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Airbrushing and Selling a Fake Image
Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor of advertising at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, who researches issues of sex, gender, and the media, said that CVS’s decision to stop substantially retouching photos for their CVS-brand beauty products is an incredibly smart move…
University Partners to Host Global Game Jam, Jan. 20-22 in Bird Library
Bird Library will serve as a location for Global Game Jam (#SUGGJ17), the world’s largest game jam (game creation) event, taking place on the weekend of Jan. 20-22. University and community members are invited to collaborate, create and present new game…
Newhouse Recognizes Longtime Faculty Member Maria Russell with Scholarship in Her Name
The Newhouse School, working with a group of alumni and communications industry leaders, has established the Maria P. Russell Graduate Scholarship in Public Relations Leadership in honor of longtime public relations faculty member Maria Russell. The announcement was made Friday…
Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Disgraced’ to Play at Syracuse Stage
After the phenomenal success of “Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins,” Syracuse Stage switches gears and turns on a powerful and explosive drama as the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Disgraced” opens on Jan. 27 in the Archbold Theatre at the Syracuse…
Update on OCR Title IX Review
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: On Tuesday, January 24, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will be on campus to assess Syracuse University’s processes for handling of complaints of sexual violence or harassment. This…
Vice President Biden Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction
United States Vice President and Syracuse University Alumnus Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction on Thursday by President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. A citation, read at the ceremony,…
Contrasting Construction in Bulgaria
Students in the new course “Construction Management Practices in Eastern Europe” began their studies early last summer in the heart of Bulgaria, spending two weeks examining historic and modern construction sites throughout the country. The trip began with a visit…
The Origins of Healing
The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…
Biology Professor Recognized for Innovative Teaching
Biology Associate Professor Jason Wiles received the annual Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE), the second national award he was given this past fall. The award recognizes innovation in teaching biology at the…
Professor Kanter, College of Law Students, Staff Contribute to SCOTUS Amicus Brief
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the College of Law Arlene Kanter, together with her research assistants, Alyssa Galea and Megan Brooks; students from her Fall 2016 Disability Law class, Cintia Garcia and Alexandra Caraballo;…