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Former Olympic Committee Member Burton Talks 2018 Games

Friday, February 9, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

He is now a Sports Management professor in Falk College, but in 2008, Rick Burton was the Chief Marketing Officer for the United State Olympic Committee during the Beijing Games. A decade later, he spoke with LocalSYR.com about this year’s…

Campus & Community

iSchool, AT&T, City of Syracuse Partner to Launch Civic Data Hackathon Focused on Snow Removal

Friday, February 9, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), AT&T and the City of Syracuse have announced the launch of a civic hackathon, Plowing Through the Data, powered by AT&T. The partnership between the iSchool, the city and AT&T is the second community-based hackathon in Syracuse…

Business & Economy

Data to Drive Future of Amazon-Whole Foods Grocery Delivery

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

This week Amazon announced it will begin delivering groceries from Whole Foods via Prime Now service to customers in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Virginia Beach. The company says it plans to expand the service to other U.S. cities later this…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ralf Schneider Wins Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Award

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Erica Blust

Ralf Schneider, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, won “Best Use of Autodesk Fusion 360” for his project Bench32 in the Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge VI…

STEM

Chemist Designs Diabetic Treatment Minus Harmful Side Effects

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has figured out how to control glucose levels in the bloodstream without the usual side effects of nausea, vomiting or malaise. Robert Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith…

Media, Law & Policy

Waymo-Uber Case to Set New Implications for California’s Start-Up Culture

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The suit being brought by a division of Google Alphabet – Waymo – claims that Uber stole trade secrets regarding the technical details of self-driving cars. Professor Shubha Ghosh serves as Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the…

Business & Economy

For This Fashion Technology Company, the Technology Commercialization Research Center is a Perfect Fit

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Martin Walls

It is evident when sitting in on a meeting of the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Research Center (LAW 815) that there’s a reciprocal relationship between clients seeking help from student researchers in order to commercialize a new technology and…

Business & Economy

Why is Billionaire Investor Patrick Soon-Shiong Buying LA Times, and What Will it Mean for the Newsroom?

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Billionaire biotech investor and physician Patrick Soon-Shiong is buying the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune in a $500 million deal. Associate professor Steve Davis teaches magazine, newspaper and online journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public…

Veterans

Institute for Veterans and Military Families Receives Grant from Travelers

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Stephanie Salanger

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has received a $50,000 grant from Travelers. The IVMF provides career skills training and entrepreneurship programs that meet transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses where they are in their civilian transition to…

Media, Law & Policy

ProPublica Editor Joe Sexton Will Speak at Newhouse Feb. 13

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Joe Sexton, senior editor with ProPublica, will visit the Newhouse School Feb. 13 as a guest of the broadcast and digital journalism and magazine departments. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. at the I3 Center, 432 Newhouse 2. Follow on…