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Campus & Community

CCDS Plans Un-Conference on Democracy, Digital Media, Decision Making, Data Analytics

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host the Syracuse University Research Un-Conference in September. The purpose of the Un-Conference is to bring together faculty from the Syracuse University community in a…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Honors Late Faculty Member Stan Alten, Establishes Award in His Name

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse School will host a celebration of the life and scholarship of late faculty member Stan Alten Sept. 23 on campus. Alten, who taught in the television, radio and film department from 1970 until his retirement in 2008, died…

STEM

Syracuse Awarded $3.7 Million for Particle Physics Research

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding what happened after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The High-Energy Physics (HEP) Group in the…

Health & Society

Professor to Address Educational Disparities in U.S. Adult Health

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Educational disparities in U.S. adult health are the focus of a presentation by a Syracuse University professor at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology in the Maxwell School…

Veterans

Sociologists Link Service-Connected Disability to Veteran Mortality Disadvantage

Wednesday, August 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The impact of service-connected disability (SCD) on the U.S. veteran mortality rate is the subject of a presentation by a trio of Syracuse University professors at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Philadelphia. Scott Landes,…

STEM

Wearable IV Device Wins SU Campus Session of Invent@SU

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

It was a perfect meeting of tech and design. Industrial and interaction design majors Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20 saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids and spent six weeks designing…

STEM

Back to the Future of Climate Change

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study…

STEM

Nangia’s Research Featured on Journal of Physical Chemistry Cover

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Shikha Nangia’s research on the blood-brain barrier is prominently featured on the cover of the Aug. 2 Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, “Self-Assembly Simulations of Classic Claudins—Insights into the Pore Structure, Selectivity, and Higher Order Complexes,” is…

WHEC TV

New York State Seems to be Behind in Current Electoral Laws

Monday, August 13, 2018, By Essence Britt

Congressman Chris Collins has suspended his re-election campaign three days after he was arrested for insider trading. In terms of who’s going to replace Collins in the November ballot is unsaid. Partially, due to New York State’s electoral laws. Margaret…

Business & Economy

Syracuse University Startup PowerSpike Raises $500,000, Joins Techstars Atlanta to Build Live Streaming Influencer Marketing Tools

Friday, August 10, 2018, By Julie Sharkey

PowerSpike, the leading influencer marketing and analytics platform for live streaming, announced this week a combined investment of $500,000 by The Sixers Innovation Lab Crafted by Kimball, Techstars Atlanta—in partnership with Cox Enterprises, Dorm Room Fund and other outside investors….