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Health & Society

VPA Design Professor Builds Eco-Smart Tiny Home ‘Off the Grid’ in Maine

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Erica Blust

When communications design Assistant Professor Rebecca Kelly and her husband, Kevin, bought a coastal property outside the small fishing town of Lubec, Maine, 10 years ago, they always dreamed of building a home for their family. Last summer, their design for…

Arts & Culture

Two Syracuse Alumni Garner Oscar Nominations for Screenwriting

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By News Staff

Aaron Sorkin ’83 H’12 received his third Oscar nomination for “Molly’s Game,” while Michael H. Weber ’00 was recognized as co-writer of “The Disaster Artist.”

Arts & Culture

Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Sydney Hutchinson

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Sydney Hutchinson, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences, conducts research in ethnomusicology, where music and culture intersect. Her passion lies in bringing this to her students both in class and through public programming, where…

Campus & Community

Six-Week Series on Understanding Islam Begins Jan. 31

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Understanding Islam, a six-week series that will present a comprehensive look at Islam through lectures and discussions, will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 31. The program is facilitated by Muslim Chaplain Amir Duric, and will be held on Wednesdays from 6-7:30…

Arts & Culture

Graduate Painter Selected to Exhibit Work in Chicago M.F.A. Biennial

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Erica Blust

Teona Yamanidze G’18, a graduate studio arts student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art, was selected from a nationwide pool of master of fine arts (M.F.A.) artists to participate in the “National Wet Paint MFA Biennial 2018”…

STEM

Professor Carlos Castañeda Investigates Function of Protein-Containing Droplets in Cells

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Kevin Morrow

Carlos Castañeda, assistant professor of biology and chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the principal investigator on a pair of research projects studying the function of cellular proteins called ubiquilins and their ability to form protein-containing droplets…

STEM

Pinpointing a Perpetrator

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Amy Manley

Students in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute are the first in the world to utilize the DEPArray NxT, created by Italian company Menarini Silicon Biosystems, in a forensic setting. Originally developed to aid in cancer research, students and faculty at…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students, Faculty Win Big in International Student Creative Advertising Competition

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Creative advertising students from the Newhouse School have won 55 awards in the Graphis New Talent Annual 2018, marking the school’s best showing ever in the international student creative advertising competition and topping previous wins of 36 awards (2017) and…

Business & Economy

Looking for Innovators for ACC InVenture Prize: Apply by Feb. 9

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is on a talent search for top student innovators who are inventing the future. Teams from Syracuse University are now being recruited for the InVenture Prize, a televised “Shark Tank”-style competition open to student startups at…

Campus & Community

Students Will Share Experiences with Puerto Rico Recovery Efforts

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

In mid-December, 23 Syracuse University students and two advisors traveled to Puerto Rico to help with the recovery efforts after two powerful hurricanes, Irma and Maria, devastated the island last fall. The group spent a week working with Southern Baptist…