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Department of Drama Stages ‘Punk Rock’ by Simon Stephens
The Department of Drama tackles the volatile combination of adolescence and anxiety in Simon Stephens’ 2009 play “Punk Rock.” Directed by Robert Moss, this production from one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights runs at the Storch Theatre Feb. 19-28…
“We have just taken our first look at the Universe in a completely new way”
Syracuse, NY… Scientists in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University have been instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity. They include Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…
Entrepreneurial Engineering Students Improve Ambiance on Huckster Hill
What if engineering students from different majors had an opportunity to develop a solution for an actual company in a single semester? That is exactly what students in Professor of Practice Mark Povinelli’s “Introduction to Entrepreneurial Engineering” did last fall….
$19 Billion for Cybersecurity: Syracuse University Professor Weighs In
On the heels of the White House announcing a Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP), Syracuse University cybersecurity expert Vir V. Phoha, Professor at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, says that increased funding attention to cybersecurity is a step in the right…
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction
LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes
UVP Features ‘Between Species’
Urban Video Project (UVP) and parent organization Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are hosting the group show “Between Species” Feb. 11-March 26. The exhibition will take place at UVP’s outdoor architectural projection venue at the…
Electronic Media Communications Receives Emmy Nomination
For the fourth consecutive year, the University’s Office of Electronic Media Communications has received an Emmy nomination from the New York State chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). “Remembering David Carr,” a documentary honoring the…
Baptist Campus Ministry Team Finds Hope, Joy in Work with Earthquake Survivors
In the terraced landscape of Nepal, a team from the Baptist Campus Ministry worked alongside residents disassembling crumbled homes and marking plots of homes that will be rebuilt following last year’s crippling earthquake.
Feminist Scholar Awarded Guest Professorship in Germany
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Distinguished Professor and chair of women’s & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean’s Professor of…
ARC Students’ Award-Winning Design to Model Future Green Development in China
Three architecture M.S. students in Assistant Professor Fei Wang’s fall 2015 “Low-Carbon City” studio have won second-place—and a $30,000 prize—in the international competition sponsored by the Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) for design of Shenzhen, China’s Future Low-Carbon Building…