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STEM

Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Jay Cox

When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…

Media Tip Sheets

Amazon Took Microsoft’s Top Spot – Could Other Online Retail Companies Be Next?

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

This week, Amazon became the world’s most valuable publicly traded U.S. company for the first time, passing tech giant Microsoft which had taken over the top spot in late 2018. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at…

Veterans

Peggy Combs Joins Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Advisory Board

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) has announced the addition of retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. (MG) Peggy Combs ’85, the highest-ranking female military officer to graduate from Syracuse University, to its advisory board. “MG (Ret.) Peggy Combs…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud to Deliver 2019 Winter Message Jan. 14

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Joyce LaLonde

Syracuse University students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Chancellor Kent Syverud’s 2019 Winter Message to the University community. The event is on Monday, Jan. 14, at 3:45 p.m. in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the…

Veterans

Syracuse University Shows Strong Presence at Student Veteran National Conference

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

Recently, a group of Syracuse University students, composed of 17 student veterans, two ROTC cadets, one military spouse and two students from the University Student Association, attended the Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference in Orlando, Florida. The student…

Media Tip Sheets

What to Expect with President Trump’s Speech on the Government Shutdown

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Ellen Mbuqe

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, is available to discuss President Trump’s primetime speech on the partial government shutdown. Prof. Phillips taught a class about the rhetoric of President Trump and popular culture and offered four…

Veterans

University Honors Commitment to Veterans at Camping World Bowl

Friday, January 4, 2019, By Leah Lazarz

As part of the University’s enduring commitment to veterans and the military community, the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) partnered with athletic donors Ted Lachowicz ’72 and Cliff Ensley…

STEM

Physicist Gabriela González G’95 Reveals How Syracuse Prepared Her to Make Science History

Friday, January 4, 2019, By Rob Enslin

For Gabriela González G’95, life is a honeymoon—to quote a recent country hit. No sooner had the renowned physicist returned from her own honeymoon than she and her husband, fellow Argentinian theorist Jorge Pullin, moved the party to Syracuse in 1989. Swapping…

The Guardian

Environmental Rollbacks Aim to Protect Coal Power

Friday, December 28, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Charles Driscoll, University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was interviewed by The Guardian for an article about rolling back toxic mercury pollution standards. The move by the Trump administration is part of a…

STEM

Concept to Design Library ‘Critical Catalog’ Earns ASIS&T Best Paper Proposal Award

Wednesday, December 19, 2018, By Diane Stirling

A paper describing a proposal to create a new type of library catalog—one that, in the way it uses metadata, acts as an “affirmative action” system to advocate for diversity and expose library users and readers to resources from populations…