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College of Law Adds 4 New Board of Advisors Members

Thursday, February 17, 2022, By Robert Conrad

Syracuse University College of Law has appointed four new Board of Advisors members: Peter Carmen L’91, Prashanth (PJ) Jayachandran G’98, L’98, Benita Miller L’96 and David Wales L’95. These appointments reflect the heft of the College of Law’s alumni and…

STEM

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Receives 2021 Shannon-Nyquist Technical Achievement Award

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Alex Dunbar

Pramod K. Varshney, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2021 Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society for outstanding contributions in the fields of distributed inference…

Campus & Community

Nominations Sought for One University Assessment Awards

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By News Staff

Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment (IEA) announce a call for nominations for Syracuse University’s One University Assessment Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 11. [Update March 18, 2022: The call for nominations has been extended through…

Media Tip Sheets

Insight on the diplomacy happening between Russia and Western Allies

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, By Ellen Mbuqe

Reporters looking for third-party experts related to issues around diplomacy and the ongoing tensions between Russia and Western European countries and the US, please see comments from Steven Pike, assistant professor of public relations at the Newhouse School at Syracuse…

Campus & Community

LaunchPad Hosts Hult Prize Competition

Monday, February 14, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad will host the Hult Prize competition on Friday, March 4, from 2 p.m to 4 p.m, at the LaunchPad in Bird Library.  The prestigious global business competition began as a partnership between the Hult Business…

Media Tip Sheets

Looming Longshoreman Strike Threatens Energy, Semi-Conductor Chips

Monday, February 14, 2022, By Lily Datz

Supply chain expert Pat Penfield, from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, offers thoughts on the impact of a possible strike by port workers and what it might mean when coupled with current strain on the world’s supply chain of…

Campus & Community

Lender Student Fellows Think Globally, Act Locally to Ease Struggles for Underrepresented Population

Monday, February 14, 2022, By Keith Kobland

An interest in social as well as reproductive justice. A desire to deepen connections between a university and the community in which it’s located. Reducing the struggles of female refugees and their children. It’s true the current cohort of Lender…

Arts & Culture

Professor Awarded Honorary Doctorate for Contributions to Linguistic Theory, Turkish Linguistics

Sunday, February 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Jaklin Kornfilt, professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL), was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Cyprus for her contributions to theoretical and Turkish linguistics. The honorary doctorate is the highest honor conferred by the…

The New York Times

“Prepare Yourself for This Weekend’s ‘Crypto Bowl'”

Friday, February 11, 2022, By Lily Datz

Beth Egan, associate professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was quoted in The New York Times story “Prepare Yourself for This Weekend’s ‘Crypto Bowl.’” Egan, an expert on advertising and consumer goods, explained that this year’s Super Bowl has…

Campus & Community

Marcelle Haddix Appointed Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives

Friday, February 11, 2022, By News Staff

Vice Chancellor and Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today the appointment of Marcelle Haddix, Distinguished Dean’s Professor of Literacy, Race and Justice in reading and language arts, to the position of associate provost for strategic initiatives. The Executive Committee of the…