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Campus & Community

$1 Million Gift Launches fund to Aid Students with Disabilities

Thursday, June 26, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University has received a $1 million gift from alumnus and former Orange basketball star George Hicker ’68 to launch a new fund to expand access and opportunities for students with disabilities. Hicker, president of Cardinal Industrial Real Estate, based…

Media, Law & Policy

Communications Law Professor Roy Gutterman Reacts to SCOTUS Aereo Ruling

Thursday, June 26, 2014, By Keith Kobland

A Supreme Court ruling on streaming TV startup Aereo was watched with keen interest by Professor Roy Gutterman. By a 6-3 vote the high court ruled that Aereo’s service, providing online streaming access to TV broadcasts, is in violation of…

Campus & Community

Fast Forward Syracuse: Setting a Strategic Course for the Future

Tuesday, June 24, 2014, By News Staff

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud, with the support of the University’s Board of Trustees, today introduced Fast Forward Syracuse, a transformation initiative that will provide the key strategic direction and framework for propelling the University forward.

Media, Law & Policy

College of Law Professor Lisa Dolak L’88 to Present Two Webcasts on Patent Issues

Monday, June 23, 2014, By Jaclyn D. Grosso

Lisa A. Dolak L’88, Angela S. Cooney Professor of Law at the Syracuse University College of Law, will present two free webcasts on patent issues for the New York State Science and Technology Law Center (NYS STLC) examining new patent…

STEM

Scientist Is Recipient of $1.6 Million NIH Research Grant

Friday, June 20, 2014, By Sarah Scalese

Kate Lewis, an associate professor of biology in The College of Arts and Sciences, has added yet another award to her already extensive list of accolades. Lewis, who earlier this year was awarded a research grant by the Human Frontier…

STEM

’CuseFunder Gives Donors the Chance to Fund Smaller Projects

Tuesday, June 17, 2014, By Cyndi Moritz

Syracuse University has launched its own crowdfunding site, ’CuseFunder.

Arts & Culture

‘Shaping a Celluloid World’ Is First NYC Exhibition to Showcase Perlov Celluloid Collection

Tuesday, June 10, 2014, By Scott McDowell

The Palitz Gallery exhibition “Shaping a Celluloid World” has opened for viewing and is the first time a significant portion of the celluloid collection of Dadie and Norman Perlov will be on display in New York City. The exhibition is…

STEM

Geologists Confirm Oxygen Levels of Ancient Oceans

Monday, June 9, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Geologists in the College of Arts and Sciences have discovered a new way to study oxygen levels in the Earth’s oldest oceans. Zunli Lu and Xiaoli Zhou, an assistant professor and Ph.D. student, respectively, in the Department of Earth Sciences,…

Arts & Culture

Dowell wins Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

Janice Dowell, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2014 Marc Sanders Prize in Metaethics for her essay, “The Metaethical Insignificance of Moral Twin Earth.” The award includes $10,000 and publication of the…

Health & Society

Blending Passions for Playing, Studying Sports

Wednesday, June 4, 2014, By News Staff

In the 1990s, many economists disdained sports economics as a field for specialization. But, as someone who had played and watched sports his whole life, Rodney Paul went against that advice he heard in graduate school. Paul had an extensive…