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Media Tech Pioneer Chet Kanojia Will Visit Newhouse School Nov. 5
Chet Kanojia, who founded the pioneering online television technology company Aereo, will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Thursday, Nov. 5. “Aereo: the Future was Then—a discussion with media tech pioneer Chet Kanojia” will be held at…
Faculty Advisory Committee Weighs In on Potential Syracuse University College of Medicine
After seven weeks of information gathering, exploration and deliberation, the Faculty Advisory Committee tasked with studying the idea of a veterans-focused college of medicine at Syracuse, has submitted a 107-page report to Chancellor Kent Syverud. That report, which will help…
Renowned Photographer Stacy Pearsall Returns to University
The Office of Veteran and Military Affairs has joined the Syracuse University Art Galleries in bringing Sgt. Stacy Pearsall and her exhibit: “Hard Earned: The Military Photographs of Stacy Pearsall” to campus this fall through Jan. 24, 2016. Pearsall got…
Physicists Aid in Study of Elusive Neutrinos
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the ongoing study of neutrinos, one of the universe’s smallest, most elusive particles.
SU Drama Stages Haunting Greek Tragedy ‘Agamemnon’
Fire in the night signals the return of Agamemnon from 10 long years of war in Troy. Triumphant and with a captive slave, the prophetess Cassandra, in tow, the warrior king arrives home and is welcomed by Clytemnestra, wife and…
MLA Past President to Discuss Humanities Advocacy Nov. 6
The Ray Smith Symposium in the College of Arts and Sciences continues with a lecture on the role of advocacy in humanities education. Margaret Ferguson, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and past president…
New Movie ‘Suffragette’ to Be Screened on Campus Today
Syracuse University has been chosen for a pre-release screening of “Suffragette,” a powerful drama about the foot soldiers of the early British feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an…
Maxwell School Names Inaugural Tenth Decade Faculty Scholars
Dean James B. Steinberg has announced the creation of a new faculty award, the Maxwell School Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar, to recognize and encourage excellence in citizenship teaching, research and public engagement at the Maxwell School. Three current Maxwell School…
School Food Policy and Its Impact on Childhood Obesity
Professor Amy Schwartz has for many years studied the school lives of New York City children, looking at educational inequalities and school finance. Much of the work focused on looking at test score results but more recently Schwartz wanted to look at a broader picture of student success.
The Psychological Impacts of Mass Shootings and Violence
College of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Leonard Newman, area director of social psychology, offers expertise on the mass shooting and violence that has gripped the US during the past two decades. Q: Are we (US society) becoming psychologically desensitized…