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Business Insider

Fake News and Twitter Fights, Can They Continue?

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Social media has been the battle ground between political and social fights between between left and right-wing advocates and provocateurs.  iSchool Professor Jeff Hemsley was quoted in a Business Insider article on this topic, and why member of the far-right…

Health & Society

Kaya Oakes to Present Borgognoni Lecture Oct. 9

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

People under 50 increasingly distrust institutions and “don’t like the ways in which politics and religion get tied together,” says Kaya Oakes, an author, journalist and writing teacher at the University of California, Berkeley. She will deliver the Joseph and…

Media, Law & Policy

We Need to Ensure That Facebook Does Not Contribute to Unraveling Democracies

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse University social media expert Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, reacts to statements by Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook, on turning over Russian-linked ads to Congressional investigators looking at…

Media, Law & Policy

Why We Care About Jimmy Kimmel

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late night show, attacked the latest Congressional bill that would undo much of the Affordable Care Act. Back in May, Kimmel, in a speech that went viral, offered a tearful speech about…

Arts & Culture

Finding Common Ground

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The University is home to faculty-mentored, interdisciplinary research in the humanities.

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Offers Two-Part Series, the Funding Roadmap

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad is joining The Syracuse Innovation Connectors to present a two-part series, The Funding Roadmap, on startup and growth capital. The workshops will be presented on Tuesday, Sept. 26, and Monday, Oct. 2. Explore funding opportunities from startup to acceleration…

Health & Society

New Book Co-Edited by Gorovitz, Newton Reveals Untold Stories of Three Medical Pioneers

Thursday, September 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

When Sharon Brangman ’77 attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, she had a professor who puffed on a pipe in class. During tests, he would stand by her desk and blow smoke over her head to distract her. He did this to other…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad to Help More Startups through Ideator Software Platform

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University is offering a free new software platform for faculty, staff, student and alumni entrepreneurs. Ideator is a startup management tool created by the Blackstone Entrepreneurship Initiative (a project of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation), working…

Business & Economy

U.S. News Ranks the Whitman School in Top 50 Nationwide

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate business program was ranked #42 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best College rankings. The school’s department of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises was ranked #13 nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News ranked universities overall; Syracuse University was…

Media, Law & Policy

Pressure on Trump to “Stay on Script” During U.N. Address

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse University Professor who teaches class on Trump Rhetoric suggests we will still hear ‘America First’ theme. As President Trump prepares for his first address to the United Nations, a Syracuse University professor believes Trump won’t deviate from his script. Professor…