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Media, Law & Policy

Educators Join Students in Push to Make Schools Equitable Spaces

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

  On March 24, students and families of March for Our Lives will take to the streets of Washington D.C. as part of a national rally and movement to address mass school shootings. Julia White, an assistant professor at Syracuse…

Arts & Culture

Innovation Orange: Roger Hallas

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Joseph M. Heslin

In this edition of Innovation Orange, we hear how Associate Professor of English Roger Hallas’ new project brings together his love of movies, his commitment to documentary and his longstanding passion for photography as a medium.

Media, Law & Policy

DATE CHANGE: Christine Vachon

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Due to inclement weather in New York City, the public event featuring producer Christine Vachon originally planned for tonight has been rescheduled for Monday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. Vachon will discuss her career, the film industry…

Campus & Community

Call for Nominations: Students, Faculty, Staff Sought to Serve on Disability Services Audit Steering Committee

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By News Staff

A campuswide audit of Syracuse University’s disability services, policies and resources will soon get underway. But first, the University is seeking students, faculty and staff interested in serving on the steering committee charged with facilitating the audit. Chancellor Kent Syverud…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School to Honor Murdered Maltese Journalist with 2017 Tully Award for Free Speech

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The late Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was assassinated last fall, will be honored posthumously with the 2017 Tully Award for Free Speech, presented by the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech. Caruana Galizia’s husband, Dr. Peter Caruana…

Media, Law & Policy

Without Legal Norms to Keep Up with Technology, Self-Driving Vehicles Are Accidents Waiting to Happen

Tuesday, March 20, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

Today, the National Transportation Safety Board will continue its investigation into a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber vehicle that hit and killed an Arizona woman in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend. A test driver from Uber was behind the…

Campus & Community

University College, Student Association Partner to Help Rescue Mission

Friday, March 16, 2018, By News Staff

University College and Student Association are partnering with the Rescue Mission to hold a collection drive to gather toiletry items for those in need. The campuswide initiative will take place from March 19-30 as part of SU’s Forever Orange Week….

STEM

Future Remains Bright for Solar Energy Industry – Tarriffs Setback Only Temporary

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to the quarterly solar market report released March 15 by GTM Research, U.S. solar energy installation growth is expected to slow in the coming years, due in part to new tariffs on panel imports and new federal tax laws….

Media, Law & Policy

If United Airlines Has Any Hope of Reputation Repair, Here’s What Needs to Happen

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

United Airlines is facing another public controversy after mistakenly shipped a family’s German Shepherd to Japan while the family flew to Kansas City. This comes after a 10-month-old bulldog died in an overhead bin on a flight from Houston to…

Health & Society

Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Rob Enslin

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…