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Arts and Sciences Unveils Milton First-Year Lecture Series
In response to the evolving educational landscape, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is expanding its popular Milton First-Year Lecture. The result is the aptly named Laura Hanhausen Milton First-Year Lecture Series. This fall, A&S will present four Milton…
Arlene Kanter Continues ‘Revolutionary’ Research on Services for Students with Disabilities in Israel
Continuing her engagement with disability rights scholarship and advocacy around the world during her sabbatical year away from the College of Law, Professor Arlene Kanter visited Israel in August 2017 to work on a research project to support students with…
Football Is In Full Force, But Will It Last?
Football has long been the favorite sport of millions of Americans, making the NFL a thriving business across the board. However, as new issues come to light, Falk Professor Rick Burton says that there may be tough times ahead for…
University Welcomes 90 New Full-time Faculty for 2017-18
Syracuse University has hired 90 new full-time faculty members for 2017-18. The additions include tenure and tenure-track professors as well as non-tenure-track faculty including teaching professors and professors of practice. “Our newest faculty colleagues are talented and accomplished scholars and…
Raymond Carver Reading Series This Fall Hosts Six Novelists, Poets
The fall semester of the 2017-18 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins Wednesday, Sept. 20, with poet Solmaz Sharif. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and an…
Lee McKnight Talks About Amazon’s Whole Foods Strategy
After Amazon’s blockbuster purchase of Whole Foods, iSchool Professor Lee McKnight spoke with NPR about how Amazon will start by gathering more data on its consumers, rather than try to increase sales volume right away. With a large overlap between…
Syracuse Loses a Legend: Remembering ‘Coach Mac’
Richard F. “Dick” MacPherson, who guided the Syracuse football team to an undefeated season in 1987 and five bowl games in 10 seasons as head coach, passed away on Aug. 8. He was 86 years old. [Editor’s Note (Update Thursday,…
Missile launch is North Korea’s message: the status quo in US relations is not sustainable
Frederick Carriere, Research Professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and Senior Fellow at the Korean Peninsula Affairs Council, offers insight on the current US-Korea relations and threats poised by North Korea’s ICBM development. Professor Carriere is available to speak…
Invent@SU Students Design, Prototype, Pitch New Products in Invention Accelerator Competition
For Niall Shannon ’20 and Mina Diamantis ’19, Invent@SU was hands-on engineering at its best. They saw a problem in how many traditional wheelchairs can tip over and believed they could come up with a solution. “This is what I always…