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Engineering & Computer Science Student Named Miss Upstate New York; Promotes STEM to Young Women

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Emily Mahana ’18 had never entered a major pageant, but the senior civil and environmental engineering major from Cicero, New York, had always enjoyed watching them on television. “It’s my senior year, why not do something crazy?” thought Mahana. She reached…

Arts & Culture

Hip-Hop Professor, Rapper A.D. Carson to Visit Syracuse Feb. 5 for Black History Month

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The University observes Black History Month with a visit by A.D. Carson, a hip-hop scholar who created a popular rap album to defend his Ph.D. dissertation at Clemson University. Carson, assistant professor of hip-hop and the global South at the University of…

Health & Society

VPA Design Professor Builds Eco-Smart Tiny Home ‘Off the Grid’ in Maine

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

When communications design Assistant Professor Rebecca Kelly and her husband, Kevin, bought a coastal property outside the small fishing town of Lubec, Maine, 10 years ago, they always dreamed of building a home for their family. Last summer, their design for…

Campus & Community

Six-Week Series on Understanding Islam Begins Jan. 31

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Understanding Islam, a six-week series that will present a comprehensive look at Islam through lectures and discussions, will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The program is facilitated by Muslim Chaplain Amir Duric, and will be held on Wednesdays from 6-7:30…

STEM

Pinpointing a Perpetrator

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Amy Manley

Students in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute are the first in the world to utilize the DEPArray NxT, created by Italian company Menarini Silicon Biosystems, in a forensic setting. Originally developed to aid in cancer research, students and faculty at…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students, Faculty Win Big in International Student Creative Advertising Competition

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Creative advertising students from the Newhouse School have won 55 awards in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2018, marking the school’s best showing ever in the international student creative advertising competition and topping previous wins of 36 awards (2017) and…

Business & Economy

Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…

Campus & Community

Students Will Share Experiences with Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In mid-December, 23 Syracuse University students and two advisors traveled to Puerto Rico to help with the recovery efforts after two powerful hurricanes, Irma and Maria, devastated the island last fall. The group spent a week working with Southern Baptist…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Dissertation Fellows to Discuss Research Jan. 26

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center‘s two Dissertation Fellows are presenting a special program in the Tolley Humanities Building. Maria Carson and Thomas J. (T.J.) West III—Ph.D. candidates in religion and English, respectively—will provide an overview of their research on Friday, Jan. 26, from 9:30-11:30 a.m….

Campus & Community

Francine D’Amico Named Teaching Professor at the Maxwell School

Monday, January 22, 2018, By Jessica Smith

The dean of the Maxwell School has appointed Francine D’Amico to the position of teaching professor in the international relations program. The promotion recognizes D’Amico’s accomplishments in teaching, advising, service and curricular and co-curricular development since joining the Maxwell School…