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Lovely: Steel Tariffs Are ‘Slippery Slope’
Originally announced in March, key trading partners with the United States faced a May 1 deadline regarding higher tariffs on steel exports. These tariffs come as a result that national security could be threatened without them. Economist and Maxwell professor…
Chancellor’s Summer Update #1
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Over the last two weeks, I have spoken with hundreds of Orange community members, here on campus and beyond. Through campus engagement sessions, small meetings and one-on-one conversations, students, faculty, staff and alumni have shared…
Saunders Helps Celebrate Month of May
Arts and Sciences professor, and distinguished writer, George Saunders was recently mentioned in a Psychology Today article entitled ’31 Ideas for Celebrating and Contemplating May 2018.’ The story includes Saunders and his book ‘Congratulations, By The Way’ to reference the…
Facebook Testimony Raises More Questions
Facebook’s CTO recently testified in front of the British Parliament, and when all was said and done, it may have left more questions than answers. This specifically was acknowledged after the official did not read the terms and conditions aspect…
“Quietly Revolutionary,” The TV Legacy of Bob Newhart
Newhouse professor and TV expert Robert Thompson recently spoke with the Washington Post about “The Bob Newhart Show.” Even 40 years after it has left the airwaves, the show still influences many others, with Thompson calling it “quietly revolutionary.” For a…
Expert Hall on Targeted TSA Searching Methods
In 2015, TSA agents were allegedly going to stop searching black women’s hair during regular airport security checks. However, as a recent Cosmopolitan article reveals, the practice is still in place, as many women attest. For this article, Rachel Hall, an…
iSchool Senior Class Selects Travis Mason ’06 as Convocation Speaker
The Class of 2018 at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) has selected Travis Mason ’06 as the speaker for the school’s convocation ceremonies in May. Mason’s career in emerging technology policy includes cutting-edge health devices, autonomous vehicles and advanced…
Chancellor Syverud Addresses Wednesday’s University Senate Meeting
Chancellor Kent Syverud discussed several issues at Wednesday’s meeting of the University Senate, the last of the 2018-19 academic year. He addressed the incident involving the Theta Tau fraternity; two new initiatives within Invest Syracuse; the University’s relationship with the…
Lee McKnight Comments on Personal Data on Social Sites
Prior to Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony about data breaches within Facebook, iSchool associate professor Lee McKnight spoke with CNYCentral about what to expect when entering personal information onto social platforms. “Basically declaring data about yourself is your own property, and you have…
Think Before You Speak, Just Like Right Whales
New research shows that right whales may have the ability to think about their calls before vocalizing them. Holly Root-Gutteridge, a former postdoctoral researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke with Scientific American about this new information, and…