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Business & Economy

Professor Yuzhe Tang on Bitcoin, Criminal Activity and How Digital Currency Disrupts Traditional Banking

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

Bitcoin’s recent price swings have given a lot of people reason to take a closer look at the global digital currency and how it works. Yuzhe (Richard) Tang, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that while…

Campus & Community

Life’s Refrain: Standing Up for the Underdog

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Every morning, Thelma Guenther Bonzek ’43 sits down at the upright piano in her sunny Syracuse home and plays a few songs. She pounds out the notes and sways to the music, nodding her head to keep time. At 5…

STEM

Syracuse Bioengineering Alum Invents No. 1 Mouthpiece For Snoring

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Anyone who has ever tried to sleep near a person who snores knows how maddening it can be. However, that frustration is nothing compared to the health consequences the snorer faces. Snoring disturbs sleep and can eventually develop into sleep…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Ranked in Poets&Quants’ Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate business program is ranked No. 43 by Poets&Quants for Undergrads, the leading online publication for undergraduate business education news. The website released its second annual Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2017 ranking Dec. 5, calling it “the most…

Media, Law & Policy

Expert Commentary: Systematic Doping Not Seen Since East Germany of the 70s and 80s

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Attorney John Wolohan, a professor of Sports Law in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University, is available to speak to the issues surrounding Russia being banned from the 2018 winter Olympics in South Korea. Wolohan , who…

Campus & Community

Tickets Now On Sale for Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Tickets for the 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration are now on sale. Tickets for Syracuse University students are $15. Tickets are available for purchase in-person at the Carrier Dome Box Office, 900 Irving Ave (Gate B). Students can…

Campus & Community

Honors Director Search Continues with Finalist Visits

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) continues its search for the next director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program with two finalists presenting at open forums. The candidates are Chris E. Johnson, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College…

STEM

Costello Staniec Named Chair Of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Associate Professor Andria Costello Staniec has been selected as chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering & Computer Science. Costello Staniec’s teaching and research are focused on applied environmental microbiology and engineering education. She holds a bachelor’s…

STEM

Exploring Fluid Dynamics in Virtual Reality

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Virtual reality has grown beyond the gaming world and is increasingly being used for a variety of applications—including education. Researchers in Assistant Professor Melissa Green’s Flow Visualization Lab in the College of Engineering and Computer Science are developing a way to apply it to…

STEM

Nangia Awarded Access to Specialized Supercomputer

Monday, December 4, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Assistant Professor Shikha Nangia in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and her research team—graduate students Flaviyan Jerome Irudayanathan and Nandhini Rajagopal—have been awarded access to the Anton 2 supercomputer at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to advance their research of…