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Campus & Community

Winter Break Shuttle Schedule Now Available

Thursday, December 1, 2016, By Christine Grabowski

Winter break shuttle schedules are now available on the parking website at http://parking.syr.edu/winter-break-shuttle-schedules. Reduced shuttle schedules will begin on Friday, Dec. 16, and operate through Friday, Jan. 13. All available routes and times are listed. If you are driving to campus…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell’s Tanner Lecture Hosts Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter

Thursday, December 1, 2016, By Aishwarya Nag Choudhury

Since 2012, the Tanner lectures have provided the Maxwell School with the opportunity to bring prominent civic actors to the campus and speak on issues of ethics, citizenship and public responsibly. On Oct. 14, the Tanner lecture hosted former Philadelphia…

Campus & Community

Letter from Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Andrew Gordon

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By News Staff

Dear Colleagues, On Nov. 22, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide temporary restraining order prohibiting the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations. The regulations were scheduled to go into effect…

Business & Economy

Financial and Investor Communications Emphasis Students Make Benchmark Trip to New York

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Twenty students participating in the Newhouse School’s Financial and Investor Communications Emphasis (FICE) traveled to New York City Nov. 16-18 for a benchmark trip, gaining an up-close view of the financial industry and the role of the communications professionals who…

Business & Economy

Newhouse Alum Lands NBA Position

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Keith Kobland

A Newhouse School alumnus who was once named to Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list has landed a job in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Alex Kline ’16 has always set and achieved lofty goals, having created The Recruiting Scoop…

STEM

Researchers Discover Way to Make Surfaces Less Vulnerable to Disease-Causing Bacteria

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Professor Dacheng Ren and his team of researchers are seeking ways to stop the spread of microbes, and they may have found a solution.

Campus & Community

Student Ratings Opening Dec. 5

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, By News Staff

Loved your history class? Have a suggestion for your art professor? Wish something were done differently in your biology lab? Let your instructors know! Nearly 80 percent of Syracuse University instructors use the feedback they get from student ratings to…

Health & Society

3D Temples, Confession Apps and Virtual Shrines

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Nearly every aspect of modern life intersects with digital culture and is being reshaped by rapidly changing technology. A new undergraduate course will investigate the ways religious practice is shaped by technology and how technological practice is shaped by religion….

STEM

Crowston, Sawyer Take Best Paper Award at ASIS&T

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members Kevin Crowston and Steven Sawyer, along with colleague and former iSchool professor Rolf Wigand, were presented with a Best Paper Award by the Association for Information Science and Technology’s Social Informatics special interest…

Las Vegas Sun

Did Foley get the name right? Depends on a lot more than local appeal, experts say

Tuesday, November 29, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

The Vegas Golden Knights will play their first game in the National Hockey League next season without the full moniker of the city in which they reside. “I get why they did it,” Patrick Walsh, assistant professor of sport management…