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STEM

Undergrads Team Up to Publish Bacteria Research

Wednesday, March 1, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Bacteria may be small, but the effect they have on us is anything but minor. Bacteria are often associated with illness and disease, but in reality most  do us more good than harm. Although certain bacteria can wreak havoc on…

STEM

Saulson Publishes Second Edition of Textbook on Gravitational Wave Detection Device

Monday, February 27, 2017, By Keith Kobland

When a team of scientists confirmed Einstein’s theory about the existence of gravitational waves, including the important work of Syracuse University’s own physicists, there was little doubt that it would be the kind of discovery documented in scholarly textbooks. Now…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Trump Revealed’ Author and Washington Post Reporter Michael Kranish ’79 Will Visit Campus March 2

Wednesday, February 22, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Michael Kranish ’79, a national political investigative reporter for The Washington Post, will visit Syracuse University on Thursday, March 2, as a guest of the Newhouse School. Associate Dean Joel Kaplan will moderate a Q&A with Kranish beginning at 7…

Arts & Culture

Humanities Center Hosts Scholarly Book Publishing Workshop on Feb. 24

Monday, February 20, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Scholarly book publishing is the focus of an upcoming workshop in the Syracuse University Humanities Center. Suzanne Guiod, editor in chief of Syracuse University Press, and Beth Bouloukos, senior acquisitions editor at State University of New York (SUNY) Press, will…

Arts & Culture

Cherríe Moraga to Serve as Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor Feb. 20-March 3

Thursday, February 16, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Cherríe Moraga—a prominent figure in Chicana, feminist, queer and indigenous activism, art and scholarship—is participating in a two-week residency at the University. Moraga is this year’s Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. In this capacity, she will…

Arts & Culture

Wayne Franits Named Distinguished Professor

Thursday, February 2, 2017, By Renée K. Gadoua

Wayne Franits, professor of art history in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Distinguished Professor by Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. The distinction is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty members, bestowed upon…

The Washington Post

Assistant Professor Yüksel Sezgin on the implications of a Turkish constitutional amendment

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Yuksel Sezgin, assistant professor of political science, wrote for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog an op-ed entitled How a constitutional amendment could end Turkey’s republic.

Health & Society

Winston Fisher ’96 Tackles Mammoth Marathon Challenge

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Winston Fisher ’96 is proving once again that he will go to great lengths of physical endurance to support the organization founded by his family that assists military veterans known as the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Already, Fisher has competed…

Fox News

Professor Robert Thompson Offers Perspective on Death of Carrie Fisher for Fox News

Tuesday, January 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland

Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, authored a piece for Fox News titled “Carrie Fisher is gone but her legacy lives on.”