Sept. 17

Monday, September 11, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

Applications for the 2017 Homecoming Court are due Sunday, Sept. 17, by 11:59 p.m. The applications are open to undergraduate students graduating this academic year who are on campus this fall. The Homecoming Court is a longstanding tradition at Syracuse University…

Media, Law & Policy

Acclaimed Journalist Soledad O’Brien Headlines Coming Back Together, University Lectures series

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Tickets for Soledad O’Brien (available at boxoffice.syr.edu) are free for CBT registrants, $5 for SU/SUNY-ESF students with I.D. and $10 for the public. When Soledad O’Brien was working on the acclaimed CNN series “Black in America,” someone asked her what she had…

Arts & Culture

World Music Concert Series Kicks Off Sept. 12

Friday, September 8, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

The world comes to Syracuse University, and during the fall semester the music of the world can be heard as well. The world music concert series Performance Live begins at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Setnor Auditorium with a…

Campus & Community

Fall Qualtrics Workshops Announced

Thursday, September 7, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University Libraries’ Research Data Services will offer a series of workshops on using the Qualtrics online survey software during the Fall 2017 semester. Taught by research data services librarian Paul Bern, these workshops will be delivered both in person…

Media, Law & Policy

This is a Wake-Up Call to Mark Zuckerberg

Thursday, September 7, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse, NY…Syracuse University social media expert Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor at the Newhouse School, is available for comment on the news that a Russian firm used Facebook ads during the 2016 election in order to target voters. “I hope that this is…

Campus & Community

Lacrosse Lessons: Weekend Celebrates Creator’s Game, Haudenosaunee Values

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Deyhontsigwa’ehs–Creator’s Game, Lacrosse Weekend will provide living lessons in the history and culture of the Haudenosaunee, says Philip Arnold, Department of Religion Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences and the former founding director of Skä·noñh: Great Law of Peace Center. “This weekend…