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SU Food Services Receives A+ Score from PETA for Third Consecutive Year
For the third consecutive year, Syracuse’s dining centers have received an A+ rating from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), placing Syracuse University on the Dean’s List in PETA’s college rankings. According to VeganReportCard.com, “The Dean’s List includes…
Social Media Accountability Project Named Finalist in International ‘AI and the News’ Challenge
“Decoding Democracy: A Social Media Accountability Project,” which is being developed by Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, has been named a finalist in the AI (Artificial Intelligence) and…
Become a Leader in Cybersecurity this Fall
In today’s hyperconnected world, cyber attacks on our institutions and personal information are increasing. Governments and industries alike need well-trained experts to protect us. This fall, the Cybersecurity Semester (CSS) returns to Syracuse University to teach computer science and computer engineering students…
Be Alert for Tax Season Email Scams
It’s getting to be that time of year when scammers and phishers are going to use tax season as a pretext to try and steal usernames and passwords or to install malicious software—malware—on users’ computers. These phishing emails will likely…
Chancellor Syverud Discusses Orange Pride and Four Important Goals in 2019 Winter Message to the Community
Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of the many reasons for Orange pride and four important goals for the next six months in his Winter Message, which he delivered on Monday, Jan. 14, to a standing-room-only audience in the Jack and Laura…
Syracuse University Student Ventures Advance in National Round of Student Startup Madness
Syracuse University student startups OptechVR—co-founded by Whitman first-year student Matt Shumer and Newhouse first-year student Sam Hollander—and Tableau Media—a venture by Hanna Seraji, an anthropology, women’s and gender studies and communication and rhetorical studies major, along with SU alumna Gabriela…
Apply Today for Invent@SU Summer 2019
This summer, Invent@SU returns to transform undergraduate students into inventors as they design, prototype and pitch original devices. The immersive invention accelerators will be held at the Fisher Center in New York City (May 13-June 21) and on campus (July 1-Aug. 9). The…
Mambu Alphan Kawa Scholarship Honors a Friendship
When Smita Narayan G’00 arrived at Syracuse University to begin her master’s degrees in civil and computer engineering, she felt out of her element and overwhelmed by the University and life in a new country. It was her first time…
Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China
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…
Amazon Took Microsoft’s Top Spot – Could Other Online Retail Companies Be Next?
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…