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Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse PR Chair Rochelle Ford Co-Edits Book on Prominent Public Relations Figure Ofield Dukes

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Rochelle Ford, professor and chair of the public relations department in the Newhouse School, and the Rev. Unnia L. Pettus are co-editors of a new book, “Ofield: The Autobiography of Public Relations Man Ofield Dukes,” which has been nominated for…

Business & Economy

A System and Method for Tracking and Managing Skills: TCLC Helps a Rochester Entrepreneur Protect a Bright Idea

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Martin Walls

It is perhaps difficult to remember a time before the nutrition facts label. Before 1990, information about the calories, cholesterol, fat content and vitamins in the food we eat was sparse and non-standard. Now the label is a mandatory, ubiquitous…

Health & Society

State of Democracy Lecture Marks Centennial of Women’s Suffrage

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Although Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) is credited as a leading figure of the early women’s rights movement, her legacy includes an absolutist perspective with a racist, elitist strand. Lori D. Ginzberg, author of “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life” (Farrar,…

STEM

Syracuse University News Posts on Gravitational Waves Discovery

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe….

STEM

Syracuse Savors Role in 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Physicists in College of Arts and Sciences instrumental in LIGO’s historic detections of gravitational waves

Campus & Community

Syracuse Life Trustee Launches University’s First Giving Day With $500,000 Gift

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

The generosity of Daniel A. D’Aniello ’68, a University Life Trustee, and his wife, Gayle, is the catalyst behind the launch of Boost the Cuse, Syracuse University’s first ever Giving Day on Oct. 17. The D’Aniello family has pledged $500,000…

Business & Economy

Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Ranked in Top 10 for Research Impact

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

A new study of entrepreneurship research impact ranked the entrepreneurship department at the Whitman School of Management #8 globally. Among the top 50 schools ranked, based on a citation analysis of published entrepreneurship articles, are Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania…

Media, Law & Policy

No News Is Bad News: The Newhouse School Will Host News Engagement Day Oct. 3

Monday, October 2, 2017, By News Staff

Ignorance is not bliss; no news is bad news. Now more than ever there is a need for truthful, accurate news to help the public to formulate their own opinions on trending issues and topics dominating society. To show how…

STEM

Acuna Launches Beta Version of Tool for Research and Funding Discovery

Monday, October 2, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Last fall, School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Daniel Acuna was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation titled “Improving grant reviewing and scientific innovation by linking funding and scholarly literature.” One of the goals of the two-year…

STEM

Invention Designed by SU Engineering Students Selected as a Finalist for the James Dyson Award

Monday, October 2, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Your favorite clothes may be polluting the world’s water supply. Synthetic clothing including polyester, acrylic and nylon fabrics release millions of microfibers every time they are washed. Even though they are too small to be seen by the naked eye,…