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Campus & Community

Atlanta Program Helps Students Discover Heart of the South

Wednesday, July 1, 2015, By News Staff

It was an exciting spring for Syracuse University in Atlanta, as alumni and friends welcomed 14 students from the College of Arts and Sciences to their city for its inaugural immersion program. The trip combined a variety of cultural activities…

Maxwell Professor Gives Perspective on Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling

Friday, June 26, 2015, By Kathleen Haley

Syracuse University Associate Professor of Political Science Thomas M. Keck offered some perspective on today’s historic Supreme Court decision regarding same-sex marriage. “If you take a step back and look at the historical process that got us to this point,…

Health & Society

Q&A: University Professor Carl Schramm on Affordable Care Act Decision

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

In a 6-3 decision that many predicted to be the death knell of so-called Obamacare if it had gone the other way, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states…

STEM

Building a Silver Lining for the Cloud

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By Matt Wheeler

The cloud has become a ubiquitous solution for work and for play. Businesses use it to store, access and share data. The average person uses it for email, social networks or to binge-watch “House of Cards” on Netflix. It is…

University Professor Schramm Offers Opinion on King v. Burwell

Thursday, June 25, 2015, By News Staff

University Professor Carl J. Schramm offers the following opinion on the impact of today’s Supreme Court’s decision on King v. Burwell. “Today’s decision in King is the most ‘activist’ decision ever to have issued from the Supreme Court. It makes plain…

Arts & Culture

VPA Fashion Show Hits New York City

Tuesday, June 23, 2015, By Scott McDowell

The fashion design program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) recently hosted its annual New York City fashion show at the University’s Lubin House. In addition to students winning the honor of showcasing their designs in New…

Campus & Community

INSCT, NATO CCDCOE to Host Cyber Espionage Workshop

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, By Martin Walls

Contemporary cyber spies—often under the control of nation states—are just as likely to be plundering the intellectual property and customer information of international businesses as waging covert cyberwar against military enemies. With cyber espionage becoming a growing economic as well…

STEM

Physicist Awarded Grant to Study Physical Cell Biology

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to study how the shape and motion of individual cells mold biological tissues into three-dimensional shapes. M. Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is part…

Arts & Culture

Student Wins Honors Capstone Awards for Original Novel

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has received two major capstone project awards from the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Anastasia Selby ’15 is the winner of both the David Orlin Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Students Launch National Publication ‘For Freshmen, by Freshmen’

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Content comes from more than 150 contributing writers from about 50 schools across the country, all of them incoming freshmen.