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Campus & Community

Information Session on GENIUS NY $2 Million Business Competition

Friday, August 26, 2016, By News Staff

GENIUS NY, the world’s largest accelerator of unmanned systems, is awarding up to $2 million in grand prizes during its 12-month in-residence business competition and accelerator program at The Tech Garden in downtown Syracuse in 2017. Start-ups specializing in unmanned aerial, ground, marine and data-to-decision systems will…

Campus & Community

New Deans, University Leaders and Faculty Eager to Kick Off New Academic Year

Friday, August 26, 2016, By News Staff

Yesterday, more than 4,000 first-year and transfer students participated in New Student Convocation, a rite of passage for all students embarking on their academic careers at Syracuse University. But new students aren’t the only community members beginning their careers at…

Arts & Culture

A Cautionary Tale about One Alumna’s Battle with Depression, Poor Body Image

Wednesday, August 24, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Lilly Thomann ’15, G’16 was an undergraduate at Syracuse University, she seemed to have it all: grades, talent, an appealing presence, popularity. “On the outside, I had it together,” she says. Indeed, Thomann, who hails from affluent West Caldwell,…

Campus & Community

Libraries Host Welcome Fest on September 1

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Syracuse University Libraries invite all students, faculty and staff to a Welcome Fest on Thursday, September 1, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the first floor of Bird Library. The event will feature resources and services the Libraries…

Campus & Community

University Promenade Fully Opens

Tuesday, August 23, 2016, By News Staff

The University Promenade is fully opened, starting today, and will serve as a place of gathering, community and vitality.

Campus & Community

Onondaga Citizens League to Begin New Study

Monday, August 22, 2016, By News Staff

The Onondaga Citizens League (OCL) will begin its latest community study–“How CNY Works”–with three identical “scoping” (or design) sessions the week of August 22-26. The sessions are free and open to the public. The sessions will be held as follows:…

STEM

Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter

Wednesday, August 17, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to support her ongoing study of active matter—collections of self-driven entities that take energy from the environment to produce coordinated motion. Syracuse’s newest Distinguished Professor,…

Media, Law & Policy

The motives and mechanism for putting Gawker out of business is “something to worry about”

Tuesday, August 16, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy S. Gutterman, Director of the Newhouse School Tully Center for Free Speech and Associate Professor of Newspaper and Online Journalism, offers insight on the events that led to Gawker Media being put up for auction. Gutterman, an alumni of both Newhouse…

Arts & Culture

Point of Contact Gallery Announces Opening Reception of ‘WOE: Globalized Sadness’

Friday, August 12, 2016, By News Staff

Commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month 2016, Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “WOE: Globalized Sadness,” an exhibition by Argentine artist Juan Cavallero on Friday, Sept. 16. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and is…

Campus & Community

Preferred Mutual ‘Cuse Fan Fest Canceled Due to Weather Forecast; Yard Sale Will Take Place as Scheduled

Friday, August 12, 2016, By SU Athletics

The 2016 Preferred Mutual ’Cuse Fan Fest scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 13, has been canceled due to the storms being forecast for Syracuse this weekend. The annual event usually features outdoor activities for fans of all ages. The Syracuse Athletics…