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Campus & Community

Laura J. Steinberg Accepts Appointment at Schiller Institute at Boston College

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, By News Staff

Laura J. Steinberg, who has served in multiple leadership roles driving innovation and entrepreneurship at Syracuse University, has accepted a position at Boston College as the inaugural Seidner Executive Director of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society. Steinberg…

Campus & Community

Volunteers Needed for April ‘Living Library’ Event

Monday, February 10, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries will host its annual “Living Library” event on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m. in Bird Library. Patrons will have the opportunity to talk to “living books”—volunteers from the broader Syracuse University community representing a…

Health & Society

The Health Hub Goes Mobile

Monday, February 10, 2020, By News Staff

Students who have been on campus during a busy day or have participated in programs hosted by the health and wellness team may recognize the blue and orange octagonal informational tent that pops up in a variety of locations—commonly known…

Campus & Community

New 150th Anniversary Exhibition: Milestones of the Syracuse University Libraries

Friday, January 31, 2020, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries is featuring a new sesquicentennial exhibition of milestones of SU Libraries titled “Let the reader emerge!” on the first floor of Bird Library from Feb. 3 until mid-May. A smaller collection of materials is also on display…

Campus & Community

Update from Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion Co-Leads

Thursday, January 30, 2020, By News Staff

Dear Members of the Syracuse University Community: We are writing to you today to update you on the work of the Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion, which was formed by the Board of Trustees last semester, as…

Campus & Community

School of Architecture Senior Among Speakers at Upcoming TEDx Conference

Monday, January 27, 2020, By Julie Sharkey

After years of successful support by the iSchool, the student-run TEDx Syracuse University conference is switching to a cross-disciplinary curation model. The overarching theme for this year’s event is “A Seat at the Table” and will feature, for the first…

Media, Law & Policy

Is Mr. Peanut Really Dead? Stay Tuned

Thursday, January 23, 2020, By Matt Michael

Mr. Peanut is dead at 104 – or is he? Advertising expert Edward Russell says the death of Mr. Peanut is “likely only chapter one” in this seemingly tragic story of an iconic character. Russell, an associate professor of advertising…

Campus & Community

Participate in a Hearing Research Study

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, By News Staff

Do you have difficulty hearing, for example in conversations, group settings or restaurants? Over the counter (OTC) hearing aids were recently approved by the U.S. Congress. The Hearing Lab at Syracuse University is studying how the average consumer obtains and…

Campus & Community

Female-Forward Broadcast Crew for Syracuse Hoops Brings New Meaning to ‘Women in Sports’

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, By Jen Plummer

The production control rooms in Newhouse 2 were buzzing with all the usual pregame activity as two teams of students and broadcasting pros prepped for last Thursday’s women’s basketball game against Georgia Tech. As an updated run-of-show was hurriedly distributed,…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Student Xinyi Zhou Selected as First Recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, By Alex Dunbar

Computer and information science Ph.D. candidate Xinyi Zhou was selected as the first recipient of the Pramod K. and Anju Varshney Endowed Graduate Scholarship. Zhou’s research covers machine learning, data (text and graph) mining, social media mining and social computing…