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Media, Law & Policy

Retired Judge Martha Bellinger ’72 Recalls Lifetime of Breaking Down Gender Barriers, Rallying For LGBT Rights

Friday, August 3, 2018, By Rob Enslin

March 12, 1968. Another stark afternoon in Central New York, as Martha Bellinger ’72 and her parents wrap up a campus tour of Syracuse. The visit is mostly a formality for the future journalism major, thanks to her high school…

Campus & Community

Stephen Mahan, Teacher, Mentor and Director of University-based Photography and Literacy Project, Dies

Thursday, August 2, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University learned the sad news this week that Stephen C. Mahan III, founding director of the University-based Photography and Literacy Project and a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), died in a July 26 vehicular…

STEM

Varshney Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Tuesday, July 31, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Distinguished Professor Pramod K. Varshney in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded the Yaakov Bar-Shalom Award for Lifetime Excellence in Information Fusion by the International Society of Information Fusion. He received the honor at the University…

Campus & Community

Price Family Foundation Offers High School Students a College Experience

Tuesday, July 31, 2018, By Eileen Jevis

When Horane Daley from DeWitt Clinton High School in Bronx, New York, learned he was selected to participate in Syracuse University’s Summer College Program for High School Students, he was very grateful for the opportunity. “I was ecstatic (when I…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Appoints Director of Undergraduate Recruitment

Tuesday, July 31, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

Rachel DuBois has been appointed director of undergraduate recruitment at Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management, effective Aug. 1. DuBois has been an academic advisor for the Undergraduate Program at the Whitman School for more than four years….

Campus & Community

Help Break (In) the Ice at Tennity, Free Ice Skating Aug. 1

Tuesday, July 31, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Students, faculty and staff are invited to help break in the new ice at Tennity Ice Pavilion on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The facility is reopening following scheduled maintenance updates that began at the end of the spring semester. Maintenance updates…

STEM

Hosein Delivers TED Talk on Revolutionary Material

Monday, July 30, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Ian D. Hosein, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), recently delivered a TED talk at Clarkson University’s Spring TEDx event. Hosein discussed the development of strong materials that are also…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality

Monday, July 30, 2018, By J.D. Ross

In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations?  Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…

Spectrum News

Warrior Scholar Project Opens Opportunities for Veterans

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

The Warrior Scholar Project, which is being hosted at Syracuse this week, was featured on Spectrum News. Darryl Forster, a fellow with the Warrior Scholar Projects says, “By doing the Warrior Scholar Project, you either find out that academia is definitely…

CBS News

Will Politics Crush Civility?

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Keith Bybee, professor in the College of Law and Maxwell School, was interviewed by CBS News for the story “Will politics be the death of civility?” Bybee, expert in political philospophy expresses his opinion about today’s civility. He says that…