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Arts & Culture

Syracuse Stage Presents Classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

Wednesday, February 17, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

Harper Lee’s classic American tale of courage and justice takes the stage as Syracuse Stage presents “To Kill a Mockingbird” Feb. 24-March 26, directed by producing artistic director Timothy Bond. Through the familiar story of small-town lawyer Atticus Finch, his…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Sports Media Center to Host ‘Sports Matters’ Symposium Feb. 24

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

The Newhouse Sports Media Center will host “Sports Matters,” a daylong symposium examining current issues in sports media on Wednesday, Feb. 24, in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. Follow on Twitter at #SportsMatters. The event will begin at 9…

Campus & Community

Author-Scholar to Explore Wisdom of Private Sector Models in Higher Education

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Carol Boll

Christopher Newfield, professor of literature and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present a talk titled “The Great Mistake: How Private-Sector Models Damage Universities, and How They Can Recover” on Friday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m….

Veterans

Winners Announced in D’Aniello Family Foundation Business Plan Competition

Friday, February 12, 2016, By News Staff

IVMF Receives $1 Million Gift from D’Aniello Family Foundation

Arts & Culture

Department of Drama Stages ‘Punk Rock’ by Simon Stephens

Friday, February 12, 2016, By Joseph Whelan

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”

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

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…

STEM

Entrepreneurial Engineering Students Improve Ambiance on Huckster Hill

Thursday, February 11, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

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

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

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…

STEM

Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Rob Enslin

LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes

Campus & Community

UVP Features ‘Between Species’

Wednesday, February 10, 2016, By Anneka Herre

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…