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The Science of Shipwrecks

Friday, January 27, 2017, By Rob Enslin

On New Year’s Eve in 1862, the USS Monitor sank in a violent storm at Cape Hatteras, off North Carolina’s windswept coast. Sixteen of her 62 sailors perished. One survivor, a surgeon named Grenville Weeks, lost three fingers and the…

Media, Law & Policy

Airbrushing and Selling a Fake Image

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman

Rebecca Ortiz, an assistant professor of advertising at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, who researches issues of sex, gender, and the media, said that CVS’s decision to stop substantially retouching photos for their CVS-brand beauty products is an incredibly smart move…

Arts & Culture

Student Veterans Perform at Syracuse Stage in ‘Separated’

Tuesday, January 10, 2017, By News Staff

For one night only on Jan. 18, Syracuse Stage, in partnership with Hendricks Chapel, the Syracuse University Student Veterans Association and the Syracuse University Office of Veterans and Military Affairs, presents “Separated,” a theater performance based on the personal experiences…

STEM

Engineering and Computer Science, Office of Research Award $230,000 for UAS Research

Thursday, January 5, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Six collaborative research groups from the University’s various schools and colleges have been awarded more than $230,000 in state revitalization funding for their projects in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Projects include energy mapping of buildings, autonomous navigation and the development…

Campus & Community

Photo Captures Best of Syracuse, but Who Are Young Men?

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, By Sean Kirst

Syracuse University Provost Michele Wheatly brought the photograph home from South Carolina in November, after she made a trip to Clemson University. The image shows a group of young men surrounding a white-haired man and a woman, who is in…

STEM

A&S Researchers Explore Link between Tropical Glaciers, Water Supply

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding how the loss of glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru is affecting water resources in a region responding to global climate change. Laura Lautz G’05, associate professor…

STEM

New ‘Internet of Things’ Class to Cover Rapidly Expanding Technology

Friday, December 2, 2016, By J.D. Ross

A new spring semester course offering at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) will provide students with an overview of the rapid changes happening in business and technology because of the proliferation of new devices connected to the Internet. The…

Health & Society

Historian Finds Gritty Story of Child’s Life Documented in Special Collections

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Sean Kirst

“The Muckers,” published by Syracuse University Press and found among the papers in the Special Collections Research Center, tells of boys living life rough in New York City over a century ago.

Campus & Community

Honor Pearl Washington’s Memory

Wednesday, November 16, 2016, By News Staff

Support Student-Athletes’ Academic Dreams When the men’s basketball team hosts Georgetown in the Carrier Dome on Saturday, Dec. 17, fans will celebrate more than a long-time rivalry with the Hoyas. The event will include a tribute to Syracuse legend Dwayne…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Edward Koren: The Capricious Line’

Thursday, November 10, 2016, By Syracuse University Art Museum

The Syracuse University Art Galleries is exhibiting “Edward Koren: The Capricious Line,” celebrating the five-decade career of renowned cartoonist and long-standing contributor to The New Yorker, Edward Koren. This exhibition presents approximately 50 original works on paper, many displayed for…