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Sawyer Awarded NSF Grant to Study Workers in the Gig Economy
Driving a car for ridesharing companies Uber or Lyft. Completing a programming assignment on the freelance marketplace Fiverr. Performing data entry tasks on the Mechanical Turk digital worker platform. These are all examples of jobs that people are working on…
Talent Agency Grooms Artistic Teens for Success
David Gebremichael is one of a group of teens who, surprisingly during the summer, get themselves out of bed early and down to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse on West Fayette Street in Syracuse by 9 a.m. four days a week….
Professor Jason Dedrick Explains the Impact of Foxconn’s Wisconsin Plant
iSchool Professor Jason Dedrick is interviewed by The Wall Street Journal about Foxconn building a new plant in Wisconsin. According to the article “if Apple lost competitive ground to rivals, it could put some of Apple’s high-paying U.S. jobs in…
Colorful Mural Taking Shape on Side of Nancy Cantor Warehouse
A 105-foot by 20-foot painted mural—”Always Advance”—has emerged on a west-facing, street-level wall of the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, at a major, high-traffic interesection in downtown Syracuse. It’s one of 11 new pieces of permanent art that began to be installed…
Life of Brian
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…
Register Now for a Free Webinar: Tips for Flipped Classroom Content Creation
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…
Senate Healthcare: The Stakes are High
Grant Reeher, professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University and host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, says the stakes are even higher for the Senate to…
Syracuse Professor Who Teaches Class on Trump: ‘President’s Twitter Feed Similar to Rock Concert Set-List’
Syracuse University Professor of Communications and Rhetorical studies Kendall Phillips has been paying close attention to Donald Trump, even before he landed in the White House. Phillips is teaching a course this fall on Donald Trump, not so much for…
Five Alumni to Receive Chancellor’s Citations at CBT 2017 in September
Five notable alumni will be awarded Chancellor’s Citations during the Coming Back Together (CBT) African American and Latino alumni reunion this fall. Organized by the Office of Program Development, CBT will be held Sept. 14-17. The five citation winners will…
Amazon Prime Day Prepares to Dominate Online Retail, Again
Retail expert Professor Amanda Nicholson is available for comment on Amazon Prime Day. The professor of retail practice at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management can offer insight on one of the biggest online shopping days of the year. “Based on its…