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Health & Society

Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77 to Give 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By News Staff

Dr. Sharon Brangman ’77, Distinguished Service Professor and Chief of Geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will give the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham…

Media, Law & Policy

Life in the Fast Lane

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Last fall, Bob Sorokanich ’08 tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company’s new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track’s deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…

Campus & Community

MSNBC Political Analyst/Host Joy-Ann Reid to Speak for University Lectures in April

Tuesday, March 6, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

In addition to her work on MSNBC, including hosting “AM Joy”  Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon ET, Reid is a columnist for The Daily Beast and teaches the Newhouse School course Race, Gender and Media at SU’s Fisher Center in Manhattan.

Herb Ruffin II

Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Department of African American Studies
Arts & Culture

Herb Ruffin on Black Panther’s Historical Context and Impact

Sunday, March 4, 2018, By Scott McDowell

With buzz and excitement building for Marvel’s “Black Panther,” we asked some of our SU faculty who were planning to see the film to offer their thoughts afterward. Here is what they had to say (conversations have been edited for…

STEM

Interdisciplinary Student Team Develops ‘Farm to Flame’ Plan for Energy Grids Powered by Farm Waste

Wednesday, February 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one. “They wanted to replace wood pellets that produce smoke and toxins—that’s where the idea came from,” says McKnight ’18….

Before the Taps Run Dry: How Recycled Wastewater Could Help California, Cape Town Quench Water Crises

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

California’s Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to vote tomorrow on whether to adopt permanent restrictions against wasting water, as drought worries once again creep into focus. Teng Zeng is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Syracuse…

Media, Law & Policy

Ignoring humanitarian law is an open sore for the international community

Wednesday, February 21, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse University College of Law Professor David Crane, a former war crimes prosecutor, offers insight on the latest round of deadly bombings, killing civilians and children, by the government-back Syrian forces. “The continued ignoring of international humanitarian law by all…

Campus & Community

khristian kemp-delisser ’01 Named LGBT Resource Center Director

Tuesday, February 20, 2018, By Shannon Andre

The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience announces the appointment of khristian kemp-delisser ’01 as the new director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center. kemp-delisser begins their appointment on April 2. “We’re pleased to welcome…

MSNBC

Law Professor Kevin Noble Maillard Talks to MSNBC on the Meaning of ‘Black Panther’ Film

Monday, February 19, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse Law professor Kevin Noble Maillard recently joined MSNBC for a segment on the new film ‘Black Panther,’ and how the movie can go beyond the screen to educate America and beyond. With a predominantly African-American cast, many see the…