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Scientists Rethink Co-Evolution of Marine Life, Oxygenated Oceans

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have confirmed that rising oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels co-evolved with marine life hundreds of millions of years ago. Wanyi Lu, a Ph.D. candidate studying under Associate Professor Zunli Lu (no relation) in…

Campus & Community

University Hires New Equal Opportunity and Title IX Investigator

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University’s Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolution Services has hired Melanie Cuevas-Rodriguez to serve as an Equal Opportunity and Title IX investigator. The hire fills one of two new investigator positions created as part of the University’s expansion…

Business & Economy

Latest Sears’ Announcement is Really About Private Brand Portfolio

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Sears announced today that it plans to close 72 non-profitable stores as “part of ongoing efforts to streamline the company’s operations.” The list of exact stores that will be impacted will be announced later on today. Ray Wimer is an…

Media, Law & Policy

No Light Matter – Killing ‘Roseanne’ Show Was Inevitable

Wednesday, May 30, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

On May 29, ABC announced it was canceling its rebooted “Roseanne” sitcom after Roseanne Barr made racist statements on Twitter. Eunkyu Lee is a professor of marketing at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management. From a marketing and branding standpoint, he…

STEM

Stripling Elected to Board of Freedom to Read Foundation

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor of Practice and Senior Associate Dean Barbara Stripling has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF). She will begin her term in June after the organization’s…

Campus & Community

Indigenous Student Graduation Reception Honors Students at Its 15th Annual Event

Tuesday, May 29, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Native Student Program celebrated graduating Indigenous students during the 15th annual Indigenous Student Graduation Reception on May 5. The University’s Indigenous students earned 17 bachelor’s degrees, four master’s degrees, one J.D. and one Ph.D. It…

WAPE

Poet Discusses Life With a Seeing-Eye Dog

Friday, May 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Poet and School of Education professor Stephen Kuusisto recently joined Atlanta’s WABE radio station to discuss his new memoir, Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey. The work details his encounter with his first seeing eye dog Corky, who he…

Philadelphia Tribune

Subliminal Advertising in ‘Uncle Drew’ Movie

Friday, May 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

NBA star Kyrie Irving is set to hit the big screen soon for his new movie Uncle Drew. While the film looks to entertain, it also has some subliminal advertising hidden within. This comes from Pepsi, who started the Uncle…

The Post Standard

Goldberg Featured in InterFaith Series

Friday, May 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Professor emeritus Alan Goldberg recently wrote an opinion piece for the Post Standard as a part of the feature series with InterFaith Works of CNY. Goldberg entitled his work “We Are All Immigrants,” writing a story about POWs in WWII….

The Week

The New Way to Successfully Crowdfund

Friday, May 25, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Makana Chock, an associate professor of communications at the Newhouse School, recently spoke with The Week about the future of crowdfunding, and how some companies are succeeding in earning more donations thanks to evoking feelings and emotions within donors. “There…