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Facebook’s Dive Into Local News
Social media platform Facebook is adding a new aspect to its user’s news feeds: local news coverage. This is to combat the fake news epidemic that struck the site as a part of the most recent Presidential election. While Facebook…
Expert Reeher Weighs in on Miner’s Potential Next Move
Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has weighed in on what her next political move may be. She has said that she will not challenge John Katko for Congress, but opened up the option of taking on Andrew Cuomo in a…
Ed Pettinella G’76 MBA Establishes Second Endowed Professorship to Help Attract, Retain Exceptional Faculty
Syracuse University Trustee Edward “Ed” Pettinella G’76 MBA attributes his extraordinary 43-year career to two management principles: consistently hiring and retaining people who are ambitious, talented and motivated, and ensuring that the right people are in the right positions. The…
Humanities Center Dissertation Fellows to Discuss Research Jan. 26
The Humanities Center‘s two Dissertation Fellows are presenting a special program in the Tolley Humanities Building. Maria Carson and Thomas J. (T.J.) West III—Ph.D. candidates in religion and English, respectively—will provide an overview of their research on Friday, Jan. 26, from 9:30-11:30 a.m….
Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Program Named ‘National Model Entrepreneurship Program’
The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program at the Whitman School of Management was recently named the National Model Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Los Angeles, California, Jan….
How Trump and Social Media Have Changed Politics
CNET.com recently took a look at how social media has helped shaped politics, specifically in regards to President Trump’s actions on Twitter. For the article, they interviewed Newhouse professor Jennifer Grygiel, who discussed the Russian election scandal, and how it…
‘Climate Comments’ Website Translates Complex Climate Change Policy into Plain Language
“Climate Comments,” a website designed to make accessible complex environmental regulations and proposals and to inspire individuals to participate in public policy decisions about climate change that affect their lives, has been published by Emily Brown, assistant teaching professor in…
Gerrymandering: foxes guarding the hen house if they promise not to eat too many chickens
Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies the politics of race and ethnicity and director of the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, offered comments on the recent ruling by a judge in North…
Syracuse University Research Team Advances to Genius NY Competition Finals
A project being developed by College of Engineering & Computer Science Professor Utpal Roy and Ph.D. student Yunpeng Li is one of six finalists in the Genius NY 2018 Competition. The Genius NY program is the world’s largest business competition for…
Making the Unthinkable Understandable: New Course Trains Students to Understand and Respond to Atrocities
Uncovering and communicating the truths about human conflict, human suffering and human rights violations is a complicated but vitally important task that often falls to those who write the “first rough draft of history”—that is, journalists operating on the front…