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An Engineer for Global Health: Andrew Ramos ’17

Monday, February 6, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

Bioengineers are, quite literally, engineers of health. In that role, they have a true responsibility to put their expertise and skills to work for the good of others. Bioengineering senior Andrew Ramos ’17 doesn’t see any reason to wait until…

Health & Society

Spring 2017 Common and Diverse Ground Interfaith Dinner Dialogue Series Begins Feb. 7

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University’s spring 2017 Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the “Hidden” Things that Divide Us, will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Feb. 7 dialogue, on “Marginalization, Faith and Secularism,” will be held…

Arts & Culture

Fanfare for the Common Man

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The last place Pat Wiese ever imagined himself was in the pages of the Syracuse Post-Standard. In a Sean Kirst column. “My first interaction with Sean came in the form of a phone call,” says Wiese, a Le Moyne College…

STEM

Consumers Have Poor Understanding of Tracking Methods Used by Online Advertisers

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By J.D. Ross

A recent study published by researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) reveals that the general public has a poor understanding of the workings of online behavioral advertising, and the privacy implications behind the information that advertisers gather. The…

STEM

Stromer-Galley Secures $11.5 Million for Decision-Making Research

Monday, January 23, 2017, By J.D. Ross

Can an application help intelligence analysts engage in better reasoning and produce reports that help decision makers make better decisions? A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Syracuse University, the University of Arizona, Colorado State University and SRC Inc. aims to…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Announces First Global Media Fellows

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Amanda Chou ’19 and Amos Cohen ’20 have joined the Blackstone LaunchPad team this semester as its first Global Media Fellows. They will assist with developing plans for student outreach and special events that increase the number of students engaged…

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…

STEM

The Origins of Healing

Thursday, January 12, 2017, By Matt Wheeler

The early days of stem cell research were mired in controversy. The fact that the first isolated human stem cells were derived from human embryos in various stages of development introduced serious moral implications that cast a shadow over the…

STEM

Biology Professor Recognized for Innovative Teaching

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Biology Associate Professor Jason Wiles received the annual Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE), the second national award he was given this past fall. The award recognizes innovation in teaching biology at the…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Kanter, College of Law Students, Staff Contribute to SCOTUS Amicus Brief

Wednesday, January 11, 2017, By Robert Conrad

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence in the College of Law Arlene Kanter, together with her research assistants, Alyssa Galea and Megan Brooks; students from her Fall 2016 Disability Law class, Cintia Garcia and Alexandra Caraballo;…