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Selfies Are Everywhere—But Why?
Selfies: the self-portraits of the digital age. These photos posted on social media serve as a way to document a new haircut, a vacation or a night out on the town. But researchers from the Newhouse School have taken a…
Syracuse Stage Seeks Local Actors for Two Roles in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’
Syracuse Stage will host auditions for local non-Equity actors on Aug. 14, 6-8 p.m., for the roles of Travis Younger and Bobo in “A Raisin in the Sun”. The show runs Feb. 21-March 11, 2018, in the Archbold Theatre at…
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…
Four Accomplished Alumni to Receive Arents Awards During Orange Central
The Arents Award, Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor, honors the legacy of George Arents, a successful manufacturer who served on the Syracuse University Board of Trustees from 1930 until his death in 1960.
Syracuse Revels in Mega-Science Experiment to Study Neutrinos
Associate Professor Mitchell Soderberg and Assistant Professor Denver Whittington are part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
“What We Need is Awareness of the Treatment of Anorexia”
Harriet Brown, professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, is available for comment about “To the Bone,” a new Netflix movie that explores a young woman’s battle with anorexia. Professor Brown is the author of Brave…
Driscoll to Co-Chair International Mercury Conference
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…
Syracuse University, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families Discuss Veterans Issues at Stand-To Event
Syracuse University and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) were among the participants at the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To summit. The summit, which focused on veteran transition, convened key leaders from government, higher education and the private…
The Language of Success
Two members of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL) will hone their skills on the world stage, thanks to awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Rick Cieri ’17 and Andrew Scheuer G’17 will travel to Spain and…