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Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Announces Creation of Faculty Advisory Group to Advance Medical School Idea

Friday, August 14, 2015, By News Staff

The Faculty Advisory Group will advise University leaders on the idea of a veteran-focused College of Medicine at Syracuse University.

STEM

FNSSI to Acquire Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencer

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By News Staff

Researchers in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) are using a major grant award to acquire a powerful, new instrument for forensic genomic analysis. The recipients are Michael Marciano, a FNSSI senior scientist; Kevin Sweder, a FNSSI professor…

Associate Professor of Law Nathan Sales Provides Insights on Clinton Email Investigation

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

Did Hillary Clinton’s private email server break the law on mishandling classified information? Maybe, but it’s too soon to say. Federal law makes it a crime to “knowingly” store classified information at an “unauthorized location.” Government investigators are now reporting…

Campus & Community

Summer Snaps 2015 (Part 3)

Tuesday, August 11, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Summer is still in full swing and members of the Syracuse University community are reveling in the season of sunshine and getaways. See where your colleagues and fellow students have been. We’ll have one more edition of Summer Snaps published…

Veterans

University Explores Idea of Veteran-Focused College of Medicine

Thursday, August 6, 2015, By Carol Boll

If deemed feasible, it would be the first college of medicine in the nation to support a pipeline for doctors specifically focused on serving and supporting veterans and their families.

Media, Law & Policy

Student Journalists Get Breaking News Experience

Tuesday, August 4, 2015, By Keith Kobland

For students in Newhouse School Assistant Professor Aileen Gallagher’s “News Writing and Reporting” class, it was a real life taste of spot news. As part of a dual exercise involving emergency management, faculty and student journalists, a realistic drill played…

STEM

Stromer-Galley’s Bias Retraining Game Wins ‘Serious Play’ Honors

Monday, August 3, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Human decision-making is prone to cognitive biases, the shortcuts people take because their brains are wired to make decisions quickly with limited information. However, a game developed by a research team that includes a School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty…

Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee

Thursday, July 23, 2015, By News Staff

The following people have been named as members of the Academic Strategic Plan Implementation Oversight Committee: 1. Liz Liddy, Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost, Chair 2. Shiu-Kai Chin, Professor, Engineering; Provost’s Faculty Fellow, Facilitator 3. Andria Costello Staniec, Associate Provost…

James Schmeling on the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act

Wednesday, July 22, 2015, By Ellen Mbuqe

James Schmeling, J.D., Managing Director for Programming and Co-Founder of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, reflects on the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and its impact on veterans. “Military service members may…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell School Names Ronald P. O’Hanley New Advisory Board Chairman

Monday, July 20, 2015, By Scott Barrett

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has named Ronald P. O’Hanley chairman of its advisory board. O’Hanley is chief executive officer of State Street Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corp. and a global leader…