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STEM

iSchool and Whitman School Welcome First Cohort of Students to Online Program in Applied Data Science

Monday, November 6, 2017, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management together welcomed the first cohort of students to the online master’s program in Applied Data Science. The new online offering teaches an interdisciplinary curriculum developed by…

Campus & Community

Nominations Sought for Advisory Work Group on Staff Climate Matters

Thursday, November 2, 2017, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Members of the University community are invited to nominate staff members for the Advisory Work Group on Staff Climate Matters, one of the accepted recommendations from the University’s Climate Assessment Planning Committee (CAPC). The deadline for submission is Monday, Nov….

Media, Law & Policy

To Politicize the New York City Terrorist Attack is Folly

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Corri Zoli, Director of Research for the Institute for National Security and Counter Terrorism and Research Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to speak on the domestic terrorism attack in lower Manhattan. “The attack looks like another low-tech terrorist…

Campus & Community

Syracuse Symposium to Continue ‘Belonging’ Theme with Flurry of Events Nov. 3-9

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong survey of “Belonging” with a quartet of multidisciplinary events. On Friday, Nov. 3, Tim Brookes, founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, will address “Where Have All the Alphabets Gone? Disappearing Traditional Writing Systems and the Worldwide Loss of…

Business & Economy

MBA@Syracuse Named to Princeton Review’s 2018 ‘Top 25 Online MBA Programs’

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, By Kerri D. Howell

MBA@Syracuse has earned a #23 ranking on The Princeton Review’s list naming the top 25 online MBA programs for 2018, accessible at www.princetonreview.com/best-business-schools. The online MBA program, delivered in partnership with 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU), includes live weekly classes taught by Martin J. Whitman School of Management award-winning…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Living Proof’: Syrian Accountability Project Publishes White Paper on the Yazidi Genocide

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Martin Walls

Crimes committed against civilians during war can be especially heinous, but when those crimes are committed with planned intent to destroy an ethnic or religious community, international law applies the unique label of “genocide.” It is not a charge used…

Campus & Community

Brian Konkol to be Installed as Seventh Dean of Hendricks Chapel on Nov. 7

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Since coming to Syracuse, Konkol has worked to strengthen the role of the chapel as the spiritual heart of the campus and a model for diversity and inclusion of philosophies and religions. He is reviewing and instituting recommendations from the Hendricks Chapel Study Committee to enhance the chapel’s role and impact in the community.

BBC

Pop Culture Expert Robert Thompson Explains TV Soundtrack Trend

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

In a time where flashy graphics and special effects seem to reign king on TV, a lesser thought of aspect is being produced with heavy financial backing: show’s opening soundtracks. Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television…

Arts & Culture

University Lectures Welcomes Historian and ‘The Secret History of Wonder Woman’ Author Jill Lepore

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

Accomplished author, Harvard historian and The New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore concludes the fall portion of the 2017-18 University Lectures season on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Lepore has been in the news frequently over…

Media, Law & Policy

Public Policy Fellowship Puts Senior on Path to Graduate School

Monday, October 30, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Chizobam Nwagwu ’18 spent an intensive seven weeks as a Public Policy and International Affairs Program fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The summer institute program—with its three graduate courses, networking opportunities and site visits…