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Syracuse University to Close Early Due to Weather and Travel Conditions

Friday, January 5, 2018, By News Staff

As the safety of its students, faculty, staff and visitors remains the University’s chief priority, Syracuse University will close early on Friday, Jan. 5, to allow members of the campus community to get an early start on their evening commutes….

Campus & Community

Syracuse University to Review Steam Station, Seeks Modern Solutions for Enhanced Operations

Friday, January 5, 2018, By News Staff

As Syracuse University’s Division of Business, Finance and Administrative Services (BFAS) continues its strategic planning process, its primary focus remains aligning the University’s resources and assets with the vision and mission articulated in the Academic Strategic Plan. As part of…

Inc

Inc. Calls iSchool Professor’s Book Among Eight Best Reads for 2018

Friday, January 5, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Inc. just released it’s Top 8 Reads of 2018, dubbing iSchool Professor Carl Schramm’s “Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do” among them. The book steers clear of the high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, staying mostly with unknown stories…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Monitoring Winter Weather and Travel Conditions for Friday, January 5

Thursday, January 4, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse University is currently monitoring and evaluating potential weather conditions for Friday, January 5, 2018. As the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors is the University’s top priority, University leaders and public safety officials are assessing anticipated travel conditions…

Media, Law & Policy

Call for Entries: 2018 Mirror Awards

Thursday, January 4, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the 12th annual Mirror Awards honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 19. Anyone may nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Click here…

Health & Society

Psychology Alumnus Awarded Bronze Medal for Dissertation

Thursday, January 4, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

William Aue G’14, who earned a Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a bronze medal for the James McKeen Cattell Dissertation Award for his dissertation, “Understanding Proactive Facilitation in Cued…

STEM

Chemist Selected as Research Ambassador by German Academic Exchange Service

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

A chemist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been selected to serve as a science ambassador for a prestigious international exchange organization. Ivan Korendovych, associate professor of chemistry, was named a DAAD Research Ambassador for 2017-18. DAAD, Deutscher…

STEM

Syracuse University Research Team Advances to Genius NY Competition Finals

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

A project being developed by College of Engineering & Computer Science Professor Utpal Roy and Ph.D. student Yunpeng Li is one of six finalists in the Genius NY 2018 Competition. The Genius NY program is the world’s largest business competition for…

Arts & Culture

Wet Book Rescue Video a Hit

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

In the midst of hurricane season this year, the blog “Open Culture” shared the “Wet Book Rescue” video created by Syracuse University preservation librarian Marianne Hanley and former Preservation Department employee Sarah Kim. Here’s how they described it: “After the…

Media, Law & Policy

WAER’s ‘City Limits’ Project Examines Syracuse’s Alarming Poverty Rate

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, By News Staff

WAER Public Media recently launched “City Limits,” a year-long audio journalism project that examines the living and socio-economic conditions behind the alarming poverty rate in Syracuse. According to the U.S. Census Report, Syracuse’s poverty rate was the 13th worst in…