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Business & Economy

2018 RvD iPrize Winners Announced

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Winners have been announced for the 2018 RvD iPrize competition, held March 23 at Syracuse University. The event, sponsored by the School of Information Studies (iSchool), was coordinated by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Syracuse University and hosted at Syracuse University…

Campus & Community

Five Students Awarded Foundations Scholarship for Spring 2018

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Rachel Friedman

Foundations is a workshop series that introduces Syracuse University students to essential life-skills. It is a collaborative effort between many Syracuse University departments and schools, including Career Services, the Office of Financial Literacy, Athletics, the Office of Health Promotion and…

Campus & Community

College of Law to Host Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By News Staff

The College of Law will host a U.S. Citizenship Naturalization Ceremony on Monday, April 9, at 1 p.m. in the Melanie Gray Ceremonial Courtroom in Dineen Hall. More than 50 new citizens will take their oath of allegiance before the…

Media, Law & Policy

Washington Post Honored with Toner Prize for Political Reporting

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A team of reporters from The Washington Post is the winner of the 2018 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. The $5,000 prize, which is given by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, honors the late Robin Toner ’76,…

STEM

Engineering Ambassadors Deliver Donated Science Equipment to Syracuse City School Students

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

Hundreds of middle school students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) will benefit from $12,500 worth of science and technology equipment generously donated by SRC Inc. As part of the Engineering Ambassadors program, College of Engineering & Computer Science…

Health & Society

Kat Blaque to Speak for Trans Day of Liberation

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Shannon Andre

On Thursday, March 29, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center welcomes Kat Blaque for a keynote lecture in honor of Trans Day of Liberation. Her lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Blaque is a…

Arts & Culture

SUArt Galleries Announces Acquisition of Major Work by Contemporary Artist Carrie Mae Weems

Wednesday, March 28, 2018, By Cyndi Moritz

The Syracuse University Art Galleries has announced its acquisition of several important works by internationally acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems.  These works, “People of a Darker Hue” (2016), “All the Boys (Blocked 1)” and “All the Boys (Blocked 2)” (2016),…

Media, Law & Policy

Census Immigration Question: Short-Sighted, Anti-Democratic Tactic

Tuesday, March 27, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

The state of California is pursuing legal action in response to the Trump administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. The state’s attorney general and secretary of state call the move “anti-immigrant.” Elizabeth Cohen is…

Courtroom News Service

Maryland Gerrymandering Case Offers Unique Test to High Court

Tuesday, March 27, 2018, By Ellen Mbuqe

Keith Bybee, the Vice Dean of Law, Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professor and director of the Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media, talked to Courtroom News Service about the upcoming…

Campus & Community

Campus Community Invited to Take Back the Night 2018 Events

Tuesday, March 27, 2018, By Samarth Sharma

The Take Back the Night planning committee and Office of Health Promotion invite campus community members to attend and show their support for ending sexual and relationship violence.