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Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…

Arts & Culture

Perpetual Peace Project Expands Global Footprint

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

The Perpetual Peace Project (PPP)—a multilateral curatorial program, co-founded by Syracuse University—has announced two new initiatives, exploring the possibilities of world peace from a humanistic perspective. The first initiative involves the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University (UU) in…

Business & Economy

Panasci Business Plan Competition Applications Due by Jan. 21

Sunday, January 10, 2016, By News Staff

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management have announced a call for submissions for the 2016 Panasci Business Plan Competition. The competition accepts business plan…

Campus & Community

Danielle Reed ’16 Selected as Student Speaker for MLK Celebration

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Danielle Reed ’16 has been named as the student speaker for the Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Celebration, which takes place at the Carrier Dome on Jan. 31. Reed is a senior from Atlanta with a double major in Spanish…

Arts & Culture

Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer’s personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone’s wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?

STEM

Grad Student Finds LIS Program Lets Him Combine Personal Passions

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Three personal passions drive graduate student Taylor Davis-Van Atta’s pursuits at the University, and they triangulate the path he is carving for his future professional life through the study of librarianship at the School of Information Studies (iSchool). Davis-Van Atta,…

Media, Law & Policy

Photographer Gregory Heisler Settles into a New Career

Tuesday, December 22, 2015, By Emily Kulkus

A few decades ago—when darkrooms and Kodachrome were staples of professional photography—a “hotshot” photographer spoke at the Rochester Institute of Technology about his extremely successful career. In the audience sat an eager young college student who worked up enough courage…

Campus & Community

Sarah Scalese Appointed Associate Vice President for University Communications

Monday, December 21, 2015, By News Staff

Sarah Scalese has been named associate vice president for University Communications. In this capacity, she will oversee the University’s Office of News Services, Office of Publications and the Office of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences. In October,…

Media, Law & Policy

2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship Goes to Newhouse Senior

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Max Darrow, a senior broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School, is the recipient of the 2015 Pete Wilson Scholarship. The scholarship, which is given by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), was established in 2007 to…

Media, Law & Policy

HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane

Thursday, December 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)—“If the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria’s Detention Facilities”—has independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…