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Health & Society

New Book Co-Edited by Gorovitz, Newton Reveals Untold Stories of Three Medical Pioneers

Thursday, September 21, 2017, By Rob Enslin

When Sharon Brangman ’77 attended SUNY Upstate Medical University, she had a professor who puffed on a pipe in class. During tests, he would stand by her desk and blow smoke over her head to distract her. He did this to other…

Spectrum News

After Algae Bloom, is the Water Safe to Drink?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

When a blue-green algae bloom appeared in the typically clear and beautiful Skaneateles Lake last week, many wondered what caused the phenomenon, and if their tap water was still safe to drink. For Spectrum News Central New York, Syracuse Professor…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad to Help More Startups through Ideator Software Platform

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University is offering a free new software platform for faculty, staff, student and alumni entrepreneurs. Ideator is a startup management tool created by the Blackstone Entrepreneurship Initiative (a project of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation), working…

Harvard Business Review

As Lifespans Increase, Entrepreneurship Grows

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As birth rates decline and the average lifetime increases, labor markets are being altered in several ways. For Harvard Business Review, Whitman Professor and Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Maria Minniti detailed these changes in a co-authored piece….

Business & Economy

$5,000 Impact Prize for Social Entrepreneurship Debuts this Fall

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

A new Impact Prize initiative  is launching at the University. The program will support student entrepreneur teams that devise innovative and implementable solutions to economic or social problems, or civic challenges.  Coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University, the Impact…

Campus & Community

Nicholson, Williams Named to Leadership Roles in Enrollment and the Student Experience

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Shannon Andre

Senior Vice President for Enrollment and the Student Experience Dolan Evanovich has announced the appointments of Amanda Nicholson as assistant provost and dean for student success and Ryan Williams as senior associate vice president for enrollment. These appointments follow the announcement…

BBC 4 Radio

Yaffe Interviewed About Joni Mitchel Biography

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

A name that revolutionized the musical world forever is Joni Mitchell. Her songs transcend generations, and were the focal point of a new biography written by Syracuse Humanities Professor David Yaffe. His biography on the song writer is entitled Reckless…

Health & Society

‘Deej,’ Film about Autism and Inclusion, to Screen on Sept. 25

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

This month, the team behind the acclaimed new documentary, “Deej,” launches the Deej Inclusion Tour, a series of more than 50 campus and community screenings across the United States. The goal is to promote inclusion—in families, schools and communities—of all…

Media, Law & Policy

Shubha Ghosh, TCLC Help a Scientist Bring a Diagnostic Innovation to Market

Monday, September 18, 2017, By Martin Walls

In 2000, when she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel from Colombia to study genetic engineering at the University of Arkansas, Magnolia Ariza-Nieto says she thought she had won the lottery. But with that elation came a sense of…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University, Greater Central New York Communities Invited to Participate in an NVRC Information Session Monday, Sept. 18

Friday, September 15, 2017, By News Staff

Syracuse University students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Central New York community, are invited to participate in an information session Monday, Sept. 18, at 5:30 p.m. at the Center of Excellence, room 203, located at 727…