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Arts & Culture

Jazz Fest Founder Frank Malfitano: ‘World-Class Education’ at Syracuse in Jazz, Blues—and Life

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For more than three decades, Frank Malfitano ’72 has served as executive director and guiding force behind Jazz Fest, an event he founded in greater Syracuse. Admission is free for the annual festival, which has brought some of the greatest…

Mediashift

Jennifer Grygiel Authors Piece on Enabling Students to Identify Bias in Product Development

Friday, February 17, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Jennifer Grygiel, Assistant Professor of Communications, wrote an article for Mediashift “How to Enable Students to Identify Bias in Product Development.”

Campus & Community

SUPAC Conference on Transition Planning for Life after High School for Students with Disabilities

Tuesday, February 14, 2017, By Jennifer Russo

The Syracuse University Parent Assistance Center (SUPAC), the Mid-State Regional Special Education Technical Assistance Support Center (RSE-TASC) and Onondaga Community College (OCC) will host a free conference, “Finding Your Way! Understanding Transition Planning In and After High School.” The event,…

Associated Press

Assistant Professor Jennifer Grygiel on Twitter and Abusive Tweets

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Newhouse Assistant Professor Jennifer Grygiel talks to Associated Press on how Twitter can better manage harassing and abusive material on its platform, it is “a simple fix: Just hire more humans.”  Twitter broadens its campaign against hate and abuse  …

Syracuse Post-Standard

College of Law Dean Craig Boise’s Life as a “Modern Renaissance Man”

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Syracuse University College of Law Craig Boise discusses his life from a Kansas farm boy to dean of a law college with Syracuse.com in the article SU law school Dean Craig Boise: Ex-cop, classical pianist who had to learn to be…

STEM

Geochemist Breathes New Life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the “Great Oxidation Event” (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in the Earth’s atmosphere more than 2.3 billion years ago. Christopher Junium, assistant professor of Earth…

STEM

The Life Path Of A Visionary: Christopher Gentile ’81

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

It may not be the final frontier, but with modern virtual reality technology, we can certainly “explore strange new worlds” and “boldly go where no man has gone before.” Today’s virtual reality can trick our minds into believing that we…

USA Today

Assistant Professor Jennifer Grygiel Says Twitter Will Get Bump from Trump

Wednesday, December 14, 2016, By Keith Kobland

“If anything, when he’s in power, the frequency could increase, making Twitter an even more important platform,” said Syracuse University communications professor Jennifer Grygiel, who studies social media. “You could see more users joining it to get updates about the government.”

Jennifer Karas Montez

Professor of Sociology and the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies
Arts & Culture

VPA Senior Experiences ‘Real-Life’ Design Through Fellowship

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Liam Sullivan

Karina Campos ’17 was “absolutely shocked” to be named a Be Original Americas Fellow for the summer of 2016. When she found out that she was chosen from countless applicants to be one of just two design students from across…