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Campus & Community

Call for Syracuse Welcome 2017 Volunteers

Friday, June 2, 2017, By Shannon Andre

In preparation for Syracuse Welcome 2017, Syracuse University’s new student orientation program, the Office of First-Year and Transfer Programs is beginning recruitment for volunteers. In continuation of this longstanding tradition, Syracuse University faculty, staff, alumni and friends can volunteer to…

iSchool Associate Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas Writes About the New Role of the IT Professional

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor, wrote an article for Information Management entitled Big Data and the Changing Role of the IT Professional

Health & Society

Professor Charles Driscoll on Impact of U.S. Pulling Out of Paris Accord

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Keith Kobland

The decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the Paris climate accord is being met with disappointment by one of Syracuse University’s leading authorities on climate change. University Professor of Environmental Systems and Distinguished Professor Charles Driscoll believes…

Information Management

iSchool Associate Professor Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas Writes about the New Role of the IT Professional

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas, associate professor, wrote an article for Information Management entitled Big Data and the Changing Role of the IT Professional

STEM

Syracuse Alumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Alex Nitz G’15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at Syracuse.

Campus & Community

Strawberry Fest Scheduled Friday, June 9

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By News Staff

Strawberry shortcake and sundaes, music and a fun run and walk will all be featured at the annual Strawberry Fest, to be held Friday, June 9, on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., rain or shine. The event is sponsored…

Campus & Community

Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability Program Awards Nearly $75,000 to Projects

Thursday, June 1, 2017, By Rachel May

Syracuse University’s Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program has completed its second round of applications and awarded nearly $75,000 in funding to faculty and students. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer…

Campus & Community

‘Arabic for Beginners’ to Be Offered Free for 10 Weeks

Tuesday, May 30, 2017, By News Staff

A free, non-credit course, “Arabic for Beginners” will begin in early June as part of a research study on the teaching and learning of second languages. The research program is headed by Amanda Brown, associate professor in the Department of Languages,…

Health & Society

Monmonier Explores Advances in Mapping under U.S. Patent System

Friday, May 26, 2017, By News Staff

Mark Monmonier’s newest book, “Patents and Cartographic Inventions: A New Perspective for Map History,” examines how developments in the U.S. patent system in the 19th and early 20th centuries have shaped innovations of map use. Monmonier reveals that devices and…

Media, Law & Policy

Maxwell Professor Asks, Where Have Congressional Moderates Gone?

Thursday, May 25, 2017, By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers

When journalists and pundits talk about the bitter partisanship in Congress today, they tend to point to three culprits: gerrymandering, the influence of big money and primary systems that favor more ideologically pure candidates. But when scholars have tested these…