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U.S. News Ranks College of Engineering and Computer Science, iSchool No. 11 for Online Graduate Programs

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By J.D. Ross

Online graduate programs offered by Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) and School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been ranked No. 11 for best information technology programs for 2019 by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Discusses Orange Pride and Four Important Goals in 2019 Winter Message to the Community

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of the many reasons for Orange pride and four important goals for the next six months in his Winter Message, which he delivered on Monday, Jan. 14, to a standing-room-only audience in the Jack and Laura…

STEM

Syracuse University Student Ventures Advance in National Round of Student Startup Madness

Monday, January 14, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University student startups OptechVR—co-founded by Whitman first-year student Matt Shumer and Newhouse first-year student Sam Hollander—and Tableau Media—a venture by Hanna Seraji, an anthropology, women’s and gender studies and communication and rhetorical studies major, along with SU alumna Gabriela…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Student Selected for BuzzFeed/Instagram VerticalU Video Workshop

Monday, January 14, 2019, By Lani Rich

When Stefanie Grafstein heard about VerticalU, a new vertical video workshop launched last year by media partners BuzzFeed and Instagram, she jumped at the chance to apply. “I realized that shooting television vertically could be the next big step in…

Campus & Community

Napolitano Joins A&S Communications Team

Monday, January 14, 2019, By Daeya Malboeuf

Diana Napolitano G’17 has joined the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) as its new content marketing manager. Napolitano’s portfolio will include identifying and addressing content gaps, writing for web and print, and overall project management. She will also work…

Campus & Community

Rape Aggression Defense Classes Available This Semester

Sunday, January 13, 2019, By Christine Grabowski

The nationally known Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) System is a comprehensive program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women that begins with awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. The…

Campus & Community

Vice Chancellor J. Michael Haynie Named University Professor

Friday, January 11, 2019, By News Staff

J. Michael Haynie, vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and innovation and the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship, has been named a University Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction—a four-year, renewable appointment—is granted to faculty who excel in…

STEM

Mambu Alphan Kawa Scholarship Honors a Friendship

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Matt Wheeler

When Smita Narayan G’00 arrived at Syracuse University to begin her master’s degrees in civil and computer engineering, she felt out of her element and overwhelmed by the University and life in a new country. It was her first time…

STEM

Demonstrating Green Building Technologies in China

Thursday, January 10, 2019, By Jay Cox

When College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang set out to develop a software platform that would integrate and optimize the design of green buildings, little did he know it would lead to an international collaborative project…

Health & Society

School of Education Launches Interdisciplinary Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

The School of Education has created a new minor in atrocity studies and the practices of social justice that prepares students to be engaged citizens, advocates, scholars and leaders in a changing global society. The interdisciplinary minor, open to all…