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Business & Economy

NYSTAR Re-Designates College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Martin Walls

Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR) has re-designated the College of Law’s Technology Commercialization Law Program (TCLP) as the New York State Science and Technology Law Center (NYSSTLC, or Law Center). Having served as the NYSTAR Law…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science Professors Publish Book on Detecting Dangerous Data Anomalies

Tuesday, February 6, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

What do the detection of credit card fraud, seizures in electro-encephalogram data and malware in computer systems have in common?  In each of these examples, the main task is to detect an abnormality that may not have been seen before,…

Moneyish

Why Are Some Ads Appearing Before the Super Bowl Starts?

Saturday, February 3, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

This year, many companies are releasing or teasing their Super Bowl advertisements prior to kickoff of the big game. While this is an uncommon trend, Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and Director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture…

STEM

Moving the Needle

Friday, February 2, 2018, By Rob Enslin

George M. Langford is famously soft-spoken, but do not expect the dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) to slip quietly into retirement. On the contrary, he is about to make the biggest noise of his career. In…

Business & Economy

We’ve All Heard the Words ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Blockchain,’ but What Are They?

Friday, February 2, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

Lee W.McKnight is an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, faculty advisor to the Worldwide Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship Club and an affiliate of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism. He is also an expert on Bitcoin…

Campus & Community

SU Begins 2018 RecycleMania Collegiate Recycling Competition

Friday, February 2, 2018, By News Staff

Beginning on Sunday, Feb. 4, the Syracuse University community will participate in RecycleMania, the eight-week national recycling and waste reduction competition with colleges across the United States and Canada. In the spirit of the competition and to improve the University’s…

CNET

The Problem and Influence of Twitter Bots

Thursday, February 1, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

A recent New York Times investigation revealed that thousands of Twitter users purchased followers and retweets to expand upon their influence on the site. As public outcry followed, Newhouse social media professor Jennifer Grygiel discussed this in a CNET article,…

Campus & Community

Understanding People

Thursday, February 1, 2018, By Amy Manley

When Kalyn Des Jardins began her journey as an advertising major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, her focus centered on learning the tenets of creating winning advertising campaigns. The art and science of crafting and delivering a…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s Jenny Saluti Elected to National Portfolio Day Association Board

Thursday, February 1, 2018, By Erica Blust

Jenny Saluti, director of recruitment and admissions in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), was elected to serve a three-year term on the board of directors of the National Portfolio Day Association (NPDA) at its recent annual conference…

STEM

Biology Professor Receives NIH Grant for Study of Genes Critical in Development

Thursday, February 1, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Eleanor Maine’s research team was identifying genes important for development of the germline of their study organism when they made an interesting discovery about a specific pair of genes. The two genes, they determined, are critical for germline survival….