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Arts & Culture

SYRFILMFEST 2017 Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Film Screenings, Discussions

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The 14th annual Syracuse International Film Festival (SYRFILMFEST 2017) opens Wednesday, Oct. 18, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 22, with some three dozen films (including a silent film classic), as well as a filmmakers’ forum and discussions with Syracuse-born actress…

Campus & Community

Eighth Annual Women of Distinction on Oct. 18

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. hosts its eighth annual Women of Distinction event Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7:14 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. This year’s program features award-winning actress Meagan Good and centers around fame, faith…

STEM

Syracuse Architecture, iSchool Faculty Receive NSF Grant for Joint Research on Smart Energy

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Elaine Wackerow

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) grant of $99,965 to three Syracuse University faculty/Center of Excellence fellows: iSchool professor Jason Dedrick, principal investigator, and Syracuse Architecture assistant professors Elizabeth Krietemeyer and Tarek Rakha, co-investigators. They…

STEM

Peter Saulson: ‘Astronomy Will Never Be the Same’

Monday, October 16, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, Peter Saulson has devoted much of his career to searching for gravitational waves. Here, he reflects on the importance of the latest discovery of these so-called “ripples in spacetime,” and what it…

Arts & Culture

Syracuse Hosts World Englishes Conference

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By Rob Enslin

It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…

Media, Law & Policy

CNN’s Rene Marsh G’03 Coming Back To Talk ‘Covering Government’

Thursday, October 12, 2017, By News Staff

CNN correspondent Rene Marsh G’03 is returning to Newhouse to give a talk titled “How covering government has changed: A Washington correspondent’s perspective.” Marsh will speak on Monday, Oct. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Newhouse 1-3 Center, rm. 432/434 of Newhouse…

Campus & Community

Angela Rye Named Keynote Speaker for 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Angela Rye, an acclaimed political commentator for both CNN and NPR, will be the keynote speaker for the 33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Syracuse University on Jan. 28, 2018. The yearly MLK Celebration at the Carrier Dome…

Campus & Community

Information Regarding Parking During Friday Football Game

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By News Staff

On Friday, Oct. 13, beginning at 3:15 p.m., additional buses will run between Skytop and College Place throughout the day and evening hours. The last bus returning to Skytop from Main Campus will leave from College Place at midnight. Faculty…

Business & Economy

Bandier: Past, Present & Future

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Music industry luminaries joined Syracuse University alumni and friends in New York City Tuesday night to celebrate the Bandier Program and its move to the Newhouse School. Guests also honored David Rezak, outgoing founding director of the Bandier Program, and…

Campus & Community

Innovation Orange: Assistant Professor Elizabeth Krietemeyer

Wednesday, October 11, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Assistant Professor of Architecture Elizabeth Krietemeyer focuses her research on helping people visualize complex data (such as energy use) as easy as the wave of a hand. She and her team work to observe how people interact with their built…