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One Goldwater Scholar, Three Honorable Mentions Named

Monday, May 9, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Four Syracuse University nominees for the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship were recently recognized. Jessica Toothaker, a junior majoring in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was named as a 2016 Goldwater Scholar. Three students were recognized with Goldwater Honorable…

Media, Law & Policy

Grygiel Takes First Place in AEJMC Teaching Competition

Wednesday, May 4, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, took first place in the Best Practices in Ethics in an Emerging Media Environment teaching competition, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Elected Committee…

Arts & Culture

Los Angeles Semester Launches Summer Program

Wednesday, May 4, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The University’s Los Angeles Semester will launch its first-ever summer program this year. “Students have been asking us about the possibility of adding a summer option to our program, and so it’s exciting to be able to make it a…

Campus & Community

More than a Decade of Dialogue, C.A.R.E. Celebrates Continued Impact, Growth

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, By Shannon Andre

What started as a pilot program for student staff in the residence halls, Conversations about Race and Ethnicity (C.A.R.E.) is now a staple Student Affairs program that has engaged more than 1,000 campus community members in important and critical dialogue….

Campus & Community

Student Ratings Closing in Nine Days!

Monday, May 2, 2016, By News Staff

Time is running out – if you haven’t completed your student ratings, do so today. Nearly 80 percent of Syracuse University instructors use the feedback they get from student ratings to revise their courses. Your instructors are listening to what…

Media, Law & Policy

Student, Vision Organization Help Entrepreneurs Bring Ideas to Life

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Sophomore Julia Haber launched the POP^ Shop in Marshall Square Mall for student entrepreneurs and the student organization, Vision, for entrepreneurs and those who would like to support the work of start-ups. “I’m passionate about entrepreneurship; I’ve worked with a bunch of startups and I love the creative elements of it.”

Campus & Community

Protect Yourself! Ransomware Is on the Rise

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University is experiencing increasing ransomware attacks, in which criminals send email to disseminate malware that encrypts and locks down computers, and then demand the owners pay a ransom to get their data and machines back. We’re not alone. In…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse, BuzzFeed Partner to Offer Course in Social Media, Distributed Content

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The world of publishing has drastically changed in the last decade due to emerging technology, new publishing sources, social media and the hyper connectedness of people and ideas. To address those changes, the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and…

STEM

Undergraduate Receives Two Awards from American Society of Plant Biology

Thursday, April 28, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Snigdha Chatterjee ’17 has received two prestigious awards from the American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB). She was awarded both a travel grant and a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Between the two awards, Chatterjee is supported to travel to the…

“The Party needs to decide how to live in a Trump-nominee world”

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said while Hillary Clinton has shored up the necessary votes, unifying the Democratic party…