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Associated Press

Associated Press Interviews Maxwell Professor Regarding New U.S. Mortality Rates

Friday, December 9, 2016, By Keith Kobland

“The troubling trends are most pronounced for the people who are the most disadvantaged,” said Jennifer Karas Montez, a Syracuse University researcher who studies adult death patterns.”

Jennifer Karas Montez

Professor of Sociology and the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies

Robert Thompson

Director, Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture; Trustee Professor of Television, Radio and Film
Campus & Community

Awful Day Lives in Alumnus’ Memory

Wednesday, December 7, 2016, By Sean Kirst

Andrew Cisternino happened to be on watch that morning, in the tower of the Coast Guard station in Oswego. Typically, he would have joined the crew on the picket boat that was being sent to the lighthouse in the Oswego harbor. But nothing was typical about Dec. 4, 1942.

Arts & Culture

Professor Tej Bhatia Gives Plenary Addresses at Two Conferences

Wednesday, December 7, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

Tej K. Bhatia, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of South Asian Languages, has given plenary addresses at two distinguished conferences this fall. The first was at the 2016 Indo-French International Conference on Hindi…

Campus & Community

Financial Literacy Coordinator Counsels Students on Money Matters

Tuesday, December 6, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Financial Literacy Coordinator Derek Brainard encourages students to plan for their financial future early and wisely.

STEM

Haythornthwaite Named Director of Library Science Program

Tuesday, December 6, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Elizabeth D. Liddy, dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has named Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite as the next director of the school’s library and information science graduate program. The program includes master’s degrees in library and information science and library…

Campus & Community

University Lectures Hosts Humans of New York Founder, Pulitzer-Winning Authors

Monday, December 5, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The 16th season of the University Lectures will continue in the spring semester with Jhumpa Lahiri (“Interpreter of Maladies”), Sonia Nazario (“Enrique’s Journey”) and Brandon Stanton.

STEM

New ‘Internet of Things’ Class to Cover Rapidly Expanding Technology

Friday, December 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

A new spring semester course offering at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will provide students with an overview of the rapid changes happening in business and technology because of the proliferation of new devices connected to the Internet. The…

Health & Society

Journal Devotes Special Issue to CRS Professor’s Book on Anti-Semitism

Friday, December 2, 2016, By Erica Blust

The Journal of Communication and Religion has released a special issue [39. 2 (2016)] devoted in its entirety to the book “Confronting Anti-Semitism: Seeking an End to Hateful Rhetoric” (Troubador, 2011) by Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies…