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STEM

Sixth Annual It Girls Retreat Brings 94 High Schoolers to Campus

Friday, October 14, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly led an information technology pep rally recently at a dinner for 94 potential School of Information Studies (iSchool) students. “You’ve all made a really great choice to come to the It Girls retreat because…

STEM

Software Tool to Enhance Wireless Spectrum Management Released

Monday, October 10, 2016, By J.D. Ross

With the rapid increase of wireless technology, devices and services, more companies and their hardware are competing for a limited amount of available resources across the radio frequency spectrum. This is an issue that School of Information Studies (iSchool) associate…

STEM

Meredith Symposium to Feature Research of Underrepresented Undergrads

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

The College of Arts & Sciences is home to a new undergraduate research symposium for students across all scientific disciplines within and outside the college. Chemistry professor Robert Doyle, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, is…

Campus & Community

LBGT Resource Center Presents Coming Out Month 2016

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Shannon Andre

The LGBT Resource Center is presenting the annual Coming Out Month celebration throughout the month of October. The celebration includes an entire month of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and asexual-themed programming, including speakers, performances, a film screening, Queer Zumba…

STEM

MLB.Com College Challenge Returns for Seventh Year

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By J.D. Ross

For the seventh consecutive year, Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media division (MLB.com) and the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have teamed up to challenge iSchool and all Syracuse University students to see if they have what it takes to make it…

Veterans

Student Veteran Peer Advisors a Ready Resource for Incoming Veterans

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

A new peer advising program on campus, Peer Advisors for Veteran Education (P.A.V.E.), matches student veteran peer advisors with incoming student veterans to help as they transition to campus life.

STEM

3D Printing Evangelist Bre Pettis Launches University Lectures Season

Monday, October 3, 2016, By Kevin Morrow

Pettis led MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing technology, as CEO from its beginning in 2009. Now, as chief innovation officer of Bold Machines, he is pushing 3D printing in striking new directions.

Arts & Culture

The Perfect Existence: Pedro Cuperman, Scholar, Point of Contact Founder, Dies at 80

Thursday, September 29, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Hector Torres ’84 and Anne Marie Prucha ’87 owe their marriage to Pedro Cuperman, the eminent Argentine scholar who died in Buenos Aires on July 12 at age 80. It all began on the first day of class in the…

Campus & Community

Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series Begins Wednesday

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

The University’s Interfaith Dialogue Dinner Series, Common and Diverse Ground: Raising Consciousnesses by Acknowledging the “Hidden” Things that Divide Us, will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The dialogue, on #BLACKLIVESMATTER, will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Noble Room…

Media, Law & Policy

‘Share of Voice’ Project Provides Glimpse Behind the Curtain of Social Media Data in Election Coverage

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Newhouse School assistant professor Jennifer Grygiel, working in collaboration with the School of Information Studies, is the lead on a new project that examines the use of social media data in the coverage of the 2016 presidential election, particularly the…