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In Class: COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators”
Social Media Professor William Ward (@DR4WARD) gives his students a chance to take Google Glass for a spin during COM 427, “Social Media for Communicators.” Is this the future of social media? Ward’s fearless sidekick, Ty the Wonder Dog, helps assist in the lesson plan and the exploration of this new device.
Plastics Pioneers Reading Room to Open in Bird Library
On Friday, Sept. 27, from 2:30–4 p.m., the Plastics Pioneers Reading Room, a gift of donors Glenn and Patsy Beall, will officially be dedicated and opened on the sixth floor of Syracuse University’s Bird Library. The public is invited to…
Light Work to Present George Gittoes ‘Nothing is Enough’
Light Work and Community Darkrooms are presenting George Gittoes’ “Nothing Is Enough,” through Dec. 20 in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in the Schine Student Center. An artist talk will be held in the gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 2,…
Sandbox Entrepreneurs to Showcase Companies
The fifth annual Student Sandbox Demo Day will showcase the innovation and dedication of Central New York student entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Everson Museum in Syracuse. As part of the Raymond von Dran Innovation and Disruptive Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA),…
Summer 2013 Evacuation Drill Schedule for Academic Administrative Buildings
The Environmental Health and Safety Services Office (EHSS) will conduct the summer 2013 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from July 29 through Aug. 2. The building drills will be conducted between 9:30-11:30 a.m. or between 1:30-3:30 p.m., according…
Q&A with Professor Roy Gutterman: Balancing Privacy and National Security
Recent revelations about the U.S. government’s surveillance programs in counterterrorism have jarred the American public into a debate about privacy rights versus national security. A former National Security Agency contractor employee, Edward Snowden, leaked information that the N.S.A. collects the…
SU Mathematician Wins Simons Fellowship
J. Theodore Cox to use fellowship to study probability theory J. Theodore Cox, professor of mathematics in The College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed a 2013 Simons Fellow. Cox will use the $110,000 award, along with support from…
Institute for Veterans and Military Families Featured on CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’
Special correspondent Sanjay Gupta reports on the institute’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
‘An Iliad’: Powerful Adaptation of an Ancient Tale
One of the world’s oldest stories comes to life from the point of view of a single poet in “An Iliad,” directed by Penny Metropulos at Syracuse Stage.
Carnegie Library Will Be Closed for the Summer; Items Available by Request
The Carnegie Library will be closed this summer, May 11-Aug. 20. During this time, there will be renovation work in the Carnegie building that may pose safety hazards, as well as create noise, dust and general disruption for users of…