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Media, Law & Policy

Beijing+20: The 20th Anniversary of the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By News Staff

Catherine Bertini, professor of public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School, will host a March 18 discussion of women’s progress around the world since the UN’s Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. Students from her spring 2015…

Campus & Community

WNBA President Laurel Richie to Give Next University Lecture

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By Kevin Morrow

WNBA President Laurel J. Richie is the next speaker in the University Lectures series on Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. In her presentation, “The WNBA: Showing the World What’s Possible,” Richie will describe her experiences in…

Campus & Community

Statement on Behalf of the Board of Trustees of Syracuse University

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, By News Staff

Board of Trustees Chairman Richard L. Thompson and Chairman of the Board of Trustees’ Athletics Committee Robert Miron today issued the following statement on behalf of the Board of Trustees.

STEM

Physicist Earns Cottrell Scholar Award

Friday, March 6, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a major award to study the mechanics of how biological cells move in tissues. The award also supports the creation of related education initiatives, designed to benefit undergraduates. M….

Business & Economy

Whitman Collaborates with Staples to Analyze Supply Chain Opportunities

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, By Kerri D. Howell

The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Whitman School is collaborating with Staples, Inc., in a first-of-its-kind relationship to bring innovation and new research to the supply chain field. The collaboration will allow Whitman School supply chain…

STEM

University Unveils Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, By News Staff

Professorship named for longtime physics professor, designed to ‘strengthen already strong department’ The College of Arts and Sciences announced today the establishment of the Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics. The professorship is made possible by a $1.4 million bequest…

STEM

Student Team Testing Smart Grid Security Project

Monday, March 2, 2015, By Diane Stirling

In an era when digital devices talk to one another to accomplish tasks, how will industries protect conversations between them and the information those exchanges transmit to maintain the security of their systems and networks? That is the central question…

Arts & Culture

Three-Time Grammy Award-Winner Keb’ Mo’ to Perform June 19

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By News Staff

Three-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and contemporary blues artist Keb’ Mo’ will perform live in concert at Gala 2015, Syracuse Stage’s major annual fundraiser. The event will take place on Friday, June 19, in Goldstein Auditorium in the Schine…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Explores ‘Judicial Politics in Polarized Times’

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Do judges serve as neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists or political actors whose decisions conform to—rather than challenge—the democratic will? That is one of the many questions that political scientist Thomas Keck seeks to answer in his latest book,…

STEM

Huang Receives NSF Grant for Mobile Crowdsourcing System

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a continuing grant to School of Information Studies (iSchool) assistant professor and principal investigator Yun Huang to examine two questions related to public safety and mobile crowdsourcing. The two-pronged study, the first phase…