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Campus & Community

Registration Open for Why Sleep is So Important Webinar for Faculty and Staff

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, By News Staff

Quality, restful sleep and getting enough of it at the right times, is essential to your health and wellbeing. However, surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that 60 percent of American adults report having sleep problems a few…

Arts & Culture

‘New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from Light Work Collection’ Open at Palitz Gallery

Friday, February 9, 2018, By Scott McDowell

The Palitz Gallery presents “New Voices: Recent Acquisitions from the Light Work Collection.” The exhibition brings together photographs by former Light Work Artists-in-Residence. The exhibition will be on view through  April 12 at the Palitz Gallery, which is located within…

Campus & Community

iSchool, AT&T, City of Syracuse Partner to Launch Civic Data Hackathon Focused on Snow Removal

Friday, February 9, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool), AT&T and the City of Syracuse have announced the launch of a civic hackathon, Plowing Through the Data, powered by AT&T. The partnership between the iSchool, the city and AT&T is the second community-based hackathon in Syracuse…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Ralf Schneider Wins Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge Award

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Erica Blust

Ralf Schneider, assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, won “Best Use of Autodesk Fusion 360” for his project Bench32 in the Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge VI…

AP

Uncertainty Abounds With New LA Times Owner

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

The LA Times newspaper has recently been bought out by a new owner. While it alleviates financial stress, many are unsure about the new owner, a biotech billionaire named Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Amidst speculation of Soon-Shiong, Newhouse Associate Professor Steve…

Associated Press

Newhouse Newspaper Expert Comments on Sale of LA Times

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Steve Davis, associate professor in the newspaper and online journalism program in the Newhouse School, is quoted in the Associated Press following the sale of the LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune to biotech billionaire, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Davis says Soon-Shiong’s…

Media, Law & Policy

Waymo-Uber Case to Set New Implications for California’s Start-Up Culture

Thursday, February 8, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The suit being brought by a division of Google Alphabet – Waymo – claims that Uber stole trade secrets regarding the technical details of self-driving cars. Professor Shubha Ghosh serves as Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the…

Campus & Community

William N. Myhill Brings Extensive Experience to New ADA Leadership Role

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By News Staff

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Andrew Gordon has announced the appointment of William N. Myhill, M.Ed., J.D. as the University’s new interim Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) coordinator. “We are fortunate to have someone like William Myhill…

STEM

New App Hopes to Reduce Suicides, Alert Psychiatrists to Concerning Social Media Posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

A current research project in the College of Engineering and Computer Science could help reduce the number of suicides that occur each year by analyzing social media data generated by depressed patients and alerting their caregivers in time to intervene quickly. Graduate…

STEM

NSA Taps Syracuse University Faculty to Develop Cybersecurity Curricula

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Yuzhe “Richard” Tang and Professor Wenliang “Kevin” Du in the College of Engineering and Computer Science have been awarded $328,481 by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop cybersecurity curricula to be taught at the University and beyond. Tang and Du are developing hands-on…