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Tonight’s Alicia Garza Lecture Canceled

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, By News Staff

Due to unexpected circumstances, at the request of the agency representing the speaker, tonight’s lecture by #BlackLiveMatter Movement co-founder Alicia Garza has been canceled. She was scheduled to give the Black History Month Commemorative Lecture, sponsored by the Office of…

The Supreme Court’s “Unprecedented Judicial Activism”

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

University Professor David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, offers an opinion on the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday that put a hold on the Obama’s administration’s Clean Power Plan. “The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling granting a stay of the…

Campus & Community

Students, Faculty, Staff Invited to Participate in Climate Assessment Survey

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

The Syracuse University Climate Assessment Survey is now under way and continues through March 11. All students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the survey in its convenient online format or in a paper-and-pencil version available at the information…

STEM

Geophysicist Questions Stability of Antarctic Ice Sheet


Friday, January 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences is joining the growing debate over the fate of the world’s largest ice sheet, whose sudden melting is sending shockwaves throughout the geophysics community. Robert Moucha, assistant professor of Earth sciences,…

Campus & Community

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Named Speaker for Black History Month

Monday, January 25, 2016, By Shannon Andre

In honor of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs within the Division of Student Affairs is hosting a series of events in February. The month-long celebration officially kicks off on Feb. 1. The commemorative speaker this year is…

Health & Society

Kanter Participates in ‘Strikingly Beautiful: A Celebration of Women & Girls With Disabilities’ at White House

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, By Robert Conrad

Professor of Law Arlene Kanter was a panelist during the “Strikingly Beautiful: A Celebration of Women & Girls With Disabilities” event held at the White House on Jan. 13. Kanter participated in the “Strike Back” panel, a discussion on violence…

STEM

Electrical Pricing Research Wins Best Paper Award

Wednesday, January 13, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

Manek Biswas G ’13 and College of Engineering and Computer Science Professor Chilukuri K. Mohan won the Best Paper Award in the energy-efficient computing track at the International Conference on Eco-Friendly Computing and Communication Systems. Their research, “Algorithms for the…

STEM

Physicist Named Brightman Endowed Professor

Monday, January 11, 2016, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized with a new endowed professorship. Duncan Brown, a world-renowned expert in gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics, has been named the inaugural Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics. Brown…

STEM

Professor Works on Innovations in Window Efficiencies

Monday, November 23, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Eric Schiff wants to see innovative ways to retrofit single-pane windows to make them more efficient. As a program director at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, he is leading an effort to make that happen.

Campus & Community

Enjoy a Delicious, Hot Lunch for the Benefit of the United Way

Thursday, November 19, 2015, By News Staff

Area 9 of the Syracuse University United Way campaign will host a crockpot lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Lundgren Room – 106 Life Sciences Complex. Don’t miss this opportunity to sample some of the delectable…