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CBS News

What Cambridge Analytica Closing Really Means

Wednesday, May 2, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Jennifer Grygiel, a Newhouse faculty member and social media expert, recently joined CBS News to discuss the closure of Cambridge Analytica, the company who took data from over 87 million Facebook users. While this branch is now defunct, Grygiel offers that…

Arts & Culture

Advancing Discovery: Faculty Research in the Humanities—Part I

Wednesday, May 2, 2018, By Rob Enslin

2018 is proving to be a watershed year for the humanities at Syracuse. Despite ongoing threats to federal arts and cultural funding, the Humanities Center is entering its second decade, awash in experience and excellence, while one of its signature…

STEM

Aerospace Engineering Seniors Test their Plane Designs in Carrier Dome

Wednesday, May 2, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

For aerospace engineering seniors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, everything builds up to flight day. For their capstone projects, student teams spent hundreds of hours designing, redesigning and constructing a rocket and an airplane capable of carrying the rocket as many laps as possible inside the Carrier Dome.

Financial Times

US and EU in Game of Trade Chicken

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

As President Trump continues ongoing trade debates with the European Union, Maxwell professor Mary Lovely says that discussions will likely continue until the US gets some type of concession, no matter how small, from the EU. “It really depends on…

Media, Law & Policy

Jeffrey Gonda Wins Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Jennifer Congel

This year’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, recognizing outstanding non-tenured faculty members at the Maxwell School, will be given to Jeffrey Gonda, assistant professor of history. The award will be presented at the Maxwell School’s annual Graduate…

Campus & Community

Disability Caucus and Campus Conversation about Disability Justice Tonight

Monday, April 30, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Tonight, April 30, the campus community is invited to an accessible campus conversation about what is meant by “disability justice,” “ableism” and “intersectionality.” Priya Penner, Disability Student Union (DSU) president; Jennith Lucas, DSU vice president; Diane Wiener, director of the…

CBS News

Facebook Testimony Raises More Questions

Sunday, April 29, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Facebook’s CTO recently testified in front of the British Parliament, and when all was said and done, it may have left more questions than answers. This specifically was acknowledged after the official did not read the terms and conditions aspect…

Cosmopolitan

Expert Hall on Targeted TSA Searching Methods

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

In 2015, TSA agents were allegedly going to stop searching black women’s hair during regular airport security checks. However, as a recent Cosmopolitan article reveals, the practice is still in place, as many women attest. For this article, Rachel Hall, an…

School of Architecture Communicator Elaine Wackerow Dies

Friday, April 27, 2018, By News Staff

Elaine D. Wackerow, 65, of Baldwinsville, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, April 24, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. She was born in Utica on Dec. 17, 1952, and was a graduate of SUNY Oswego. She began her career as…

University to Modernize Human Resources and Timekeeping Systems

Thursday, April 26, 2018, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

In an effort to reduce the administrative burden on schools, colleges and other units, Syracuse University has announced it will upgrade its timekeeping, payroll and human resources technology. This technology, which will go into effect on July 30, will introduce…