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“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…

Campus & Community

Call for Poets for Cruel April Poetry Book Fair 2016

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By News Staff

The Point of Contact Gallery is seeking published poets to display and sell their poetry collections at its annual poetry book fair. Poets’ works will be available for purchase throughout the month of April for Point of Contact’s series Cruel…

Media, Law & Policy

IJPM Speaker Series to Start Feb. 17

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Robert Conrad

The Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics & the Media (IJPM) will kick off its eighth annual Law, Politics & the Media Speaker Series on Feb. 17. The speaker series, co-sponsored by IJPM and the Tully Center for…

$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…

STEM

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes

New Hampshire Felt the Bern

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said that while the Republican race had a few winners and losers from last…

Campus & Community

UVP Features ‘Between Species’

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Anneka Herre

Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are hosting the group show “Between Species” Feb. 11-March 26. The exhibition will take place at UVP’s outdoor architectural projection venue at the…

STEM

Harvard Professor Shane Greenstein to Speak on Internet Commercialization

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Lee McKnight has invited Harvard Business School professor Shane Greenstein to the iSchool to speak on his new Princeton University Press book, “How the Internet Became Commercial. Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of…

Campus & Community

Nominees Sought for Judith Seinfeld Distinguished Fellows Faculty Award

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs has issued a call to academic deans and department heads to submit faculty nominations for the Judith Seinfeld Distinguished Fellows Award. The award, which carries a $10,000 restriction-free grant for honorees,…

Electronic Media Communications Receives Emmy Nomination

Tuesday, February 9, 2016, By Keith Kobland

For the fourth consecutive year, the University’s Office of Electronic Media Communications has received an Emmy nomination from the New York State chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). “Remembering David Carr,” a documentary honoring the…