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Alumnus Joshua Aviv Wins $1 Million in Buffalo Startup Competition

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By J.D. Ross

Joshua Aviv ’14 G’17, founder and CEO of SparkCharge, a company that produces a portable, fast charging battery unit for electric vehicles, has earned the top prize of $1 million at 43North, a Buffalo, New York-based startup competition. The 43North…

STEM

‘Illuminating 2018’ Receives Continuing Tow Center Journalism Project Funding

Thursday, October 4, 2018, By Diane Stirling

The political communication data analysis research of two School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members has again been selected for Tow Center for Digital Journalism recognition at Columbia University and funding support from the Knight Foundation. The work of Professor…

Campus & Community

Resources Available to the Community

Wednesday, October 3, 2018, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: An important national dialogue about sexual assault and sexual harassment, and in particular the role we each play in combatting their prevalence, is currently underway. On television, on social media and in casual conversations around…

Campus & Community

Being the Stories We Tell: Syracuse Symposium Organizers Use Fall Events to Probe Individual, Collective Power of Storytelling

Tuesday, October 2, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium—a program of the Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S)—continues its yearlong look at “Stories” with a spate of October events. The lineup includes the exhibition “Look Now: Facing Breast Cancer”; a lecture by geographer Nicolas…

Campus & Community

Message from Dr. Karen Nardella

Monday, October 1, 2018, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: As Syracuse University’s medical director, ensuring my colleagues and I do everything we can to contribute to a safe and healthy living, learning and working environment is critically important. That is why I am reaching…

STEM

Professor Lauded for Contributions to Experimental Particle Physics

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The American Physical Society (APS) is recognizing a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for his contributions to particle physics. Sheldon Stone, Distinguished Professor of Physics, is the 2019 recipient of the APS’ prestigious W.K.H. Panofksy Prize…

Arts & Culture

Participants Discuss SU Human Rights Film Festival, Syracuse Symposium

Friday, September 21, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium is underway with a series of events in September supporting the yearlong theme of “Stories.” One of this year’s events, also part of the 16th annual Syracuse University Human Rights Film Festival (SUHRFF), is a visit by filmmaker Rudy Valdez….

STEM

Civil Engineering Students Survey the Shaw Quad

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Civil engineers need site layout surveys to help determine the placement of buildings, roadways, bridges and other infrastructure projects. Surveying measures not only the distance between two points but also the change in elevation. As part of their coursework, civil…

Campus & Community

Food Services Expands Its Sustainability Practices, One Plastic Straw at a Time

Sunday, September 16, 2018, By Greta Bush

There’s something missing this fall from all five campus dining centers. Don’t worry: the chicken tenders are still there. But plastic straws are gone. The plastic straw ban sweeping the nation has come to Syracuse University. SU Food Services opted…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Announces 2018-19 Syracuse Symposium

Friday, September 14, 2018, By Rob Enslin

“Stories” is the theme of the 2018-19 Syracuse Symposium, hosted by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Now in its 17th year, the annual public events series explores the humanities through an array…