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Facebook’s Fake News Problem Persists

Wednesday, October 4, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

In the wake of the massacre in Las Vegas, many are seeing fake news of the event being spread on Facebook and other social media sites. This is nothing new to the goliath company, having already been in hot water…

STEM

Four Questions for Astronaut Scholar Jordan Barrett

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Keith Kobland

From an academic standpoint, 2017 has been a very good year for Jordan Barrett ’18. Barrett is a senior physics and mathematics major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a participant in the Renée Crown University Honors Program….

Media, Law & Policy

Michael Schwartz to Serve on NYS Committee to Promote Court Access for People with Disabilities

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Martin Walls

On Sept. 26,New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks announced the formation of an advisory panel charged with developing an action plan to improve access to state courts for all persons, including those…

Syracuse Post Standard

Professors Contribute to Nobel Prize Winning Project

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Several Physics Professors at Syracuse were heavily involved in research that contributed to Nobel-Prize winning work. The professors were involved with analyzing data points from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, using this to find out more on gravitational ripples stemming…

Health & Society

D’Onofrio Delivers 29th Annual Lourie Lecture

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

The 29th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy will be held on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall. Gail D’Onofrio will deliver the lecture, titled “The…

Health & Society

Add Your Name to the Queer and Trans Solidarity List through Oct. 6

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Rachel Friedman

The LGBT Resource Center is collecting names for the Queer and Trans Solidarity List, formerly known as the You Are Not Alone List. Syracuse University and ESF community members can add their names until Friday, Oct. 6, at 5 p.m….

STEM

Syracuse University News Posts on Gravitational Waves Discovery

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 For the first time, scientists have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, arriving at the earth from a cataclysmic event in the distant universe….

STEM

Syracuse Savors Role in 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Physicists in College of Arts and Sciences instrumental in LIGO’s historic detections of gravitational waves

Campus & Community

Syracuse Life Trustee Launches University’s First Giving Day With $500,000 Gift

Tuesday, October 3, 2017, By News Staff

The generosity of Daniel A. D’Aniello ’68, a University Life Trustee, and his wife, Gayle, is the catalyst behind the launch of Boost the Cuse, Syracuse University’s first ever Giving Day on Oct. 17. The D’Aniello family has pledged $500,000…

STEM

SyracuseCoE Awards Funding for Eight Research and Innovation Projects Led by Faculty Fellows

Monday, October 2, 2017, By Kerrie Marshall

SyracuseCoE has announced that eight research and innovations projects led by its faculty fellows were competitively selected to receive awards totaling $112,750. The projects engage a total of 17 faculty members from Syracuse University, SUNY College of Environmental Science and…