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Abolition and the Origins of Sharecropping
Guest speaker is Melanie Dupuis from the Pace University Department of Environmental Studies and Science will speak on Friday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. This free lecture, to be held in Eggers Hall, Room 018, is a joint event with…
“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”
Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…
The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”
University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…
$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In
On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction
LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes
New Hampshire Felt the Bern
Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said that while the Republican race had a few winners and losers from last…
UVP Features ‘Between Species’
Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are hosting the group show “Between Species” Feb. 11-March 26. The exhibition will take place at UVP’s outdoor architectural projection venue at the…
Harvard Professor Shane Greenstein to Speak on Internet Commercialization
School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Lee McKnight has invited Harvard Business School professor Shane Greenstein to the iSchool to speak on his new Princeton University Press book, “How the Internet Became Commercial. Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of…
Cellular Protein Provides Insight to Malaria Treatment’s Side Effects
Malaria is a worldwide menace. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 500,000 individuals died from malaria in 2013 alone. While treatments for the disease exist, cures can also take a hefty physical toll. Professor of chemistry…
Feminist Scholar Awarded Guest Professorship in Germany
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Distinguished Professor and chair of women’s & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean’s Professor of…