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Campus & Community

Help Break (In) the Ice at Tennity, Free Ice Skating Aug. 1

Tuesday, July 31, 2018, By Shannon Andre

Students, faculty and staff are invited to help break in the new ice at Tennity Ice Pavilion on Wednesday, Aug. 1. The facility is reopening following scheduled maintenance updates that began at the end of the spring semester. Maintenance updates…

STEM

Hosein Delivers TED Talk on Revolutionary Material

Monday, July 30, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

Ian D. Hosein, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), recently delivered a TED talk at Clarkson University’s Spring TEDx event. Hosein discussed the development of strong materials that are also…

Veterans

Nearly 30 Veterans Complete Veteran Entrepreneurship Program

Monday, July 30, 2018, By Leah Lazarz

Twenty-eight veterans, from 16 states and Puerto Rico, spent last week attending classes, networking events and presentations, learning the fundamentals of running a business from accomplished entrepreneurs and professors as part of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV), powered by…

STEM

iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality

Monday, July 30, 2018, By J.D. Ross

In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how can the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations?  Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…

Media, Law & Policy

Barring of White House Reporter Another “Slight on Institutional Press,” Says Director of Tully Center for Free Speech

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Keith Kobland

Roy Gutterman, Director for Tully Center for Free Speech and communications professor at the Newhouse School offers his thoughts on the Kaitlan Collins story. Collins is the CNN White House reporter who was barred from a press briefing, reportedly due…

CBS News

Will Politics Crush Civility?

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Keith Bybee, professor in the College of Law and Maxwell School, was interviewed by CBS News for the story “Will politics be the death of civility?” Bybee, expert in political philospophy expresses his opinion about today’s civility. He says that…

AFP

Facebook Needs to Weed Out More ‘Harmful’ Content

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse School, was quoted in stories about Facebook controversy in AFP. Grygiel, a social media expert says, “…despite Facebook’s ramped up efforts, it needs far more people to weed out posts that can…

Media Post

Papa John’s Apology Is Too Late

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Christal Johnson, teaching professor of public relations in the Newhouse School, wrote an opinion piece for Marketing Daily, “Papa John’s apology was too little, too late.” Papa John’s former CEO, John Schnatter has caused his company some trouble when he decided…

The New York Times

Facebook Faces Another Propaganda Scam

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Essence Britt

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications in the Newhouse school was mentioned in The New York Times for the discovery of Facebook ads targeting American citizens. Grygiel was able to view them because of a recent policy change by Facebook. In…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University Accreditation Status Reaffirmed by Middle States

Friday, July 27, 2018, By Carol Boll

Syracuse University has received notification from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education that the University successfully retained its accreditation status. In the notification letter, the commission commended the University for the quality of its self-study process and noted that…