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TEDx Syracuse University Announces Speakers for 2018 Conference
The student organizers at the TEDx Syracuse University conference have unveiled the speakers who will be presenting at the annual event this April. The team has always made it a point to select speakers from a variety of professions and locations,…
Jennifer Grygiel on how much our data is worth to Facebook
Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications at Newhouse, was interviewed by Money magazine about the value that users bring to Facebook. F acebook profits off of its 1.4 billion daily users in a big way: According to its most recent filings with the…
Educators Join Students in Push to Make Schools Equitable Spaces
On March 24, students and families of March for Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington D.C. as part of a national rally and movement to address mass school shootings. Julia White, an assistant professor at Syracuse…
Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 Is University’s First Luce Scholar
An alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and former participant in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, Marsolek is one of 18 Luce Scholars chosen from a pool of 162 candidates nominated by 73 colleges and universities across the United States.
Invest Syracuse Update: Graham Fitness Center Opens Today on Mount Olympus
Living on Mount Olympus just got a whole lot more active. That’s because—thanks to a partnership between the divisions of Business, Finance and Administrative Services and Enrollment and the Student Experience—the Graham Fitness Center opened today on Mount Olympus. Auxiliary…
Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart
The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…
March 18 in Russia is more a coronation than an election
Brian Taylor, professor and chair of the political science department at the Maxwell School, is available for comment about the upcoming Russian elections that will likely earn Vladimir Putin his second consecutive and fourth overall term as president. Taylor is…
Research Profile: Professor Examines State of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Reform Measures
Nine out of 10 people who are awaiting resolution of their felony criminal case in jail are being detained because they can’t afford the pre-trial bail, according to national statistics. What does that say about the U.S. criminal justice system?…
Life in the Fast Lane
Last fall, Bob Sorokanich ’08 tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company’s new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track’s deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…
Engineers, Computer Scientists Unite to Develop Autonomous UAVs
The future of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is autonomy. Giving UAVs the ability to operate on their own opens up a world of possibilities, including package delivery, photography, surveillance and more. Today, most UAVs still need someone to control them…