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Rainbow Recognition Award Nominations Due March 25

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

Rainbow Recognition Award nominations, for awards to be presented at this year’s Rainbow Banquet, are due by Sunday, March 25. The Rainbow Recognition Awards acknowledge members of the Syracuse University, SUNY-ESF and city of Syracuse communities whose contributions to LGBTQIA+…

Media, Law & Policy

Can Judges Rule on Gerrymandering and Stay Non-Political?

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies issues around gerrymandering and perceptions of judicial bias, is available to discuss the legal issues of Benisek v. Lamone which will be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March…

Campus & Community

Q&A: The Office of the University Ombuds

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced the opening of the Office of the University Ombuds in February. Professor Emeritus Samuel Clemence is leading the office in an interim capacity until a search committee identifies a permanent ombuds later this semester….

Business & Economy

Book Talk, Signing with Carl Schramm, University Professor and Author of ‘Burn the Business Plan’ on April 4

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries, the Blackstone LaunchPad and the School of Information Studies are hosting an author’s talk and book signing with Carl Schramm, author of “Burn the Business Plan,” University Professor and former president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman…

Campus & Community

Deadline Extended for Summer Research or Creative Work Applications

Thursday, March 22, 2018, By News Staff

The deadline to apply for Summer Research or Creative Work stipends is being extended to Friday, March 30, at 11:59 p.m. The Syracuse University Student Association is partnering with the Office of Research and the Office of the Provost to…

Campus & Community

TEDx Syracuse University Announces Speakers for 2018 Conference

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By J.D. Ross

The student organizers at the TEDx Syracuse University conference have unveiled the speakers who will be presenting at the annual event this April. The team has always made it a point to select speakers from a variety of professions and locations,…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Students Help Kids Fly in Vintage Flight Simulator at M.O.S.T.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

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….

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents 2018 Newhouse Photography Annual

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

  Light Work is presenting the 2018 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Juried by Lauren Steel (visuals director, Verbatim Agency), the exhibition is a collection of more than 25…

Media, Law & Policy

Without Legal Norms to Keep Up with Technology, Self-Driving Vehicles Are Accidents Waiting to Happen

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation into a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed an Arizona woman in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend. A test driver from Uber was behind the…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Ranks in Top 10 for 10 Public Affairs Specialties: U.S. News & World Report

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Jennifer Congel

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is once again among the top-ranked graduate schools of public affairs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Grad Schools, and is highly ranked in 11 of the…