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Campus & Community

2018 Martin Luther King Celebration Unsung Hero Award Winners Announced

Friday, January 12, 2018, By Keith Kobland

The Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced this year’s Unsung Hero Award winners. The awards are presented annually to people who, in the spirit of King’s “beloved community,” have made a positive difference in the lives of others,…

Media, Law & Policy

Gerrymandering: foxes guarding the hen house if they promise not to eat too many chickens

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Professor Keith Bybee, a legal scholar at Syracuse University who studies the politics of race and ethnicity and director of the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, offered comments on the recent ruling by a judge in North…

Business & Economy

Spring Business Plan Competitions Announced

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Building on last year’s successful track record, when Syracuse University teams captured the grand prize and four first place awards in the 2017 New York State Business Plan Competition, a number of 2018 business plan competitions launch this month. Open…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Kent Syverud to Deliver 2018 Winter Message on Tuesday, Jan. 16

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By News Staff

Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend Chancellor Kent Syverud’s 2018 Winter Message to the University community. The event will be held Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 3:45 p.m. in the Jack and Laura Hanhausen Milton Atrium in the Life…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Journalists Work the Beat to Tell Personal Stories of Minority Police Officers

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A group of eight journalism students from the Newhouse School spent the 2016-17 academic year examining a national issue with local implications: police-community relations.

Arts & Culture

Broadway Veteran to Star in ‘Next to Normal’ at Syracuse Stage

Thursday, January 11, 2018, By Joanna Penalva

The rock musical “Next to Normal” has an impressive record. It won three Tony Awards in 2009, including the award for Best Original Score, and it is one of only nine musicals ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama…

A successful president needs experience in government.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

After Oprah Winfrey gave an impassioned speech at the Golden Globes, a rallying cry arose on social media for Winfrey to run for president in 2020. However, Shana Kushner Gadarian, an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and the…

NPR

For Those With Disabilities, the End of Abuse Comes With the Start of Sex Ed

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

For some people with intellectual disabilities, sexual assault and abuse is a rather unknown, and untaught, entity. Curbing this, according to an article from NPR, starts with better education during Sex Ed classes. Michael Gill, a Professor in Syracuse’s School…

Media, Law & Policy

Everyone Loses During a Government Shutdown

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Once again, Congress is facing a looming government shutdown as legislators return to Capitol Hill and begin the fight over immigration and budget items. Congress must come to an agreement on these contentious issues by next Friday to avoid a…

Business & Economy

U.S. News & World Report Gives Top 50 Ranking to Whitman’s Online MBA Program

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, By Kerri D. Howell

MBA@Syracuse, the Martin J. Whitman School of Management‘s online MBA program, recently was ranked No. 42 by U.S. News & World Report in its publication of 2018 Best Online Business Programs, released Jan. 9. The online Accounting@Syracuse and BusinessAnalytics@Syracuse programs were collectively ranked…