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Business & Economy

Businesses, Consumers Should Prep Contingency Plan for Potential UPS Strike

Thursday, June 7, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The United Parcel Service could be facing one of its largest strikes in decades. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which covers roughly 260,000 UPS workers, reports the overwhelming majority of UPS members have given the green light to strike if…

Campus & Community

James Brower, Professor of Earth Sciences for 33 Years, Dies

Thursday, June 7, 2018, By News Staff

James Clinton Brower, 83, of Jamesville, passed away April 9 at his home. Born June 27, 1934, in New Rochelle, he was the son of Irving and Mavis Deans Brower. While growing up, he lived in many areas of the…

STEM

Scientists Rethink Co-Evolution of Marine Life, Oxygenated Oceans

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the Department of Earth Sciences have confirmed that rising oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels co-evolved with marine life hundreds of millions of years ago. Wanyi Lu, a Ph.D. candidate studying under Associate Professor Zunli Lu (no relation) in…

STEM

Professors Working to Help Save Darwin’s Finches

Thursday, May 31, 2018, By News Staff

Falk College professors Margaret Voss and Rick Welsh are leading a research team to see how to control a deadly parasite devastating native bird populations in the Galápagos Islands. It’s a race against time. The story was originally published in…

Campus & Community

26 ROTC Cadets Make Official Commitment to Serve

Wednesday, May 23, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

On Friday, May 11, ROTC cadets officially became the next generation of military leaders at the annual commissioning ceremony at Hendricks Chapel, signaling the end of training and the beginning of the graduating seniors’ military career. The cadets graduated from…

Campus & Community

Participate in a Hearing Research Study

Friday, May 18, 2018, By News Staff

The Hearing Lab at Syracuse University is looking for participants 60-85 years of age who think or know they have hearing loss and have never tried a hearing aid. We are studying how to teach people to use and care…

Health & Society

CFE Doctoral Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Thursday, May 17, 2018, By Jennifer Russo

Kelsey Dayle John (Diné), a doctoral candidate in the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education (CFE) in the School of Education, has been selected by the National Academy of Education to receive a 2018 Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. According to the NAEd…

Campus & Community

Student-Athletes’ Success Reflected in NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate

Wednesday, May 16, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Each program at Syracuse surpassed the minimum standard of 930 (a perfect score is 1,000) and, in combining the program numbers, the University earned the highest four-year average since tracking the APR began.

STEM

ECS Professor Secures Yahoo Donation of Servers for Research Processing

Tuesday, May 15, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

The search to answer research questions through vast amounts of data requires massive amounts of computer server space. Syracuse University has a healthy number of data servers ready to assist researchers, but a recent donation by Yahoo is adding more…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Announces $118 Million Investment to Create a New Stadium Experience

Monday, May 14, 2018, By News Staff

A new fixed roof, a vertically hung scoreboard, state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, improved accessibility and added Wi-Fi capabilities are just a handful of features visitors to Syracuse University’s stadium will experience beginning in fall 2020. The $118 million investment,…