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Business & Economy

Matt Shumer ’22 Selected to Showcase His Innovations in Several National Events

Thursday, December 12, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Matt Shumer ’22, founder of Visos, has been selected to showcase his innovative enterprise virtual reality system in several national events this spring. Shumer, who is a student in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is a Rubin Family…

Campus & Community

Applications for Spring 2020 Campus Business Plan Competitions Now Open

Thursday, December 12, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Syracuse University teams have won nearly $3.4 million in business plan competitions in the past three years, dominating regional, state and global competitions. The Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars at SU Libraries coordinates several of the campus qualifying competitions that…

Campus & Community

Board of Trustees Announces Special Committee; Engages Independent Panel of National Experts to Assess and Advise on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion

Thursday, December 12, 2019, By News Staff

Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees today announced the formation of an Independent Advisory Panel, which will work in conjunction with a newly formed Board of Trustees Special Committee on University Climate, Diversity and Inclusion, to assess and provide recommendations regarding…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses University Senate

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, By News Staff

The Chancellor delivered the following remarks to the University Senate on Dec. 11, 2019, in Maxwell Auditorium: Thank you, Professor Haddix.  I just want to thank Professor Schell for what I think is an accurate tribute to Professor Bruce Carter….

Media, Law & Policy

Finding Stories in the Numbers

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, By Lani Rich

When magazine, news and digital journalism (MND) Assistant Professor Alex Richards first studied journalism at the University of Missouri, he wanted to be a science journalist. After taking a computer-assisted journalism course, however, he realized that there is power in…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse NYC Event Explores Diversity and Inclusion in Media

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, By News Staff

Around 60 students and alumni gathered at the Fisher Center in midtown Manhattan last month for a panel discussion hosted by Newhouse NYC, the Newhouse School’s satellite campus program. The discussion, “Diversity in Media,” was moderated by Ana Ceppi ’86, senior vice…

Campus & Community

IRS Makes Update to 2020 Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate

Tuesday, December 10, 2019, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Due to changes to the federal tax law passed in 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated the 2020 version of Form W-4. Form W-4 is completed by every Syracuse University employee to determine how much federal income tax…

STEM

Bethany Murphy ’20 Named as Marshall Scholar

Tuesday, December 10, 2019, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Bethany Murphy, a senior environmental engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a 2020 Marshall Scholar. Founded in 1953, the Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a graduate degree…

STEM

Doctoral Grad James Howison G’09 Wins U.S. PECASE Research Honors

Monday, December 9, 2019, By News Staff

Earlier this year, James Howison, a 2009 graduate of the School of Information Studies doctoral program, received an email from the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking him for personal information and instructing him not to tell anyone about the message. He…

Business & Economy

LaunchPad Student Teams Sweep Award Competitions, Winning Nearly $80,000 in Fall 2019

Monday, December 9, 2019, By Cristina Hatem

Numerous student startup teams from the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars in Bird Library (LaunchPad) have won business competitions and prizes totaling $79,500 during the Fall 2019 semester. The LaunchPad is Syracuse University’s innovation hub, connecting the entire University’s resource-rich…