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Campus & Community

New Initiative Makes Downloading Safety Resources Easier

Friday, March 23, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

The Divisions of Campus Safety and Emergency Services and Enrollment and the Student Experience are piloting a new initiative to make storing all relevant campus safety information on student cell phones easier. Starting this month, students can use KeynectUp’s service…

Arts & Culture

Innovation Orange: Roger Hallas

Wednesday, March 21, 2018, By Joseph M. Heslin

In this edition of Innovation Orange, we hear how Associate Professor of English Roger Hallas’ new project brings together his love of movies, his commitment to documentary and his longstanding passion for photography as a medium.

Campus & Community

‘Mindfulness and Social Justice’ Will Be Topic of Interfaith Dialogue Dinner

Monday, March 19, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

The last of the University’s 2017-18 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, “Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the ‘Hidden’ Things that Divide Us,” will take place on Thursday, March 22. The dialogue, on “Mindfulness and Social Justice,” will be…

STEM

Future Remains Bright for Solar Energy Industry – Tarriffs Setback Only Temporary

Thursday, March 15, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

According to the quarterly solar market report released March 15 by GTM Research, U.S. solar energy installation growth is expected to slow in the coming years, due in part to new tariffs on panel imports and new federal tax laws….

Media, Law & Policy

Research Profile: Professor Examines State of Bail, Pretrial Detention, Reform Measures

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Kathleen Haley

Nine out of 10 people who are awaiting resolution of their felony criminal case in jail are being detained because they can’t afford the pre-trial bail, according to national statistics. What does that say about the U.S. criminal justice system?…

STEM

Acuna and Team Create Tool to Detect Academic Fraud in Research Papers

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By J.D. Ross

For academic journal editors and research integrity officers at post-secondary institutions, detecting the re-use of images and illustrations in academic papers can be a time-consuming, if not impossible, task. While resources for detecting similarities and plagiarism in text submissions have…

Health & Society

Libraries Celebrate Women’s History Month

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

The month of March marks the national celebration of Women’s History Month. In commemoration, the SU Libraries are hosting a number of exhibits in its spaces. In addition to a book display on the first floor of Bird Library by…

Business & Economy

SparkCharge Raises Capital and Joins Techstars

Monday, March 12, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

SparkCharge has officially “launched” from the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University to acceleration stage with Techstars in Boston. The startup has achieved a significant milestone, growing from a college student’s idea to an award-winning company that has won several awards…

Media, Law & Policy

Hudson Tunnel Project: Picking the Winners and Losers

Monday, March 12, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

David Van Slyke, Dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, is available to talk about the issues surrounding the New York Hudson Tunnel, an infrastructure project to build a new rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey. The Trump administration has made…

Media, Law & Policy

Gift Will Fund Professorship, Research in Energy and Environmental Policy

Friday, March 9, 2018, By Dana Cooke

A $250,000 gift from Maxwell School alumnus James Ajello ’76 MPA will create a new professorship in energy and environmental policy while supporting interdisciplinary research projects in that field. The gift, with an initial term of five years, also funds…