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William Banks on What to Expect During the James Comey Testimony
William Banks, Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor in the College of Law and founding director of the Institute of National Security and Counterterrorism, offers insight on the upcoming testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: “Comey is unlikely to make any…
Students Design 3D Metal Printer for GE
Commercial 3D printers commonly use thin layers of a material, often a polymer, to construct computer-aided designs or scanned models. Using metal in 3D printing has also become possible using certain types of industrial printers. This process is also known…
Dean of the School of Education on Proposed Cuts to the Department of Education
The Trump Administration has proposed a 13.5% decrease in funding to the Department of Education, with the cuts spread across K-12 and aid to higher education. Dean Joanna Masingila is available to speak to media about these cuts, especially those directed…
Expert Insight on Families and their Trans Children
Assistant Professor of Family and Marriage Therapy Deborah Coolhart is available to discuss issues of families with transgender children. “Even when parents want to support their transgender child, they often struggle to because they are dealing with their own emotional…
Professor Charles Driscoll on Impact of U.S. Pulling Out of Paris Accord
The decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the Paris climate accord is being met with disappointment by one of Syracuse University’s leading authorities on climate change. University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor Charles Driscoll believes…
Derek Brainard on how to avoid financial regrets
Derek Brainard, financial literacy coordinator, was quoted in a Newsday article (subscription required) titled “Nearly 3 in 4 adults have financial regrets; how to avoid them.” “Give up trying to keep up with the Joneses. Know your limits based on…
Musicologist Goes ‘Beyond Boundaries’ with New Book, Trans-Atlantic Research
Amanda Eubanks Winkler knows a thing or two about pushing boundaries. Still basking in the success of her latest edited book, “Beyond Boundaries: Rethinking Music Circulation in Early Modern England” (Indiana University Press, 2017), the musicologist is preparing for a…
‘Arabic for Beginners’ to Be Offered Free for 10 Weeks
A free, non-credit course, “Arabic for Beginners” will begin in early June as part of a research study on the teaching and learning of second languages. The research program is headed by Amanda Brown, associate professor in the Department of Languages,…
Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?
When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…
Students Present on Variety of Topics at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference
Six students with a variety of research projects—such as community attachment resilience in a deindustrialized city, the effects of using different basketballs in NCAA play and 3D flow visualization in virtual reality—represented Syracuse University at this year’s ACC Meeting of…