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STEM

Acuna Launches Beta Version of Tool for Research and Funding Discovery

Monday, October 2, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Last fall, School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Daniel Acuna was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation titled “Improving grant reviewing and scientific innovation by linking funding and scholarly literature.” One of the goals of the two-year…

Media, Law & Policy

How Fake News is Damaging Democracy

Friday, September 29, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

An assistant professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, Jeff Hemsley and his PhD students actively research the viral spread of fake news or other categorizations of viral information. In the wake of the mass shooting in…

Campus & Community

Student Advisory Council to Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience Call for Applications

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Joyce LaLonde

The Student Advisory Council seeks undergraduate, graduate and law student applicants to advise the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience. Students can apply here. Formerly known as the Student Affairs Advisory Board, this group of students will serve in…

Health & Society

Registration Now Open for Fall ’17 Technology Accessibility Training Workshops

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Syracuse University seeks to ensure that all people, regardless of individual ability or disability, can effectively access University communications and technology. Information Technology Services (ITS) is accepting registrations for six training workshops that will build faculty and staff awareness of,…

Arts & Culture

University Union, Traditions Commission Present: T.J. Miller and the Lucas Brothers

Thursday, September 28, 2017, By News Staff

University Union’s Fall comedy show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. as a part of Orange Central 2017 Homecoming Weekend in partnership with the Traditions Commission. The night of comedy in Goldstein Auditorium will begin with…

Business & Economy

Professor Robert Ashford’s ‘Inclusive Capitalism’ Gains International Support

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, By Martin Walls

According to Robert Ashford, Bond Schoeneck & King Distinguished Professor in the College of Law, “In the time needed to read this article, the wealthiest 1 percent of the American people will have acquired more capital wealth with the earnings of…

Health & Society

Syracuse Symposium to Present Historian Lisa Kirschenbaum, Artist Vivek Shraya

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Lisa Kirschenbaum will discuss “Belonging to the International: Gender, Sexuality and Communist Identity during the Spanish Civil War,” while Vivek Shraya will will kick off a two-day symposium titled “Embodied Beings: Exploring the Politics of ‘Queer’ in South Asia.”

Campus & Community

Fire and Life Safety Services Schedules Drills

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, By News Staff

Fire and Life Safety Services (FLSS) will conduct the fall 2017 evacuation drills in academic and administrative buildings from Monday, Oct. 2, through Friday, Oct. 6. The building evacuation drills will be conducted in the morning between 9:30 and 11:30…

Media, Law & Policy

In President Trump’s New Travel Ban, We See the Original Muslim Ban

Monday, September 25, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and a researcher of immigration and citizenship, remarks on the newest travel ban unveiled by the Trump Administration. “In President Trump’s new travel ban we see the original…

Media, Law & Policy

We Need to Ensure That Facebook Does Not Contribute to Unraveling Democracies

Friday, September 22, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Syracuse University social media expert Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, reacts to statements by Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook, on turning over Russian-linked ads to Congressional investigators looking at…