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Campus & Community

Hidden Treasure in Special Collections Embodies Syracuse University Spirit

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

In the depths of the archives of Syracuse University Libraries, a collection of materials highlighting a special connection between an early 20th-century typeface designer and the University caught the curiosity of curator William T. La Moy. His searching revealed an…

STEM

Consumers Have Poor Understanding of Tracking Methods Used by Online Advertisers

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By J.D. Ross

A recent study published by researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) reveals that the general public has a poor understanding of the workings of online behavioral advertising, and the privacy implications behind the information that advertisers gather. The…

Health & Society

King’s 1965 Speech in Sims Hall Still Inspires

Monday, January 30, 2017, By Sean Kirst

For Fern Durand, one conversation last week turned a familiar corridor turned into something else. He was in the Shaffer Arts Building, walking past the SUArtGalleries, when a stranger approached him and asked if he knew this story: In 1965,…

STEM

Physicist to be Recognized by National Academy of Sciences

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences is being recognized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his “outstanding leadership” of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration. Peter R. Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz…

Arts & Culture

Raymond Carver Reading Series Continues This Semester with Six Authors

Wednesday, January 25, 2017, By Kevin Morrow

The spring-semester lineup for the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series begins with author Eleanor Henderson on Wednesday, Feb. 1. All events in the series take place in Huntington Beard Crouse Hall’s Gifford Auditorium, with a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and…

Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse Professor Explains Fake News

Tuesday, January 24, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Tom Boll was a newspaper journalist for 30 years and has been an adjunct professor in the Newhouse School since 2007. There, he’s taught newswriting as well as news literacy. One of his courses, COM 337, “Real News, Fake News:…

Media, Law & Policy

Student Chosen for Inclusion in Sports Journalism Institute Class of 2017

Wednesday, January 18, 2017, By Wendy S. Loughlin

DeArbea Walker, a junior from Houston, is one of 12 students from across the country to be named to the Sports Journalism Institute (SJI) Class of 2017. SJI is a nine-week training and internship program for college students interested in…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Can Now Use MySlice to Designate Preferred Name

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By Kathleen Haley

Members of the Syracuse University community can now designate their preferred or chosen name on MySlice to indicate to others how they would like to be addressed. The new policy assists people who use a name other than an official…

Campus & Community

Mark Jackson Named Executive Director of Program Development

Tuesday, January 17, 2017, By News Staff

Mark Jackson has been appointed the new executive director of program development in the Division of Advancement and External Affairs. Jackson, who was administrator of business and human resources for District 4 of the Ohio Department of Transportation, began in…