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3D Printing Evangelist Bre Pettis Launches University Lectures Season
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.
Point of Contact Presents ‘Icons & Eye Poems’
On Thursday, Sept. 29, from 6-8 p.m., Edgar Paiewonsky-Conde is returning to the Point of Contact Gallery to present his new body of minimalist and visual poetry. The minimalist “icons” will be read and projected, whereas the purely visual “eye…
Free Bike Share Program Puts Students Behind the Wheel
If you need to get further faster—around campus or off—or maybe just do some exploring, there’s a new transportation service on campus that can help you get there. The Student Association, in collaboration with several administrative units on campus, has…
Passive Liquid Flow Can Aid Nanotechnology Development, Study Suggests
A new study, inspired by water’s movement from roots to leaves in tall trees, shows that a certain kind of passive liquid flow, where liquids naturally move in response to surface atomic interactions instead of being driven by external forces like pumps,…
16th University Lectures Series Launches in October
This fall’s University Lectures lineup features one of the creators of 3D printing; a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in an upcoming Steven Spielberg film; and the renowned designer of Manhattan’s High Line and Chicago’s Navy Pier.
Three Things Chancellor Syverud Wants New Students to Know (Video)
On Thursday night, Chancellor Kent Syverud, on behalf of Syracuse University, welcomed more than 4,000 first-year and transfer students at the New Student Convocation in the Dome.
Libraries Host Welcome Fest on September 1
The Syracuse University Libraries invite all students, faculty and staff to a Welcome Fest on Thursday, September 1, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the first floor of Bird Library. The event will feature resources and services the Libraries…
The motives and mechanism for putting Gawker out of business is “something to worry about”
Roy S. Gutterman, Director of the Newhouse School Tully Center for Free Speech and Associate Professor of Newspaper and Online Journalism, offers insight on the events that led to Gawker Media being put up for auction. Gutterman, an alumni of both Newhouse…
LIS Student Selected for ALA Spectrum Scholarship
Maria Provini, a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), has been named a recipient of the 2016-17 American Library Association’s Spectrum Scholarship. Provini is one of 61 recipients of the competitive…
Cold Case Justice Initiative Lauds Passage of Emmett Till Reauthorization Act by U.S. Senate
With bipartisan, unanimous consent in the U.S. Senate on July 17, passage of the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 is one step closer to becoming law. The Cold Case Justice Initiative (CCJI) at the College…