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Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Announces Opening Reception of ‘Dream Bird, Hatching the Egg’ by Susan Stainman

Friday, January 25, 2019, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “Dream Bird, Hatching the Egg,” a solo exhibition by New York artist Susan Stainman on Friday, Feb. 8. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. The event is free…

Syracuse Doctoral Student Earns LIGO Inaugural Award in Detector Characterization

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, By Carol Boll

Derek Davis had not been on the Syracuse University campus more than a week in 2015 before being swept up in the excitement of a once-in-a-lifetime discovery that would thrill the astrophysics world and thrust the gravitational-wave research community onto…

Health & Society

School of Education Launches Interdisciplinary Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, By News Staff

The School of Education has created a new minor in atrocity studies and the practices of social justice that prepares students to be engaged citizens, advocates, scholars and leaders in a changing global society. The interdisciplinary minor, open to all…

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Matriculates Inaugural JDinteractive Class

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, By Robert Conrad

The College of Law matriculated 32 students into the inaugural JDinteractive (JDi) class in a Jan. 7 ceremony in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. JDinteractive is the nation’s first fully interactive online law degree. The ABA-accredited program…

Campus & Community

Head Football Coach Dino Babers Signs Long-Term Contract Extension with Syracuse University

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By News Staff

Dino Babers, head football coach at Syracuse University, will continue to lead the Orange for seasons to come. Coach Babers, a finalist for the 2018 George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, and Syracuse University have reached an agreement…

Midterm Election Coverage Attracts Huge Audiences

Wednesday, December 12, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Pop Culture in the Newhouse School, was quoted in the NBC News story “Audiences flock to midterms coverage as Fox News tops TV” and was a guest…

STEM

Physicist Applies Nanotechnology to Detect Protein-Protein Interactions

Monday, December 10, 2018, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences hopes to improve cancer detection with a new and novel class of nanomaterials. Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics, creates tiny sensors that detect, characterize and analyze protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in blood…

STEM

SU Forensic Experts Demonstrate Impact of Surface Absorbency on Fingerprint Distortion

Monday, December 3, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

Forensic fingerprint analysis involves more than lifting a clear print off a surface, as there is often distortion caused by the movement and pressure of the finger when the print was made. In the forensics field, this is referred to…

Business Insider

Retail Practice Professor Quoted in Shopping Habits Story

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Ray Wimer, assistant professor of retail practice at the Whitman School, was quoted in the Business Insider story “Americans’ shopping habits are fundamentally changing, and it’s killing Cyber Monday.” “Black Friday is really no longer a one-day shopping extravaganza, it…

PRI's The World

Professor of Law Quoted in Stories about Border Security and the Posse Comitatus Act

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

William Banks, Professor of Law Emeritus, was quoted in Vox, Slate, and Public Radio International’s The World Program in stories about border security.