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Hoverboard Restrictions Added to Existing Transportation Policy
In a statement made by the Division of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and the Department of Public Safety, Syracuse University is temporarily prohibiting the use of self-balancing motorized scooters, or hoverboards, after national research continues to identify growing concerns…
Campus Framework Update Session to Be Held March 2 at Schine
University leaders, in conjunction with the members of the Campus Framework Advisory Group, will host an update session on the Campus Framework on March 2 at 4 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center. At the update session,…
iSchool to Host Panel Discussion Friday on Apple vs. the FBI
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) will host a multidisciplinary panel discussion on Friday afternoon to help shed light on Apple’s resistance to the recent FBI demand to unlock the iPhone of one of the terrorists involved in the San…
Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users
Dessa Bergen-Cico, associate professor of public health at Falk College, has researched supervised injection sites for drug users and has offered a response to plan by the mayor of Ithaca to open such a facility: The United States is experiencing…
Stromer-Galley Named Tow Center Research Fellow
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jenny Stromer-Galley has been named a research Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University’s Journalism School. Stromer-Galley, along with eight other Knight News Innovation Fellows from industry and academia, including The…
Student Voter Registration Project Underway
The push is on to make sure as many students as possible are registered to vote when the presidential election is held on Nov. 8. A voter registration campaign is now underway, but according to Diana Napolitano, it’s much more…
Newhouse Student Named 2016 Google News Lab Fellow
Taylyn Washington-Harmon, a senior in the Newhouse School, has been named a 2016 Google News Lab Fellow. She is one of eight winners chosen from over 1,800 applications. The Google News Lab Fellowship offers students interested in journalism and technology…
AP Correspondent Kathy Gannon to Be Honored with Tully Free Speech Award March 7
Associated Press correspondent Kathy Gannon is the recipient of the 2015 Tully Free Speech Award. Presented by the Tully Center for Free Speech in the Newhouse School, the award honors journalists who have persevered in the face of threats and…
‘Guns on Campus’ Discussion to be held Feb. 26
The recent tragedy at Umpqua Community College in Oregon and the escalating incidence of gun violence on and around college campuses have placed higher education—again—at the center of national gun debates, at the same time that many states have enacted…
Legendary Feminist Gloria Joseph to Visit Syracuse Feb. 29
Black feminist icon Gloria Joseph is making a rare Central New York appearance with a visit to the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC). On Monday, Feb. 29, Joseph will read from and discuss “The Wind Is Spirit: The Life, Love…