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Professor Duncan Brown on Clash of Neutron Stars
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, talks to The Wall Street Journal about the creation of heavy metals such as gold and platinum forged in the collision between two neutron stars which . “Gold is forged in the nuclear…
SYRFILMFEST 2017 Begins Wednesday With Five Days of Film Screenings, Discussions
The 14th annual Syracuse International Film Festival (SYRFILMFEST 2017) opens Wednesday, Oct. 18, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 22, with some three dozen films (including a silent film classic), as well as a filmmakers’ forum and discussions with Syracuse-born actress…
Snapshot of Family Weekend 2017
Family and friends gathered over the weekend at Syracuse University for Family Weekend 2017. Over 1,800 families, totaling over 5,100 people, registered to attend, making it one of the largest Family Weekend celebrations in recent years. Families traveled from across…
Hiroshima Survivor to Share Her Experience during University Events
School of Architecture Associate Professor Yutaka Sho first met Keiko Ogura in the summer of 2016 in Japan during the SU Abroad travel seminar Design Through a Tourist’s Eye. The seminar focused in part on the way communities remember and…
Magazine Professor Jim Shahin’s ‘Smoke Signals’ Column Recognized in Two Writing Competitions
It’s double kudos for Jim Shahin, associate professor of magazine at the Newhouse School. Shahin placed second in the Best Food Column category of the Association of Food Journalists’ 2017 awards competition for “MLK’s booth at his go-to barbecue joint…
Eighth Annual Women of Distinction on Oct. 18
The Theta Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. hosts its eighth annual Women of Distinction event Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7:14 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. This year’s program features award-winning actress Meagan Good and centers around fame, faith…
New Diversity and Inclusion Initiative to Host Inaugural Networking Event Oct. 19
A newly launched initiative, Diversifying the Hill, has been created to unite institutions and agencies to provide community, educational, networking and recruitment opportunities to increase workplace diversity among organizations located on “The Hill,” the area of Syracuse surrounding the campus…
Syracuse Architecture, iSchool Faculty Receive NSF Grant for Joint Research on Smart Energy
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) grant of $99,965 to three Syracuse University faculty/Center of Excellence fellows: iSchool professor Jason Dedrick, principal investigator, and Syracuse Architecture assistant professors Elizabeth Krietemeyer and Tarek Rakha, co-investigators. They…
Syracuse Physicists Usher in a New Golden Age of Astronomy
Syracuse University physicists are among a global team of scientists to make a revolutionary discovery confirming the origins of gold and other heavy metals whose presence in the universe has been a long-standing mystery.
Why Weinstein Co. May Fall, While Fox News Never Did
With similar scandals coming from the men at the helm, Fox News and Weinstein Co. both found themselves at the epicenter of a national scandal. However, while Roger Ailes’ scandal never really threatened to shut down Fox News, Weinstein Co….