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Social Media Experts Available for Commentary on Russian Hacking
On Nov. 1, representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify publically before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House intelligence committee’s Russia Investigative Task Force. These hearings will question how Russian-backed accounts used these social…
Media Advertising and Profitability in the Age of Fake News
Associate professor Ed Russell spent 25 years in the advertising business working for some of the largest and best known firms in the world before joining the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications faculty. Russell sees new ad campaigns by CNN, The…
Members of 2017-18 Chancellor’s Citation Committee Announced
The members of the 2017-18 Chancellor’s Citation Selection Committee have been announced. Members of the committee review nominations for the Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence and submit their recommendations to Chancellor Kent Syverud. This year’s members are the following: Bruce Abbey,…
Participants Sought for Project Documenting Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors, Others Affected by the Disease
Newhouse School faculty member Tula Goenka is seeking participants for her project “Look Now: Facing Breast Cancer.” The project focuses on breast cancer survivors through a series of clothed and unclothed portraits and an accompanying documentary with the goal of…
Saunders Reflects on Life After Winning the Man Booker Prize
What is life like after winning one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards? Arts and Sciences Professor George Saunders is just finding out, and was interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald about the days following his Man Booker Prize…
MLB.Com College Challenge Returns for Eighth Year
For the eighth consecutive year, Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division (MLB.com) and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have teamed up to challenge Syracuse University students to see if they have what it takes to make it in baseball’s…
Seventh Annual It Girls Retreat Brings High-Achieving High Schoolers to Campus
The Seventh Annual It Girls Overnight Retreat took place on campus on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 22 and 23, bringing a group of high-achieving high school junior and senior girls to Syracuse University to learn about information technology as an academic discipline….
Mark Your Calendar—Open Enrollment Begins Oct. 30
Open Enrollment, the annual period when University faculty, staff and other eligible individuals make their benefit choices for the coming year, begins Monday, Oct. 30, and continues through Friday, Nov. 10, through MySlice. This is the only time of year…
Phyllis Backer Foundation Establishes Named Professorship in Jewish Studies
A major gift from The Phyllis Backer Foundation will enhance the depth and breadth of modern Jewish studies at Syracuse University. The Foundation has made a $1.5 million gift to establish The Phyllis Backer Professor of Jewish Studies in the…
Rose-Laying Ceremony and Remembrance Convocation to be Held Friday
This ceremony honors the 270 people, including 35 students studying abroad through Syracuse University, who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The ceremony also honors 2002-03 Lockerbie Scholar Andrew McClune, who died in 2002.