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Media, Law & Policy

Suzanne Lysak Named Fulbright Specialist

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Newhouse faculty member Suzanne Lysak has been chosen to participate in the Fulbright Specialist Program. The program sends U.S. faculty and professionals to serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects at academic institutions abroad…

Campus & Community

Remembrance Week, Commemorative Activities Will Honor the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Syracuse University and the University’s Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities—from exhibitions to panel discussions to a…

STEM

SU Geologists Contribute to New Understanding of Mekong River Incision

Monday, October 15, 2018, By Renée Gearhart Levy

An international team of earth scientists has linked the establishment of the Mekong River to a period of major intensification of the Asian monsoon during the middle Miocene, about 17 million years ago, findings that supplant the assumption that the…

Campus & Community

Faculty/Staff Registration Open for ‘Why Sleep is So Important’ Webinar

Monday, October 15, 2018, By News Staff

Quality, restful sleep—and getting enough of it at the right times—is essential to one’s health and well-being. However, surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that 60 percent of American adults report having sleep problems a few nights a…

Arts & Culture

‘still/here’ Screening and Q&A with Award-Winning Experimental Filmmaker Christopher Harris

Friday, October 12, 2018, By Cjala Surratt

Light Work’s Urban Video Project announces the exhibition “Christopher Harris: Extended Forecast” by the award-winning filmmaker. This will be on view at Light Work UVP’s outdoor projection site on the north facade of the Everson Museum of Art at 401…

Sports Illustrated

Esports and Media Intersect At Newhouse School

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By Sean Dorcellus

Olivia Stomski, the director of the Newhouse Sports Media Center, was quoted in the Sports Illustrated article “Taking a Tour of Esports U.” The article mentions that Stomski “knew the growing world of digital gaming was worth paying attention to.”…

Health & Society

Big Data and Social Policy Focus of Oct. 24 Research Colloquium

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

The Falk College Research Center will host a research colloquium, “Big Data and Social Policy: Current and Future Developments,” with Philip Gillingham from the University of Queensland, Australia, on Wednesday, Oct. 24, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in Falk Complex,…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents World Premiere Inspired by Local History

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

Syracuse Stage continues the 2018/19 season with a world premiere production, “Possessing Harriet,” Oct. 17 – Nov. 4. Written by award-winning local playwright and Syracuse Stage associate artistic director Kyle Bass, the 90-minute drama, commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association,…

STEM

Physicist to Probe ‘Deep Connections’ Between Life on Earth and Interstellar Space

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Professor Carl Rosenzweig will present ‘Stars ‘R’ Us’ at Wells College, benefiting Friends of Southern Cayuga Planetarium The old cliché that humans are made of stardust underscores an upcoming program by an astrophysicist in the College of Arts and Sciences….

Campus & Community

Upcoming WorkLife Workshops for Faculty and Staff

Thursday, October 11, 2018, By News Staff

In a world where children are “growing up digital,” it can be challenging to find a healthy balance when setting limits for family screen time, whether it’s TV or other electronics. An upcoming 30-minute workshop—Limiting Electronics and TV Time, Digital…