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STEM

Girl Who Codes Helps Girls Who Code

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, By Sophie Estep

According to the National Center for Women in Technology’s 2016 analysis, only 26 percent of professional computing occupations in the United States are held by women. This statistic is shocking in the current age of educational equality, but is on a…

Media, Law & Policy

White House Controversy: “A Protracted, Festering Mess”

Thursday, July 13, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Anthony D’Angelo, Professor at Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and Director of the Communications Management Program, offers some advice to the Trump White House for managing their current PR crisis. “As another week brings new White House denials of…

Media, Law & Policy

Trump Blocking Users on Twitter is a Violation of the First Amendment

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Roy Gutterman, free speech expert and associate professor at Newhouse School for Public Communications, is available for comment about the news that Twitter users are suing President Donald Trump and White House officials Sean Spicer and Daniel Scavino for blocking…

Health & Society

Falk Professor Offers Insight about Los Angeles Hosting the 2028 Olympic Games

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, By Ellen Mbuqe

Rick Burton, David B. Falk Endowed Professor of Sport Management and former chief marketing officer for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, is available for expert commentary surrounding news that Los Angeles may be home to the…

STEM

Q&A: Shiu-Kai Chin on Cybersecurity

Tuesday, July 11, 2017, By Cyndi Moritz

Shiu-Kai Chin, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, director of the Center for Information and Systems Assurance and Trust, provost faculty fellow for strategic planning and Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence,…

Campus & Community

Five Alumni to Receive Chancellor’s Citations at CBT 2017 in September

Monday, July 10, 2017, By News Staff

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…

STEM

Driscoll to Co-Chair International Mercury Conference

Friday, July 7, 2017, By News Staff

Professor Charles Driscoll will co-chair the 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2017) in Providence, Rhode Island, with fellow mercury scientist Celia Chen from Dartmouth College. The conference, running July 16-21, aims to share science, reduce…

Health & Society

Nilab Mobarez G’16 Heads Afghan Red Crescent Society

Thursday, July 6, 2017, By News Staff

Nilab Mobarez G’16, a graduate of the executive master of public administration program at the Maxwell School, has been appointed secretary general of the Afghan Red Crescent Society. Founded in 1934, the Afghan Red Crescent Society is the Afghan affiliate for…

Campus & Community

Maxwell School Honors New Graduates at 2017 MPA Convocation

Thursday, July 6, 2017, By News Staff

Keynote by former Chairman, President, and CEO of PacifiCare Howie Phanstiel BA ’70 (PSc)/MPA ’71.

STEM

Invent@SU Students Design, Prototype, Pitch New Products in Invention Accelerator Competition

Wednesday, July 5, 2017, By Alex Dunbar

For Niall Shannon ’20 and Mina Diamantis ’19, Invent@SU was hands-on engineering at its best. They saw a problem in how many traditional wheelchairs can tip over and believed they could come up with a solution. “This is what I always…