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The Conversation

Why Didn’t the World End on Saturday?

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While it may not have made it into the mainstream, there were some who predicted an end to the world last Saturday. Some Christian Zionists were committed to this theory, but Maxwell Emeritus Professor Michael Barkun? Not so much. “Improvisational…

Campus & Community

Message from Health Services

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Syracuse University continues its aggressive communications campaign focused on educating the campus community about how to detect and prevent the spread of mumps. As reported yesterday, there are confirmed cases of mumps among our student…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad to Help More Startups through Ideator Software Platform

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University is offering a free new software platform for faculty, staff, student and alumni entrepreneurs. Ideator is a startup management tool created by the Blackstone Entrepreneurship Initiative (a project of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation), working…

Business & Economy

U.S. News Ranks the Whitman School in Top 50 Nationwide

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s undergraduate business program was ranked #42 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best College rankings. The school’s department of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises was ranked #13 nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News ranked universities overall; Syracuse University was…

Veterans

Paralyzed Veterans of America Awards IVMF with Distinguished MISSION: ABLE Award

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Stephanie Salanger

The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) was recognized among fellow veteran service organizations, service members, veterans, friends and supporters of Paralyzed Veterans of America for its work supporting veteran employment at an event in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19….

Campus & Community

Message from Health Services

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: The safety and well-being of all members of the Syracuse University campus community is our top priority. Within the last few hours, we have confirmed two cases of the mumps among our student population. It…

Harvard Business Review

As Lifespans Increase, Entrepreneurship Grows

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

As birth rates decline and the average lifetime increases, labor markets are being altered in several ways. For Harvard Business Review, Whitman Professor and Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Maria Minniti detailed these changes in a co-authored piece….

CNY Central

Hurricane Harvey Hits CNY at the Pump

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

While Hurricane Harvey physically ravaged parts of Texas, it still had far-reaching effects that were felt in Central New York: prices at the pump. Refineries in Texas that supply oil to New York were shut down, creating the rise in…

Arts & Culture

New Ideas of Urban Design a Matter of Equality for Architecture Professor

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

In November, School of Architecture Professor Francisco Sanin and his 13 studio students will travel to Medellín, Colombia, to visit a city transformed. Once known as “the most dangerous city in the world” for its drug cartels and dangerous streets…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Mourns Legendary Teacher, Scholar Ralph Ketcham

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, By News Staff

Ralph Ketcham, one of the longest-serving and most beloved and influential professors in the history of the Maxwell School, died on April 26 after a brief illness. He was 89. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, Sept. 25, at 3…