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Campus & Community

Message from Dr. Karen Nardella

Friday, October 5, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Earlier this week, I shared with you that a member of our campus community had been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. We have now learned that the student has serogroup B meningococcal meningitis, otherwise known as…

STEM

Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…

STEM

Call for Code Hackathon 2018: Improving Disaster Preparedness and Resiliency

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By Amy Manley

Over 100 students participated in the 2018 Call for Code Hackathon held at Syracuse University’s Bird Library this fall. Student hackers were given 24 hours to brainstorm and present ideas on how AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data and IoT technologies can…

STEM

‘Illuminating 2018’ Receives Continuing Tow Center Journalism Project Funding

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By Diane Stirling

The political communication data analysis research of two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members has again been selected for Tow Center for Digital Journalism recognition at Columbia University and funding support from the Knight Foundation. The work of Professor…

Health & Society

Heflin and Rothbart Receive Grant to Study SNAP and School Readiness

Wednesday, October 3, 2018, By News Staff

Colleen Heflin and Michah Rothbart, professor and assistant professor, respectively, of public administration and international affairs, have received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to research the relationship between student participation in the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition…

Health & Society

Industrial and Interaction Design Students Take Award-Winning Invention to Next Stage

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By News Staff

Quinn King ’20 and Alec Gillinder ’20, industrial and interaction design (IID) majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) School of Design, are participating in a “Concept to Commercialization” boot camp as part of the Medical Innovation…

STEM

Physicist’s Discovery Recasts ‘Lifetime Hierarchy’ of Subatomic Particles

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have determined that the lifetime of the so-called charmed omega—part of a family of subatomic particles called baryons—is nearly four times longer than previously thought. In an article in Physical Review Letters…

Campus & Community

Message from Dr. Karen Nardella

Monday, October 1, 2018, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As Syracuse University’s medical director, ensuring my colleagues and I do everything we can to contribute to a safe and healthy living, learning and working environment is critically important. That is why I am reaching…

Campus & Community

National Pan-Hellenic Council Hosts ‘Syracuse 8’ Panel Oct. 4

Monday, October 1, 2018, By Shannon Andre

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) welcomes four members of the “Syracuse 8” on Thursday, Oct. 4, for a panel discussion titled “Leveling the Playing Field.” The panel discussion begins at 7 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center. Returning to…

STEM

Maxwell’s QDR Receives NSF Grant to Facilitate Ethical Data Sharing

Monday, October 1, 2018, By News Staff

Colin Elman, professor of political science in the Maxwell School and co-director of the Qualitative Data Repository (QDR), has received a $299,787 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the construction of socio-technical infrastructure to facilitate the safe…