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Hurricane Harvey Hits CNY at the Pump

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While Hurricane Harvey physically ravaged parts of Texas, it still had far-reaching effects that were felt in Central New York: prices at the pump. Refineries in Texas that supply oil to New York were shut down, creating the rise in…

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Could a New Water Filtration System be on the Horizon for Syracuse?

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As an algae bloom clouded the typically clear Skaneateles Lake last week, much concern was drawn over the Syracuse tap water, which is unfiltered water from the lake. If the blooms were to persist, the city would be faced with…

Business & Economy

$5,000 Impact Prize for Social Entrepreneurship Debuts this Fall

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A new Impact Prize initiative  is launching at the University. The program will support student entrepreneur teams that devise innovative and implementable solutions to economic or social problems, or civic challenges.  Coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University, the Impact…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Abroad Hosts First-Ever Study Abroad Showcase

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

On Monday, Sept. 25, Syracuse Abroad will host its first-ever Study Abroad Showcase in the Schine Student Center Atrium from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Students worried about choosing a study abroad program that fits their major or minor requirements are invited…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Mourns Legendary Teacher, Scholar Ralph Ketcham

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Ralph Ketcham, one of the longest-serving and most beloved and influential professors in the history of the Maxwell School, died on April 26 after a brief illness. He was 89. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, Sept. 25, at 3…

Campus & Community

Nicholson, Williams Named to Leadership Roles in Enrollment and the Student Experience

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience Dolan Evanovich has announced the appointments of Amanda Nicholson as assistant provost and dean for student success and Ryan Williams as senior associate vice president for enrollment. These appointments follow the announcement…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival Celebrates 15th Anniversary

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Being held Sept. 28-30, the festival is part of Syracuse Symposium 2017-18: Belonging and is presented by the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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Yaffe Interviewed About Joni Mitchel Biography

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

A name that revolutionized the musical world forever is Joni Mitchell. Her songs transcend generations, and were the focal point of a new biography written by Syracuse Humanities Professor David Yaffe. His biography on the song writer is entitled Reckless…

Health & Society

‘Triple Triumph: Three Women in Medicine’ Book Launch on Sept. 26

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The book launch of “Triple Triumph: Three Women in Medicine,” a new work published by Syracuse Unbound, a joint imprint of the Syracuse University Libraries and Syracuse University Press, will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Goldstein Faculty…

Media, Law & Policy

Shubha Ghosh, TCLC Help a Scientist Bring a Diagnostic Innovation to Market

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Martin Walls

In 2000, when she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel from Colombia to study genetic engineering at the University of Arkansas, Magnolia Ariza-Nieto says she thought she had won the lottery. But with that elation came a sense of…