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Student Venture Chosen for Prestigious Medical Device Innovation Challenge

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

ModoScript, founded by College of Arts and Sciences student David Zuleta ’18, is the only student startup selected as a winner in the statewide Medical Device Innovation Challenge (MDIC).  Seven ventures, including ModoScript, were selected for the prestigious MDIC acceleration…

Business & Economy

Life of Brian

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Brian Benedik’s infatuation with radio began on Aug. 2, 1983, when the now-legendary Z100 first roared out of the swamps of Secaucus, New Jersey. “I was in the car with my mother, and was fascinated by what I heard on…

STEM

Syracuse Revels in Mega-Science Experiment to Study Neutrinos

Monday, July 24, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Associate Professor Mitchell Soderberg and Assistant Professor Denver Whittington are part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

Campus & Community

Register Now for a Free Webinar: Tips for Flipped Classroom Content Creation

Thursday, July 20, 2017, By Christopher C. Finkle

Do you want to create multimedia content for the classes you teach or support, but don’t know where to start? This webinar can help! Pro Tips for Flipped Classroom Content Creation July 25, 10-10:40 a.m. In this live webinar, you’ll…

STEM

Girl Who Codes Helps Girls Who Code

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Sophie Estep

According to the National Center for Women in Technology’s 2016 analysis, only 26 percent of professional computing occupations in the United States are held by women. This statistic is shocking in the current age of educational equality, but is on a…

STEM

Alumnus Posthumously Named to National Mining Hall of Fame

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Rob Enslin

The National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHFM) in Leadville, Colorado, will posthumously honor an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Vincent E. McKelvey ’39, a noted research geologist who directed the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from 1971-77, is part of…

Campus & Community

Undergraduate Research Gets Major Boost from New Program

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Syracuse’s Center for Fellowship & Scholarship Advising (CFSA) recently chose nine undergraduate researchers to participate in the newly created Young Research Fellows Program (YRFP). Funding for this Universitywide program, including a two-year stipend, is made possible by a gift from Elliott Portnoy…

STEM

University Awarded $4 Million to Boost Retention of Minority Students in STEM

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Carol Boll

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $4 million grant to Syracuse University to lead an effort to develop and implement strategies for augmenting the number of underrepresented minority students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs of…

Media, Law & Policy

Trump Blocking Users on Twitter is a Violation of the First Amendment

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, free speech expert and associate professor at Newhouse School for Public Communications, is available for comment about the news that Twitter users are suing President Donald Trump and White House officials Sean Spicer and Daniel Scavino for blocking…

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