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Expert Grygiel Calls on Facebook Leaders After Data Breach
In a new scandal, Facebook has been charged with a data breach that allowed 50 million users’ private data to be harvested without their permission. With such a serious issue at hand, social media expert and Newhouse professor Jennifer Grygiel…
History-Making Athlete, Social Activist Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72 to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address at Syracuse University
As a 20-year-old Syracuse University junior in 1967, Switzer became the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon. That life-defining day inspired her to create greater opportunities for women in sports.
Engineering and Computer Science Students Help Kids Fly in Vintage Flight Simulator at M.O.S.T.
Known as “blue boxes,” the compact blue mini-planes designed by Binghamton New York engineer Edwin Link in 1929 were the first commercially available flight simulators. To build them, Link used his experience working for his family’s piano and organ business….
After Cambridge Analytica Revelations, Facebook Needs to Be Held Accountable
Facebook’s leadership needs to explain its use of data to lawmakers in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Jennifer Grygiel, a social media expert and assistant professor of communications at New Syracuse University, told CBS News on Sunday. Cambridge…
Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30
The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…
Renamed King + King Architecture Library Celebrates Grand Re-Opening on March 29
The School of Architecture and the Syracuse University Libraries will co-host the dedication of the newly renovated and renamed King + King Architecture Library. The event will take place on the third floor of Slocum Hall on Thursday, March 29,…
Life in the Fast Lane
Last fall, Bob Sorokanich ’08 tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company’s new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track’s deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…
Roy Gutterman Contributes to Newly Launched Whistleblower Project
Roy Gutterman of the Newhouse School is part of the team contributing to the Whistleblower Project, a new initiative dedicated to spreading awareness to ensure that whistleblowers and the journalists who work with them are protected and supported. A collaboration between the Society of Professional…
Chao Wei’s Alterable Brick Wall M.S. Capstone Project Wins Masonry Competition
A December 2017 graduate of the Syracuse Architecture M.S. in architecture program won the student category of the inaugural Joan B. Calambokidis Innovation in Masonry Competition with his alterable brick wall. Rotating bricks could usher a new wave of dynamic…
Grad Student to Appear on ‘Jeopardy!’ on March 12
What started with a passion for trivia in high school (along with a couple of appearances on a local TV academic quiz show) has led to a moment Ashley O’Mara’s youth pastor knew would one day arrive. “He told me…