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Jamie Winders
Professor of Geography and Director of the Autonomous Systems Policy InstituteUnless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World
A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…
Syracuse Views Spring 2019
We want to know how you experience Syracuse University. It could be an amazing night view of campus, a cool class project or a beautiful day on the Einhorn Family Walk. Take a photo and share it with us. We…
Everson Museum Names Finalists in International Competition to Design Museum Café
The Everson Museum of Art is currently celebrating the 50th anniversary of its iconic, I.M. Pei-designed building. As part of a comprehensive effort to revitalize Pei’s masterpiece, the Everson has partnered with the School of Architecture to host an international…
Seven Syracuse Abroad Faculty Selected as Global Innovation Fund Recipients
Seven Syracuse Abroad instructors have been selected for 2018-19 Global Innovation Fund awards. The fund supports Syracuse Abroad center faculty in their professional development, their contributions to Syracuse University’s general intellectual and academic culture abroad, and their pedagogical innovation. The…
Negussey Named American Society of Civil Engineers Fellow
Dawit Negussey, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been elected a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)—an honor that recognizes the contributions and creative solutions of civil engineers…
Ammonium Fertilized Early Life on Earth
A team of international scientists—including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London—have demonstrated a new source of food for early life on the planet. Life on Earth relies on the availability of…
PlastiVan Visits Syracuse University Libraries
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center hosted a visit from the PlastiVan on April 26. The PlastiVan is sponsored by SPE Foundation, an association of more than 22,000 members uniting plastics professionals worldwide and committed to making the plastics…
iSchool, Arts and Sciences, Libraries Collaborate on Art of Romanticism Course
As part of Professor Romita Ray’s Art of Romanticism course this past semester, Ray, her students, School of Information Studies (iSchool) Professor Daniel Acuna and Elizabeth Novoa, president of Unika Analytics, designed the website Romanticism at Syracuse University. It features…
Eight Will Make Impacts around the Globe through Fulbright Grants
This fall, Grace Gugerty ’19 will head to Thailand through a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award. There, she will serve in a primary or secondary school in a rural area, and hopes to implement a project involving the National Scouting…