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Campus & Community

Slutzker Center Welcomes New Director Juan Tavares

Wednesday, June 12, 2019, By Shannon Andre

The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience welcomes Juan Tavares as the new director of the Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International Services. Tavares is currently the director of international affairs and services at Southwest Minnesota State University….

Health & Society

University Trustee Christine Larsen Funds Local Immigrant, Refugee Study

Friday, June 7, 2019, By Dana Cooke

Beginning this summer, the Maxwell School’s Community Geography Program will conduct a comprehensive assessment of community needs and assets among immigrants and refugees in the Syracuse area. That study is being funded by a gift of more than $110,000 from…

Media Tip Sheets

Gene-Editing Oversight Needed, But Ban On Research Should Be Lifted

Thursday, June 6, 2019, By Daryl Lovell

A portion of the fiscal 2020 Agriculture spending bill continues a ban on research that involves gene-editing of human embryos. The field of genetic modification garnered international attention after a Chinese scientist announced last fall that he had created the…

Campus & Community

Rockette ’70 and John Brunetti Honor Their Fathers through Estate Gift to Syracuse Football

Thursday, June 6, 2019, By Kathleen Haley

Rockette (Pirro) ’70 and John Brunetti are providing support to future generations of student-athletes through a generous estate gift to the Syracuse football program. The gift honors their longtime connection with the University—and the legacy of both of their fathers….

Campus & Community

Students Will Be Immersed in Film/Media, Acting Through UK Summer Institute Program

Wednesday, June 5, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Three Syracuse University students have been named student cultural ambassadors through the US-UK Fulbright Commission’s UK Summer Institute program. They are Joseph Deblasio, a rising junior majoring in advertising in the Newhouse School; Shelby Rodger, a rising junior majoring in…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Architecture, Whitman Collaborate on Summer Event Series in NYC

Tuesday, June 4, 2019, By Julie Sharkey

As part of the newly formed joint experiential learning initiative between the Whitman School of Management and the School of Architecture, the two schools have organized a summer event series at the University’s Fisher Center in New York City, centered…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence

Tuesday, June 4, 2019, By News Staff

The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. Established in 2005 by Congress, the IC CAE program…

Campus & Community

Arts and Sciences Appoints New Director of Graduate, Undergraduate Recruitment

Monday, June 3, 2019, By Rob Enslin

Karin Ruhlandt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), announced that she has promoted Christopher Noble Anderson G’15 to director of graduate and undergraduate recruitment. Previously associate director of undergraduate recruitment, he succeeds Denny Nicholson, who is the…

Jamie Winders

Professor of Geography and Director of the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Media, Law & Policy

Unless Designers and Users Intervene, Expect More Missteps in an AI World

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, By Keith Kobland

A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) paints a troubling future for artificial intelligence in terms of promoting dominant gender norms. UNESCO’s report maintains digital assistants like Alexa and Siri create a model of…